In 1970, Arjuna Award was awarded to Shri Sudhir Parab from Gujarat. In case of tie an extra inning of 7 minutes each was scheduled. This initial stage marked the limitation of the playground and yet sadly lacked the poles demarking the central line in the field. Sharadrao Pawar is the President of the Federation. Present Shri. The Kho Kho Ground The time factor was also missing. Reserve Bank etc. The Hanuman Vyayam Prasarak Mandal of Amravati were the proud exhibitors. The decade 1950 – 60 saw Adv. Scoring was simplified by awarding only one point for chaser on scoring each defender. [citation needed] It is played most often by school children in India and Pakistan and is a competitive game. It is played by teams of 12 nominated players out of fifteen, of which nine enter the field, who try to avoid being touched by members of the opposing team. Late Yashwantrao Chavan was the first president and since then the Federation has always ill-using the persons at the helm. Kho kho is a popular tag sport from India. Mutual funds captured public attention in the 1980s and 1990s, when mutual fund investment hit record highs and investors saw incredible returns. Runners are declared “out” when either they are touched by the active chaser, they drift out of the rectangle, or they enter the rectangle late. Member countries included India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal and Maldives. In 1919 it was made 5 points per opponent, and innings lasted for eight minutes. Initial scoring system ( 1914 ) offered 10 points for every opponent getting out and each innings lasted for nine minutes. Dr. Satish Desai, Sunil Tambe, Shrirang Inamdar all excelled by their speedy chase while Vijay Bhat, Sharad Bhate excelled in scoring by extreme skilled dives culminating chase to score valuable points. One of the major attributes of hjja successful animal life is "ACTIVE CHASE" which is a cardinal principle of the Indian game known as KHO-KHO, synonymous with the phrase "Game of Chase." Gopal Reddi as the President, Shri. Kho Kho is a popular tag game invented in Maharashtra, India. Incomplete match for unavoidable reasons should be played in the same session with the same players and officials. It is one of the two most popular traditional tag games in the Indian subcontinent, the other being Kabaddi. The panel of officials so far had one referee and one scorer. Elliptical playground became a rectangle, the distance between two poles shortened to 27 yards and the free zone beyond each pole a rectangle 27 yards x 5 yards also known as the 'D' zone. A "new code" was adopted in 1935. Mahabal Guruji of Nasik, Shri. The Woman of the Tournament Award "Rani Laxmibai Award" was claimed by Usha Anantham of Mysore. The role begins with Dr. Prakash Sheth and Dr. Satish Desai ( both Shiv Chhattrapati Award winners ), Shrirang Inamdar ( Arjuna Award and Shiv Chhattrapati Award winner and nine times representing the state, record unparalleled by any other player so far ), Rajendra Dravid ( represented the state 8 times ), Girish Dande, Hemant Jogdeo ( Both Veer Abhimanyu Award and Ekalavya Award winners and also Shiv Chhattrapati Awardee ), Hemant Takalkar ( Abhimanyu Award, Ekalavya Award, Shiv Chhattrapati Award and Arjuna Award winner ), Vilas Deshmukh, Atul Wakankar, Milind Marathe and so on. Bhai Nerurkar as the Hon. If the tie was not resolved then the whole match was to be replayed. National Institute of Sports Netaji Subhash Institute included Kho-Kho in their curriculum since 1971 as six weeks schedule. Rajendra Dravid and Satish Desai always featured picking up "sitting ducks" on the sidelines. Dr. Prakash Sheth and Shyam Pote played single or double chain and almost invariably dodged turning around on the front foot running speedily and defending, always commanded applauses from appreciated crowd which thronged to watch battle raged of Kho-Kho. Now two Umpires, one Chief Referee a scorer constituted the panel. Kho Kho is a traditional game played in India. And if all nine defenders got out within the time limit, they had to defend again with a loss of time and with same serial number as before. Experts from sixty Gymkhanas came together and evolved a joint code of rules under the banner of Akhil Maharashtra Sharirik Shikshan Mandal in 1933 which was circulated all over and with a few suggestions and alterations. Defence was championed in three basic methods. Legends and giant personalities in Pune like the Grand Old Man of Indian cricket Prof. D.B. To commemorate his great effort for the noble cause of Kho-Kho the enthusiasts and admirers of Bhai donated Bhai Nerurkar Gold Trophy. Inter Versity Sports Body includes Kho-Kho in their schedule of annual tournaments in 1952. the untiring efforts of Shri. Joshi of Joshi Garagestorm the Kho-Kho fields by their extra ordinary displays. His style of fighting reflects the concept of ‘ring play’ – a defensive tactic in Kho Kho. Today rules stand a little different in that, if the tie is not resolved in an extra inning each, then a rule of "Minimum Chase" is applied for scoring 'one point' by each team. in their own way dominated the women’s Kho-Kho. Kho Kho is a tag game of India. Sharadrao Pawar is the President of the Federation. To develop skills and expertise in Kho-Kho, the then prevalent games of Langdi and Atya-Patya were the supporting factors, especially Atya-Patya which was very popularise because of its suffle skills of defending. Soon we will be taking this beautiful game truly onto the International platform – this is our vision. All the Asian countries appreciated and ensured of introducing the sport in their respective countries. The chase is built up through a series of “khos” as the chasers continue their pursuit in a relay manner. The poles have been put a little close distance at 23.50 meters and the play ground also increased in the width of 16 meters. the game of chase was then also a legend as it is used in literary phraseology as ” putting KHO to someone’s active chase meaning putting an effective block and stopping the progress “, like we use the phrase ” it isn’t Cricket ” meaning it is unfair and so on… The present appearance of the game was an adoption about the times of the World War – I, in 1914 but all the same lacked exacting rules and regulations that govern the modern games. To commemorate his great effort for the noble cause of Kho-Kho the enthusiasts and admirers of Bhai donated Bhai Nerurkar Gold Trophy. Is there a way to search all eBay sites for different countries at once? Running zig-zag in the mid-line in single, double or triple chain is a traditional technique. This page was last edited on 16 September 2020, at 10:04. But this encouraged tendency to get opponents out even by unfair means, committing fouls of high timing, etc. The then Mumbai province won the championship under the leadership of Rajabhau Jeste who was a champion player, expert commentator and redoubtable coach made in one.