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Jaswant Singh Rajput
Far famed Jaswant Singh Rajput participated at the 1948 Summer Olympics,in which India won the gold medal.

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Jaswant Singh Rajput an illustrious Indian hockey player participated at the 1948 Summer Olympics held at London. In that tournament India won the gold medal.

At that Olympics, India played 5 matches out of which India won 5. India has made 25 goals. And they received 2 goals. Along with Jaswant Singh Rajput, the following members of the Indian Hockey team who took part in 1948 Olympic Team were Kishan Lal (Captain), Kunwar Digvijay Singh (Vice Captain), Leslie Claudius, Walter D`Souza, Keshav Chandra Dutt, Lawrie Fernandes, Ranganathan Francis, Randhir Singh Gentle, Gerry Glacken, Akhtar Hussain, Patrick Jansen, Amir Kumar, Leo Pinto, Latif-ur-Rehman, Reginald Rodrigues, Balbir Singh, Grahanandan Singh, Trilochan Singh, Maxie Vaz.

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