Dinesh Khanna

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For the Indian theater director, see Dinesh Khanna (director).

Dinesh Khanna
Personal information
CountryIndia
Born (1943-01-04) 4 January 1943 (age 81)
Fatehgarh Churian, Gurdaspur, Punjab, British India
Medal record
Representing  India
Men's badminton
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place 1965 Lucknow Men's singles
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal – third place 1966 Kingston Men's singles
Asian Games
Bronze medal – third place 1974 Tehran Men's Team

Dinesh Khanna is a former Indian badminton player. He was the Men's singles Asian Champion in 1965 and became the first Indian to win an Asian badminton title on 14 November 1965.[1] He won a Bronze medal in the 1966 Commonwealth Games . He was Indian national badminton champion in 1966 and a recipient of Arjuna award in 1965.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]

References

  1. ^ NDTVSports.com. "This is The Golden Age of Indian Badminton: Dinesh Khanna – NDTV Sports". NDTVSports.com. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
  2. ^ "Shuttling stories". Y. B. Sarangi. The Hindu. 7 October 2015. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
  3. ^ Punjab (India). Legislature. Legislative Council. Debates; Official Report. p. 646. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
  4. ^ Isher Judge Ahluwalia (28 February 2014). Transforming Our Cities: Facing Up To India's Growing Challenge. HarperCollins Publishers India. pp. 60–. ISBN 978-93-5136-220-3. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
  5. ^ Bernd-Volker Brahms (17 January 2014). Badminton Handbook. Meyer & Meyer Verlag. pp. 176–. ISBN 978-1-78255-042-6. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
  6. ^ Organising Committee of the 8th British Empire & Commonwealth Games (1967). The Official history of the 8th British Empire and Commonwealth Games: Kingston, Jamaica, 4 to 13 August, 1966. Organising Committee of the 8th British Empire & Commonwealth Games. p. 73. Retrieved 6 September 2016.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  7. ^ Sir Stanley Reed (1969). The Times of India Directory and Year Book Including Who's who. Times of India Press. p. 901. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
  8. ^ "Dinesh Khanna". sportsbharti.com. Archived from the original on 10 September 2016. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
  9. ^ "This is The Golden Age of Indian Badminton: Dinesh Khanna". Sports View. Archived from the original on 13 September 2016. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
  10. ^ Dutt, Tushar (29 May 2016). "Age fraud in badminton is unfortunate: Dinesh Khanna". The Times of India. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
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