#1 Olympic Games (Pre-Independence era)
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Hockey had featured in only two Olympic Games prior to 1928 once in 1908 and another time in 1920. India made their Olympic debut in the event in Amsterdam in 1928 and in their debut year they went on to win India’s first ever gold medal ever in an Olympics.
In 1928, the defending champions, Great Britain, interestingly enough, withdrew from the tournament, possibly as a result of having lost 0-4 to India in an exhibition fixture just before the Olympics.
1928 win set in motion a sequence of ten successive medals - seven of them golds - which India secured in the games to follow. This remains a record in men's hockey.
Dhyan Chand, the Wizard, was India’s top performer as they went on to win gold medals at the 1936 Berlin Games under his leadership and also helped the team to victory in 1932.
