Dinesh Khanna

Dinesh Khanna
Personal information
Country India
Born (1943-01-04) 4 January 1943
Fatehgarh Churian, Gurdaspur, Punjab, British India
Medal record
Representing  India
Men's badminton
Asian Championships
1965 Lucknow Men's singles
Commonwealth Games
1966 Kingston Men's singles
Asian Games
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.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.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]

References

  1. ↑ "Shuttling stories". Y. B. Sarangi. The Hindu. 7 October 2015. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
  2. ↑ Punjab (India). Legislature. Legislative Council. Debates; Official Report. p. 646. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ Bernd-Volker Brahms (17 January 2014). Badminton Handbook. Meyer & Meyer Verlag. pp. 176–. ISBN 978-1-78255-042-6. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
  5. ↑ 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.
  6. ↑ 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.
  7. ↑ "Dinesh Khanna". sportsbharti.com. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
  8. ↑ "This is The Golden Age of Indian Badminton: Dinesh Khanna". Sports View. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
  9. ↑ "Age fraud in badminton is unfortunate: Dinesh Khanna". Tushar Dutt. The Times of India. 29 May 2016. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
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