Gurdev Singh
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Sardar Gurdev Singh Kullar (born 12 August 1933) is a former India
India
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n field hockey player, originally from Sansarpur
Sansarpur
Sansarpur is a census village in Jalandhar district in the Indian state of Punjab.-Demographics: India census, Sansarpur had a population of 4061. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Sansarpur has an average literacy rate of 75%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male...

, who now lives with his family in Leeds
Leeds
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, England
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. He was part of the Indian field hockey team at the 1956 Summer Olympics
1956 Summer Olympics
The 1956 Melbourne Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVI Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was held in Melbourne, Australia, in 1956, with the exception of the equestrian events, which could not be held in Australia due to quarantine regulations...

 in Melbourne
Melbourne
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, which won the gold medal. He was also a member of the field hockey team for the 1958 Tokyo and 1962 Jakarta Asian Games, the latter of which he was captain for. He was also the captain of the gold-medallist Punjab team in the national hockey championship in Bhopal same year .In 1964, he led a team tour to Afghanistan as captain.
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