Fifty summers ago, Indian hockey shone brightly to finish with a gold medal at the 1975 World Cup in Malaysia. The Ajit Pal Singh-led team beat arch-rivals Pakistan 2-1 in a hotly-contested final on March 15. To commemorate the Golden Jubilee of this fine feat, Hockey India will be felicitating members of the 1975 team at a glittering function in the Capital on March 15.

‘Great achievement’

“That World Cup win was a great achievement. It remains Indian hockey’s biggest moment on the World Cup stage. We [Hockey India] have invited the members of that glorious team and the families of those players, who are not with us anymore, for a function at a five-star hotel in New Delhi on the evening of March 15 to celebrate 50 years of that great achievement,” Hockey India president Dilip Tirkey, 47, told mid-day on Tuesday.