<img title="A badge to attend the 1955-56 India vs NZ Chennai Test" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/2017/aug/Madras-Test-badge.jpg" alt="A badge to attend the 1955-56 India vs NZ Chennai Test" /> A badge to attend the 1955-56 India vs NZ Chennai Test
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<img title="A&acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;u00c2u0080&Acirc;&Acirc;u00c2u0088chessboard signed and used by champion Viswanathan Anand" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/2017/aug/Chess-board.jpg" alt="A&acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;u00c2u0080&Acirc;&Acirc;u00c2u0088chessboard signed and used by champion Viswanathan Anand" /> A&acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;u00c2u0080&Acirc;&Acirc;u00c2u0088chessboard signed and used by champion Viswanathan Anand
<img title="Special cover to celebrate the 25th anniversary of India's 1983 Prudential World Cup win" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/2017/aug/World-Cup-India.jpg" alt="Special cover to celebrate the 25th anniversary of India's 1983 Prudential World Cup win" /> Special cover to celebrate the 25th anniversary of India's 1983 &nbsp;Prudential World Cup win
<img title="Official account of the Rome Olympics" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/2017/aug/Olympic-Games-India.jpg" alt="Official account of the Rome Olympics" /> Official account of the Rome Olympics
<img title="Sachin Tendulkar's 200th Test First Day Cover" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/2017/aug/Sachin-Tendulkar-Cover.jpg" alt="Sachin Tendulkar's 200th Test First Day Cover" /> Sachin Tendulkar's 200th Test First Day Cover
<img title="Souvenir for the first ever West Indies vs India Test series" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/2017/aug/Wi-India.jpg" alt="Souvenir for the first ever West Indies vs India Test series" /> Souvenir for the first ever West Indies vs India Test series
<img title="Official programme for the 1975-76 India vs NZ Test at Auckland" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/2017/aug/ndia-vs-NZ.jpg" alt="Official programme for the 1975-76 India vs NZ Test at Auckland" /> Official programme for the 1975-76 India vs NZ Test at Auckland
<img title="Hockey schedule for the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne, Australia" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/2017/aug/Melbourne-Olympics.jpg" alt="Hockey schedule for the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne, Australia" /> Hockey schedule for the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne, Australia
<img title="Brochure of the football event at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/2017/aug/Melbourne-Olympics-football.jpg" alt="Brochure of the football event at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics" /> Brochure of the football event at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics
<img title="The 1963-64 Test series souvenir" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/2017/aug/MCC-Back.jpg" alt="The 1963-64 Test series souvenir" /> The 1963-64 Test series souvenir
<img title="Ties from the 1971 England tour" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/2017/aug/England-tour.jpg" alt="Ties from the 1971 England tour" /> Ties from the 1971 England tour
<img title="First Day Cover of the 1971 victories" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/2017/aug/England-tour-A.jpg" alt="First Day Cover of the 1971 victories" /> First Day Cover of the 1971 victories
Excerpted from the book, A History of Indian Sport Through 100 artefacts by Boria Majumdar
Published by Harper Collins

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