Jakarta - 1962
On February 28, 1930, Chandrasekhar
Venkata Raman discovered the radiation effect involving the inelastic scattering
of light that would bear his name - the Raman effect - and which would win him
the 1930 Nobel Prize in Physics. This was Asia's
first Nobel Prize in any Science subject.
Raman (1888 - 1970) was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society early in his career (1924), and was knighted in 1929. Raman spent 15 years as a Professor in Physics at Calcutta University (1917-32), and 15 years as a Professor in Physics at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore (1933-48). In 1948, Raman became the Director of the Raman Institute of Research at Bangalore, established and endowed by himself.
Raman founded the Indian Journal of Physics in 1926, of which became the Editor. Raman sponsored the establishment of the Indian Academy of Sciences, and served as President at its inception. Raman was awarded the Bharat Ratna, the nation's highest honour, in 1954. Raman's birthday is observed as the National Science Day all over India
Athletes: 1,460 athletes from 16 countries
Debut Sport: Badminton
Top 3 Countries: Japan (73G, 56S, 23B), India (10G, 13S, 10B), Indonesia (9G, 12S, 27B)
- The host country Indonesia barred the participation of Taiwan and Israel. The noble
ideals of peace and friendship took a backseat as politics took precedence over sports in
the 1962 Asiad.
- India's results in hockey were: beat Malaysia 3-0, beat Hong Kong 4-0 and beat South
Korea 5-0. In the semi-finals, India beat Japan 7-0.
- In the final, Pakistan beat India 2-0 to regain the hockey gold. For Pakistan, Abdul Waheed scored 17 goals and a double hat-trick to record the outstanding individual performance of the 1962 Asiad.
Final Standings:
1 - Pakistan, 2 - India, 3 - Malaysia, 4 - Japan, 5 - Indonesia, 6 - South Korea, 7 - Hong Kong, 8 - Sri Lanka, 9 - Singapore
Indian Team:
Punjab Gurudev Singh (captain), Prithipal Singh, Madan Mohan Singh, Charanjeet Singh, Gurmeet Singh, Darshan Singh Railways Erman Bestian, Abdul Hameed, Joe Antic, N. Nimal Bengal R. A. Christy, Joginder Singh Uttar Pradesh Jhaman Lal Sharma Services Shankar Lakshman (goalkeeper), Piara Singh, V. Deshmukh, B. Patil Officials Gurcharan Singh Bedi (coach), J. Jameson (manager)