Beijing Asian Games - 1990

Beijing - 1990
Theme : India, First in Asia - Industrialization
Jamsetji Nasarwanji Tata (1839-1904), is the pioneer of India's industrialization. The Tata Iron and Steel Company (TISCO), in Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, which started operations 3 years after his death, was the first privately owned steel plant in Asia. By World War II, TISCO had become the largest single steel complex in the British Commonwealth.

A remarkable visionary, he rightly foresaw and understood the significance of an Industrial Revolution in India. Besides iron and steel, Jamsetji Tata founded textile mills in Nagpur (1877) and Mumbai. He planned for an hydroelectric-power plant that eventually became the Tata Electric Power company in Mumbai after his death.

In 1898, Tata donated land for a research institute in Bangalore, that was later founded by his sons as the Indian Institute of Science, the premier research institution in the country.

1990 Beijing Asiad Hockey
Dates: September 22 - October 7, 1990
Athletes: 6122 athletes from 37 countries and in 29 sports
Debut Sports: Softball, Sepak Takraw, Wushu, Kabaddi and Canoeing
Top 3 Countries: China (183G, 107S, 51B), South Korea (54G, 54S, 73B), Japan (38G, 60S, 76B)
  • The 11th Asian Games was the first large-scale international sports event to be held in China.

  • The Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) lost its President, Sheikh Fahad Al-Sabah, during the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait. This was the most shocking news surrounding 11th Asiad. OCA headquarters were temporarily moved to UK, till USA liberated Kuwait in 1991.

  • 7 world records (6 in archery, 1 in cycling) and 89 Asian records were broken, while 1 world record and 11 Asian records were equalled in the Beijing Asiad.

  • India's results in hockey were: beat Malaysia 1-0, beat South Korea 2-0, beat China 4-0, beat Japan 3-0 and beat Hong Kong 10-0.

  • Pakistan's results were: beat Malaysia 4-3, beat South Korea 5-0, beat China 4-0, beat Japan 11-1 and beat Hong Kong 14-0.

  • In the final round-robin match, Pakistan beat India 3-2 to regain the Asian gold.

Final Standings:

1 - Pakistan, 2 - India, 3 - Malaysia, 4 - Japan, 5 - South Korea, 6 - China, 7 - Hong Kong

Indian Team:

Players Pargat Singh (captain), Mark Patterson, A. B. Subhaiah, Jagdev Singh, Harinder Singh, Mohammed Arif, Vivek Singh, Shakeel Ahmed, John Fernandes, Ram Prakash Singh, Jagbir Singh, Dhanraj Pillai, Gundeep Kumar, Thoiba Singh, Jude Felix, Daryll D'Souza
Officials  Jhaman Lal Sharma (coach), Inam-ur-Rehman (assistant coach), Gufran-e-Azam (manager)