Today's entry into the
Hoopistani Indian Basketball Hall of Fame is a throwback - way back - to one of the game's earliest stars,
Sarbjit Singh. After the Basketball Federation of India (BFI) was formed in 1950, Independent India tentatively began to field its first international teams in events like the Asian Games and other international tournaments. Singh was a major part of those teams, as well as a star domestically for Services, who enjoyed national championship success in the 50s.
Singh stamped his place permanently in 1961, when he became the first basketball player to be conferred the Arjuna Award, in the first year that the Awards were handed in India by the Ministry of Sports.
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