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<div>{{Short description|Indian field hockey player (1906–1959)}}<br />
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{{Infobox field hockey player<br />
| name = Lal Shah Bokhari<br>لال شاہ بخاری <br />
| full_name = Syed Lal Shah Bokhari<br />
| award =<br />
| image = File:Indian hockey team en route 1932 Olympics.jpg<br />
|caption= Indian hockey team en route to Los Angeles Olympics in 1932. Captain of the team, Lal Shah Bokhari, (in turban) is sitting on extreme left chair. <br />
| birth_date = {{birth date|1906|01|13|df=yes}}<ref>https://books.google.com/books/about/Asia_Who_s_Who.html?id=YkVEAAAAIAAJ The Asia Who's Who, 1957, p. 50</ref><br />
| birth_place =[[Faisalabad|Lyallpur]], [[Punjab, British India|Punjab]], [[British India]]<br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|1959|07|22|1906|01|13}}<br />
| death_place = [[Baghdad]], Iraq<br />
| height = 5 ft 8 in<br />
| position = [[Field hockey#Formations|Left-half]]<br />
|youthyears1 = 1921–1922<br />
|youthclubs1 = [[Government College, Lahore]] <br />
| years1 = 1923–1934<br />
| clubs1 = [[Government College, Lahore]] <br />
| othername = <br />
| nationalteam1 = [[India men's national field hockey team|India]]<br />
| nationalyears1 = 1932<br />
| nationalcaps1 =<br />
| nationalgoals1 = 0<ref>http://www.bharatiyahockey.org/granthalaya/goal/1932/ p. 12</ref><br />
| medaltemplates = <br />
{{MedalSport | Men's [[Field hockey|Field Hockey]]}}<br />
{{MedalCountry | {{flag|British India}}}}<br />
{{MedalCompetition | [[Field hockey at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]}} [[File:Olympic rings.svg|center|80px]]<br />
{{MedalGold | [[1932 Summer Olympics|1932 Los Angeles]]|[[Field hockey at the 1932 Summer Olympics|Team competition]]}}<br />
|updated = 4 May 2024<br />
}}<br />
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'''Lal Shah Bokhari''' ({{langx|ur|لال شاہ بخاری}}; born 13 January 1906 – 22 July 1959) was a [[field hockey]] player who represented [[India men's national field hockey team|India]]. He was the captain of the 15-member Indian field hockey team in the [[1932 Summer Olympics]].<br />
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==1932 Olympics==<br />
In 1932, he was the captain<ref>[http://www.bharatiyahockey.org/granthalaya/goal/1932/page4.htm 1932]. Bharatiya Hockey.</ref> of the [[India men's national field hockey team]], which won the gold medal at the Los Angeles Olympics. There were total three teams in the tournament and every team played two matches. He played both the matches from his team.<br />
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The Indian team was troubled by groupism (natives vs Anglo-Indians) that surfaced when Lal Shah Bokhari was named captain against the expectations of [[Broome Pinniger|Broome Eric Pinniger]]. It appeared that Pinniger would not go with the team in protest. However, later he reconsiled and accompanied the team. The team arrived in [[Los Angeles]] to a rousing greeting.<ref>[http://www.thehindu.com/sport/hockey/1932-olympics-games-indias-dominance-continues/article3613551.ece 1932 Olympics Games – India's dominance continues]. [[The Hindu]].</ref><br />
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==Opts for Pakistan==<br />
At the time of partition of India in 1947, he was serving as Hajj Officer to the Government of India and stationed at [[Delhi]]. He opted for [[Pakistan]] upon the country's<br />
independence from Britain and served as a diplomat for Pakistan—his last posting being Pakistan's ambassador to Iraq.{{citation needed|date=June 2021}}<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[List of Indian hockey captains in Olympics]]<br />
*[[Field hockey in India]]<br />
*[[:pnb:لال شاہ بخاری|لال شاہ بخاری]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20121011071625/http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=BOKHALAL01 Lal Bokhari's profile at databaseOlympics.com]<br />
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20200417185823/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/bo/lal-shah-bokhari-1.html Lal Bokhari's profile at Sports Reference.com]<br />
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| before = [[Purma Bannerjee]]<br />
| title = [[List of flag bearers for India at the Olympics|Flagbearer]] for India<br />
| years = [[1932 Summer Olympics|Los Angeles 1932]]<br />
| after = [[Dhyan Chand]]<br />
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[[Category:1909 births]]<br />
[[Category:1959 deaths]]<br />
[[Category:Olympic field hockey players for India]]<br />
[[Category:Field hockey players at the 1932 Summer Olympics]]<br />
[[Category:Indian men's field hockey players]]<br />
[[Category:20th-century Indian sportsmen]]<br />
[[Category:Olympic gold medalists for India]]<br />
[[Category:Olympic medalists in field hockey]]<br />
[[Category:Ambassadors of Pakistan to Iraq]]<br />
[[Category:Field hockey players from Faisalabad]]<br />
[[Category:Medalists at the 1932 Summer Olympics]]<br />
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