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{{Infobox sport governing body<br />
|name = Amateur Baseball Federation of India<br />
|abbrev = ABFI<br />
|logo = Amateur Baseball Federation of India logo.png<br />
|logosize = 300px<br />
|sport = [[Baseball]]<br />
|category =<br />
|image =<br />
|caption =<br />
|jurisdiction = National<br />
|membership = 26 state associations<br />
|founded = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1983|12|11}}<br />
|aff = [[International Baseball Federation]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Members : India |url=http://www.wbsc.org/members/asia/baseball/IND/ |website= World Baseball Softball Confederation |accessdate=9 July 2018}}</ref><br />
|affdate = 1985<br />
|region = [[Baseball Federation of Asia]]<br />
|regionyear = 1985<br />
|headquarters = 3 Industrial Estate, Chambaghat, [[Solan]], Himachal Pradesh<ref>{{cite web |title=Contact Us |url=http://www.abfi.in/contact |website=Amateur Baseball Federation of India |accessdate=9 July 2018}}</ref><br />
|president = Pankaj Lochan Mohanty<ref>{{cite web |title=Office Bearers |url=http://www.abfi.in/bearer |website=Amateur Baseball Federation of India |accessdate=9 July 2018 |language=en}}</ref><br />
|vicepresident = <br />
|secretary = <br />
|coach =<br />
|womenscoach =<br />
|key staff =<br />
|operating income =<br />
|sponsor =<br />
|url = www.abfi.in<br />
|countryflag = IND<br />
|more = <br />
}}<br />
The '''Amateur Baseball Federation of India (ABFI)''' is the [[governing body]] for [[baseball]] in [[India]]. The ABFI was founded on 11 December 1983 in [[Rohtak]], [[Haryana]], and became a member of the [[Baseball Federation of Asia]] (BFA) and the [[International Baseball Federation]] in 1985. The federation was officially recognized as the national governing body of baseball in India by the Union [[Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports]] in 1991,<ref>{{cite web |last1=Kumar |first1=Saurabh |title=First base in the Capital |url=https://www.livemint.com/Leisure/tFmTdxCzLMYA1IhrG3ey9L/First-base-in-the-Capital.html |website=Livemint |accessdate=9 July 2018 |date=10 June 2015}}</ref> and by the [[Indian Olympic Association]] (IOA) in 2002.<ref name="ABFI history">{{cite web |title=History |url=http://www.abfi.in/history |website=Amateur Baseball Federation of India |accessdate=9 July 2018}}</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Baseball in India]]<br />
* [[India national baseball team]]<br />
* [[India women's national baseball team]]<br />
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==References==<br />
{{reflist}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://www.abfi.in ABFI official website]<br />
* [http://www.baseballindia.org/home.html Baseball India official website]<br />
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{{Sports governing bodies in India}}<br />
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[[Category:Baseball in India]]<br />
[[Category:Sports governing bodies in India|Baseball]]<br />
[[Category:Sports organizations established in 1983]]<br />
[[Category:1983 establishments in Haryana]]<br />
[[Category:Organisations based in Himachal Pradesh]]</div>>Csgir