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{{Infobox organization<br />
|name = Cycling Federation of India<br />
|formation = {{Start date|1946}} <br />
|website = {{URL|http://www.cyclingfederationofindia.org/}}<br />
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The '''Cycling Federation of India''' is the national [[sport governing body|governing body]] of [[bicycle racing|cycle racing]] in [[India]]. It is a member of the [[Union Cycliste Internationale|UCI]] and the [[Asian Cycling Confederation]].<br />
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Cycling as a sport was introduced in India thanks to the effort of actor and sportsman [[Jankidas]] in the mid 1930s. It reached its international level when Jankidas and his manager Swami Jagan Nath participated in the 1938 [[British Empire Games]] at Sydney. With the pioneering of these two, Indian cycling was able to secure its affiliation to the [[National Cyclists' Union|National Cyclists' Union of England]]. A few years later, another stalwart, [[Sohrab Bhoot|Sohrab H. Bhoot]] of Bombay, joined Jankidas to form the National Cyclists' Federation of India in 1946, and they registered this new body with the world governing association, the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI).<br />
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The Cycling Federation of India then sent teams to the Olympic Games, the [[Asian Games]], and major international cycling events – for example, the [[London Olympics 1948|London Olympics]] in 1948; the Warsaw-Berlin-Prague Race (the [[Peace Race#History|Peace Race]]) in 1952, 1954, 1955 (where the organisers covered all expenses and so these peace races were cost-free to Indian authorities);<ref>Herbie Sykes, [https://books.google.com/books?id=wbGpBAAAQBAJ&pg=PT218&lpg=PT218&dq=Dhana+Singh+peace+race+herbie+sykes&source=bl&ots=mbhS8gXHSk&sig=OsVv2bAOWGBdKYnuGp4BI9tDVJY&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiuk4vuhI3RAhVq6IMKHcgHDXEQ6AEIQTAK#v=onepage&q=Dhana%20Singh%20peace%20race%20herbie%20sykes&f=false The Race against the Stasi]</ref> and the Tokyo International Championships in 1961.<br />
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==Gallery==<br />
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File:India-Cycle-Sporting-2-1948LondonOlympics.jpg|India cylists at [[India at the 1948 Summer Olympics#Cycling|the 1948 Olympics]], [[London]] <br />
File:India-Cycle-Sporting-2-1948LondonOlympics-c.jpg|India cyclists at the 1948 Olympics (standing, l to r: Bhoot <small>(in jacket with hat)</small>, Adi Havewala, x, Nariman Saugar <small>(in jacket with cap)</small>; seated, l to r: x <small>(in blazer)</small>, x, Malcolm, Mehra, x) <br />
File:India-Cycle-Sporting-2-1948LondonOlympics-d.jpg|India cyclists at the London Olympics<br />
File:India-Cycle-Sporting-3-AsianGames1951b.jpg|India cyclists at [[Cycling at the 1951 Asian Games|1951 Asian Games]] – cycling team pursuit silver medallists Raj Kumar Mehra (standing on podium); Gurdev Singh, Dhangar (Lhanguard), Madan Mohan (standing left to right); and manager Bhoot (standing, fourth from left in blazer)<br />
File:India-Cycle-Sporting-4-internationalevent2.jpg| 1952 [[Kassel]]: Indian cyclists at international event (Dhana Singh (third from left), Rusi MullaFeroze <small>(fifth from left in glasses)</small>, Malcolm <small>(seated to right)</small>, Bhoot <small>(standing in blazer)</small>)<br />
File:India-Cycle-Sporting-4-internationalevent.jpg| Indian cyclists enroute 1954-55 [[Peace Race]]: (Dhana Singh <small>(fourth from left)</small>, Bhoot <small>(second from right in coat)</small>, Papa Pawar <small>(first from left in coat)</small>)<br />
File:India-Cycle-Sporting-4-internationalevent-warsaw-berlin-prague-race.jpg|1954 Peace Race, first stage in Warsaw<br />
File:India-Cycle-Sporting-4-internationalevent3-germany.jpg|Indian cyclists at Peace Race ahead of team Egypt: <small>(l-to-r)</small>: Chakravarti, Mehra, Dhana Singh<br />
File:India-Cycle-Sporting-4-1954.jpg|Indian cyclists 1954: Malcolm, Bhoot<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://bangalorebikersclub.com Forum for cycling in Bangalore (cycling capital of India)]<br />
* [http://bbch.in Bangalore Bicycle Championships] – official pages of amateur races<br />
* Indian teams at the Olympic Games: [https://web.archive.org/web/20200417102158/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/IND/summer/1948/CYC/ 1948], [https://web.archive.org/web/20200417102158/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/IND/summer/1952/CYC/ 1952] (Sports-Reference.com)<br />
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