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| honorific_prefix = [[Brigadier (India)|Brigadier]]<br />
| name = Harcharan Singh<br />
| honorific_suffix = [[Vishisht Seva Medal|VSM]]<br />
| image = Brigadier (retired) Harcharan Singh.jpg<br />
| imagesize = 250px<br />
| caption = Harcharan Singh in Amritsar in February 2022<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1950|01|15}}<br />
| birth_place = Marar, [[Punjab, India|Punjab]], India<br />
| occupation = former Field Hockey Player, Motivational Speaker<br />
| spouse = Dilraj Kaur<br />
| children = 2<br />
| allegiance = {{flag|India}}<br />
| branch = {{Army|India}}<br />
| serviceyears = 1969 - 1999<br />
| rank = [[File:Brigadier of the Indian Army.svg|22px]] <br />
[[Brigadier (India)|Brigadier]]<br />
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{{MedalTableTop | medals =<br />
{{MedalSport | Men's [[field hockey]] }}<br />
{{MedalCountry | {{IND}} }}<br />
{{MedalCompetition | [[Olympic Games]] }}<br />
{{MedalBronze | [[1972 Summer Olympics|1972 Munich]] | [[Field hockey at the 1972 Summer Olympics|Team]] }}<br />
{{MedalCompetition | [[Hockey World Cup]] }}<br />
{{MedalBronze | [[1971 Men's Hockey World Cup|1971 Barcelona]] | Team }}<br />
{{MedalSilver | [[1973 Men's Hockey World Cup|1973 Amsterdam]] | Team }}<br />
{{MedalGold | [[1975 Men's Hockey World Cup|1975 Kuala Lumpur]] | Team }}<br />
{{MedalCompetition | [[Asian Games]] }}<br />
{{MedalSilver | [[1970 Asian Games|1970 Bangkok]] | [[Field hockey at the 1970 Asian Games|Team ]] }}<br />
{{MedalSilver | [[1974 Asian Games|1974 Tehran]] | [[Field hockey at the 1974 Asian Games|Team]] }}<br />
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[[Brigadier (India)|Brigadier]] '''Harcharan Singh''', [[Vishisht Seva Medal|VSM]] (born January 15, 1950) is an Indian [[field hockey]] player. He was a member of bronze medal winner [[India men's national field hockey team]] at the [[1972 Summer Olympics]] in [[Munich]].<ref name=sref>{{cite Sports-Reference |title=Harcharan Singh |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/si/harcharan-singh-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418120830/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/si/harcharan-singh-1.html|url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |accessdate=12 May 2012}}</ref><br />
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==Early life, Education and Army==<br />
He was born in Marar, [[Gurdaspur district|Gurdaspur]], [[Punjab, India|Punjab]]. He joined the [[Indian Army]], long after he began playing hockey in 1969. Singh explains, “I joined the Army quite late. The reason being my lack of fluency in English. I studied at the Khalsa Government school in rural Punjab. To qualify to an officer in the Services, one must be fluent in English. I picked up the language but struggled a lot to move up the ranks in the early stages of my career in the army.. <ref>{{cite news|title=HOCKEY HERO HARCHARAN: LEFT WAS CERTAINLY RIGHT FOR THIS STICK ARTIST|url=https://stick2hockey.com/hockey-hero-harcharan-left-was-certainly-right-for-this-stick-artist/|work=stick2hockey.com|access-date=15 March 2021}}</ref><br />
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==Field Hockey==<br />
Singh was member of [[India men's national field hockey team]] which won [[Bronze medal|Bronze]] in [[1972 Summer Olympics]] held in [[Munich]]. Singh was also member of Indian Hockey Team which won Bronze in [[1971 Men's Hockey World Cup|1971 Barcelona]] [[Men's FIH Hockey World Cup|Hockey World Cup]], [[Silver medal|Silver]] in [[1973 Men's Hockey World Cup|1973 Amsterdam Hockey World Cup]] and [[Gold medal|Gold]] in [[1975 Men's Hockey World Cup|1975 Kuala Lumpur Hockey World Cup]]. In [[Asian Games]] Singh's team won Silver medals in [[1970 Asian Games]] held in [[Bangkok]] and [[1974 Asian Games]] held in [[Tehran]]. Singh also competed at the [[1976 Summer Olympics]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.olympedia.org/athletes/19272 | title=Olympedia – Harcharan Singh }}</ref><br />
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==Awards==<br />
Singh was awarded [[Arjuna Award]] in 1977. He was awarded [[Vishisht Seva Medal]] for distinguished services to the nation while serving in the Army in 1981, the [[Maharaja Ranjit Singh Award]] by the [[Government of Punjab, India|Punjab Government]] in 2019 which acknowledged him as a Punjab sports legend and the Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji Achiever’s Award among 400 prominent [[Punjabis]] globally, also in 2019 by [[Amarinder Singh|Capt. Amarinder Singh]] on the occasion of 550th Prakash Purb celebrations of [[Guru Nanak|Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji]].<br />
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