36th National Games to be held in Gujarat

Highlights:

• The 2022 National Games of India will be held from September 29 to October 12 this year.
• Also known as Gujarat 2022, it will be organized in Ahmedabad, Gandhinagar, Surat, Vadodara, Rajkot and Bhavnagar.
• The event will include sports such as athletics, field hockey, football, volleyball, table tennis, skateboarding, kabaddi, mallakhamba etc.
• Teams from 28 states and 8 union territories are expected to take part in this event.
• A team representing the Indian Armed Forces will also participate in Gujarat 2022.
• The two new UTs - Ladakh and Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu - will make their debut at the National Games this year.
• The last edition of these games was held in Kerala in 2015.

• The National Games of India was organized as the Indian Olympic Games in the initial years. 
• In 1940, the Indian Olympic Games was organized as National Games. 
• It involves competition between sportsmen from various parts of the country. 
• The city of Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh hosted the inaugural edition of the National Games in Independent India. 
• These games’ duration and regulations are within the jurisdiction of the Indian Olympics Association. 
• The National Games must be conducted in such a way that they do not clash with the Olympic Games and Asian Games.