Chandgi Ram Sports Complex

Chandgi Ram Sports Complex
चंदगी राम स्पोर्ट्स कॉम्प्लेक्स
Location Saifai, Etawah District, Uttar Pradesh
Coordinates 26°57′20″N 78°57′29″E / 26.95556°N 78.95806°E / 26.95556; 78.95806
Owner Government of Uttar Pradesh
Operator Government of Uttar Pradesh
Capacity 40,000[1]

The Chandgi Ram Sports Complex(Hindi:चंदगी राम स्पोर्ट्स कॉम्प्लेक्स) is an international-level sports complex having a hockey pitch, badminton hall and a swimming pool in Saifai, Etawah District of Uttar Pradesh. It is named after Haryanvi wrestler Chandgi Ram.

Sports Facilities at Chandgi Ram Sports Complex

AstroTurf Hockey Stadium

Senior National Hockey Championship 2015(Women) at AstroTurf Hockey Stadium .

The stadium has facilities like an AstroTurf hockey stadium with synthetic running track, base & synthetic surface.[2] It witnesses 5th Senior National Hockey Championship 2015(Women).

Swimming Pool

It is a swimming pool which fulfills international standards of swimming(sport).[2]

Badminton Hall

This sports complex had a badminton hall too.[2]

Other Sports Facilities in Saifai, Etawah

Saifai has an athletics stadium and an indoor stadium too.[2]

Work for the international cricket stadium had begun in 2006 when Mulayam Singh Yadav was the chief minister. But the project could not be completed and later got stuck following alleged anomalies in construction work. The government has now decided to breathe new life into the project.

Sports College & University

Main article: Saifai Sports College

Saifai village has a residential sports college, established in 2014. It offers teaching from 6th to 12th standardand by the curriculum of Board of High School and Intermediate Education, Uttar Pradesh (U.P. Board) and sports training in cricket, football, hockey, wrestling, athletics, badminton, swimming and kabaddi.

In 2015, the work of a first-of-its-kind Sports University started at Saifai.[3]

About Saifai

Main article: Saifai

Saifai is a village in the Etawah District of Uttar Pradesh. It is situated between Mainpuri and Etawah. Distance between it and Mainpuri is 33 km, and distance between it and Etawah is 20 km.

Saifai is the birth place of Mulayam Singh Yadav founder president of Samajwadi Party, former Minister of Defence (India) & former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh.

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