12th South Asian
Games – 2016
Prime
Minister, Mr. Narendra Modi declared the 12th South Asian Games 2016 open at
the Indira Gandhi Athletics Stadium in Guwahati, Assam. In his address, Modi said that the South Asian
Games demonstrate 3-Ts and they are Team
Work, Togetherness and Talent.
Earlier
the players of all 8-participating nations marched past a crowd of thousands
who cheered for them with applause. Squash Player Sourav Ghoshal was the flag
bearer of the 521-member Indian contingent.
12th South Asian
Games open
• Over 2500 athletes
from India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Nepal, Bhutan and
Maldives will be part of the games that will be co-hosted by Meghalaya Capital,
Shillong.
• A total of 228
events in 23 sports disciplines will be played during the games for 11
days.
• Games slogan is ‘Play for Peace, Progress and Prosperity’.
• Tikhor, a one-horned rhino that
represents endangered fauna of Assam found in Kaziranga National Park is the
official mascot of the event.
• India is hosting
the game for the third time. First was held in 1987 in Kolkata, West Bengal and
second time in 1995 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu.
• The 12th South
Asian Games, 2016 is the first international multi-sporting mega event in the
North Eastern region.
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