National Sports Day,2023

• National Sports Day is celebrated every year on 29 August.

• It is celebrated on 29 August to commemorate the birth anniversary of hockey player Major Dhyanchand.
• August 29 is the birth anniversary of Major Dhyanchand, a hockey player and three-time gold medalist in the Olympics.
• Major Dhyanchand won gold medals in the Olympics in 1928, 1932 and 1936.
• The theme of National Sports Day 2023 is "Sport enables an inclusive and fit society".