When Indian team won gold in Moscow Olympic in 1980 he played as center forward for his team. He got captaincy of Indian team in 1985. He was also the member of the Indian team that won silver and bronze medals in Asian games in 1982 and 1986 respectively. With the dawn the gathering started to increase while many former Olympians including Jafar Iqbal Ashok Kumar , Sujit Kumar, RP Singh Shaqil Ahmed and Sardar Singh also visited there to offer floral tributes. When doctors noticed sharp deterioration in his health condition he was referred to Gurgaon based hospital on June 29.

Source: Times of India July 21, 2016 13:34 UTC