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Harmanpreet Singh

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  Harmanpreet Singh will be remembered as one of India's greatest ever hockey players. He is now 12th on the  list of goal scorers in international hockey, with 205 goals. For India, he is 3rd, behind Dhyan Chand (570) and  Balbir Singh Sr (246). India got only 2 penalty corners throughout the Asia Cup final against China.  Harmanpreet could not convert either. But he was instrumental in setting up the winner. He executed a beautiful solo run down the left flank right upto the Chinese baseline,  and passed to Jugraj. Thus he acted as  a forward during that move, foregoing his role of deep defender. It was a moment of 'total hockey' in keeping with  'total football' popularized by Netherlands in the 1970s.
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Plassey and the Indian banker:

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JAGAT SETH The battle of Plassey was fought on 23 rd June 1757. It is one of the most significant battles in Indian history, as it led to the eclipse of Muslim power in India and the establishment of the British Empire in the subcontinent. One of the most famous Indian bankers of all time is Jagat Seth, who conspired against Siraj-ud-Daula, the Nawab of Bengal, in the Battle of Plassey. That gave the East India Company its first decisive victory in India and eventually helped establish its rule over the entire subcontinent. Various travellers of that time wrote about Jagat Seth's enormous wealth (one traveller described him as "the greatest banker in the known world"). The name Jagat Seth itself means banker to the world. The house of Jagat Seth came to achieve a reputation akin to that of the Rothschilds. According to some sources, the British economy in the 1720s was less than Jagat Seth’s' wealth. He had assets worth approximately 1000 billion pounds or more...
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Indian Team For ODI World Cup

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