Lal Shah Bokhari

British Indian field hockey player

Lal Shah Bokhari
لال شاہ بخاری

Indian hockey team en route to Los Angeles Olympics in 1932. Captain of the team, Lal Shah Bokhari, (in turban) is sitting on extreme left chair.

Personal information

Full name

Syed Lal Shah Bokhari

Born

(1906-01-13)13 January 1906^[1]
Lyallpur, Punjab Province,
British India

Died

22 July 1959(1959-07-22) (aged 53)
Baghdad, Iraq

Height

5 ft 8 in (173 cm)

Playing position

Left-half

Youth career

1921-1926

Government College, Lahore

Senior career

Years

Team

1927-1933

Government College, Lahore

National team

Years

Team

Apps

(Gls)

1932

British India

(0^[2])

Medal record

Men's Field Hockey

Representing British India
Olympic Games
	1932 Los Angeles	Team competition

Last updated on: 4 May 2024

Lal Shah Bokhari (Urdu: لال شاہ بخاری;
13 January 1906 – 22 July 1959) was a British India field hockey player. He was captain of the 15-member British Indian field hockey team in the 1932 Summer Olympics.

1932 Olympics

In 1932, he was the captain^[3] of the British India_men's national field hockey team, which won the gold medal at the Los Angeles Olympics. There were total three teams in the tournament and every team played two matches. He played both the matches from his team.

The British Indian team, troubled by groupism (natives vs Anglo-Indians) that surfaced when Lal Shah Bokhari was named captain ahead of Broome Eric Pinniger, arrived in Los Angeles to a rousing greeting.^[4]

Opts for Pakistan

At the time of partition of India and Pakistan in 1947, he was serving as Hajj Officer to the Government of India and stationed at Delhi. He opted for Pakistan upon the country's independence from Britain and served as a diplomat for Pakistan -- his last posting being Pakistan's ambassador to Iraq.^{[citation needed]}

References

^ https://books.google.com/books/about/Asia_Who_s_Who.html?id=YkVEAAAAIAAJ The Asia Who's Who, 1957, p. 50
^ http://www.bharatiyahockey.org/granthalaya/goal/1932/ p. 12
^ 1932. Bharatiya Hockey.
^ 1932 Olympics Games - India's dominance continues. The Hindu.