Every year, twenty ninth August is observed as National Sports Day in India. The first National Sports Day used to be celebrated on August 29, 2012, on the birth anniversary of Major Dhyan Chand. Dhayn Chand was the celebrity of the hockey group of India. The sports day is used as a platform to launch a range of sports activities schemes as well as organise a variety of wearing occasions and seminars to unfold recognition about the importance of physical activities & sports in life.
National Sports Day is called with the identity Rashtriya Khel Divas in some components of India. The Postal Department of India paid tribute to Major Dhyan Chand in 1979 after his demise and renamed the Delhi National Stadium as Major Dhyan Chand Stadium, Delhi. It was announced in 2012, that a day had to be celebrated as National Sports Day with the intent of spreading attention about the spirit of sportsmanship and propagating the message of more than a few sports.