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SPORTS AND ADVENTURE Maximum
Number of Arjuna Awards by any Single Organisation Athletics In the first Commonwealth Games held after Independence, The Bengal Sappers contributed three out of four athletes including the legendary Joginder Singh (440 yards hurdles). Hav Jora Singh established a new national record in the Rome Olympics in 1960, when he completed the 50 Kilometers Walk with a timing of 4 hours and 26 minutes and 59.4 seconds.
Mountaineering |
True
to their motto “SARVATRA” – meaning everywhere
– The Bengal Sappers have excelled in the field of sports.
A fair testimony to their contribution in the field of sports
is in the form of the largest number of ARJUNA AWARDS won in various
disciplines. Bengal Sappers, who in recognition of their contribution
to sports, have been awarded ARJUNA AWARD are 11 in numbers today.
Major
Narender Dhar (Nandu) Jayal was the pioneer of mountaineering
in India. He scaled numerous peaks such as the Kamet, Abi-Gamin
and Trishul. While on the expedition to Cho-Oyo in 1958 he sacrificed
his life in this noble pursuit. Nandu was the founder Principal
of Himalyan Mountaineering Institute set up at Darjeeling in 1954
and an awardee of Skiing Teacher’s Certificate by the Government
of Austria. Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru, Prime Minister of India
and the Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Himalayan Mountaineering
Institute, instituted a fund in the memory of Maj Jayal in October
1958.
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