Cycling Federation of India

Cycling Federation of India
Formation 1946 (1946)
Website www.cyclingfederationofindia.org

The Cycling Federation of India (Hindi: भारतीय साइकिलिंग महासंघ) is the national governing body of cycle racing in India.

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Founders JankiDas (left) and Sohrab Bhoot (right)

It is a member of the UCI and the Asian Cycling Confederation.

Cycling as a sports was introduced in India with the efforts of Sh. Janki Das in mid 1930s. It found its International level when Sh. Janki Das, the lone Indian cyclist participated in the British Empire Games at Sydney (Australia) in 1938 with Swami Jagan Nath accompanied as Manager. With the pioneering of these two, Indian Cycling was to secure affiliation of National Cycling Federation to the National Cyclists Union of England. A few years later, another stalwart Sohrab H. Bhoot of Bombay & Janki Das joined hands and formed the National Cyclists Federation of India in 1946, and secured affiliation of this new body with Union Cyclists International (UCI). The Cycling Federation of India then sent teams of cyclists to the Olympics, the Asian games, and major international cycling events—for example the London Olympics in 1948, the Warsaw-Berlin-Prague Race in 1954-55, and the Tokyo international championships in 1961.


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India cylists at the 1948 Olympics
India cyclists at 1948 Olympics- Standing, l to r: Bhoot (in jacket with hat), x, x, Nariman Saugar (in jacket with cap) Seated, l to r: x (in blazer), x, Malcolm, Mehra, x
India cyclists at international event
India cyclists at 1951 Asian Games--Cycling Team Pursuit Silver Medallists Raj Kumar Mehra (standing on podium); Gurdev Singh, Dhangar (Lhanguard), Madan Mohan (standing left to right); and manager Bhoot (standing, fourth from left in blazer).
India cyclists 1954: Malcolm, Bhoot
52 Kassel: Indian Cyclists at international event: Rusi MullaFeroze (fifth from left in glasses), Malcolm (seated to right), Bhoot(standing in blazer)
Japan Cycling team: Kitazawa (President), Primer Takamatu and S.Sugihara (Captains)
1954-55 warsaw-berlin-prague race, 1st stage in Warsaw
Indian cyclists enroute 1954-55 warsaw-berlin-prague race
Indian cyclists ahead of Egypt cyclists-germany event




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