A hockey player from Mithapur

Pargat Singh is an Indian hockey player born in Mithapur, Punjab, according to Hockey India’s list of Olympic captains. Mithapur is near Jalandhar and has a wider history of producing hockey players. The name of a village can provide a starting point for local sporting history, but a player’s career should be documented through their own teams and matches. Pargat Singh’s full name is recorded in some sources as Pargat Singh Powar. Identifying the person through dates and competition records helps avoid confusion with other people who share a name.[1]

Olympic captaincy

Hockey India lists Pargat Singh as captain of India’s men’s hockey team at the 1992 Barcelona and 1996 Atlanta Olympics. Its record places India seventh and eighth respectively at those Games.[1]

Captaincy is a leadership role within a team, and a team’s final position should not be presented as an individual medal. The International Hockey Federation’s 1992 team listing also includes him in the Indian squad. Such records provide a basis for checking participation; match reports and interviews can add the circumstances of individual games and decisions on the field.[2]

A career in context

The Sikhs in Hockey project lists Lyallpur Khalsa College in Jalandhar, Punjab Police and Pargat Singh’s position as a full back. Its match table records his appearances at Seoul in 1988 as well as the 1992 and 1996 Games. Together with Hockey India’s captaincy list, the profile offers a way to follow his playing career through specific teams and tournaments. A match table is a starting point for further research rather than a complete account of training or personal experience. Later political or administrative roles should be investigated in separately dated records. The profile also lists the 1986 World Cup in London and the 1990 tournament in Lahore, where it identifies him as captain. Its listed first international was against Hong Kong in December 1983. These dated details help distinguish a career record from a claim about current work.[3]

Sources & notes

Source records include access dates and, where known, limits on what was examined. Checks used AI assistance; independent human or specialist review has not been completed.

  1. Hockey India. Olympic Captains of India ↗Written source · Source date: publication date not established · Locator: Mithapur and Olympic captaincy. Accessed 2026-11-03.Sporting record or biographical source inspected.Return to A hockey player from Mithapur, paragraph 1 ↑Return to Olympic captaincy, paragraph 1 ↑
  2. International Hockey Federation. 1992 men’s Olympic Games: India team ↗Written source · Source date: 1992 · Locator: Indian squad listing. Accessed 2026-11-03.Sporting record or biographical source inspected.Return to Olympic captaincy, paragraph 2 ↑
  3. Sikhs in Hockey. Pargat Singh ↗Written source · Source date: publication date not established · Locator: Profile: college, club, full-back position and Olympic match table. Accessed 2026-11-04.The specialist hockey profile was checked for the college, Punjab Police affiliation, position and listed appearances. It does not describe his post-playing career.Return to A career in context, paragraph 1 ↑
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