New Delhi, Oct. 11 -- The sport of hockey has always been very special for the Indian sporting fraternity.

Captain of the Indian men's hockey team, Harmanpreet Singh, is considered one of the modern legends of the game. He derives his inspiration from the yesteryears, most notably from the tales of the 1948 London Olympics, where India defeated Great Britain 4-0 in the final, to clinch a historic Gold Medal, a year after the country won Independence. This was the first time ever that the Indian flag was hoisted at the Olympics.

Looking back at Independent India's first Hockey Gold Medal at the Olympic Games, Harmanpreet Singh said as quoted by the Hockey India press release, "When India won the Gold Medal at the 1948 London Olympics, it...