Mir Ranjan Negi

(1958, Almora)

Mir Ranjan Negi was a former goalie for the men’s national field hockey team of India. Mir Ranjan Negi plays field hockey. He served as the goalie in the game against Pakistan, which forever changed the course of his life. Mir Ranjan Singh Negi was born on 1958 and raised in the Uttarakhand’s state Almora. He had an early interest in hockey.

ASIAN GAMES (1982)

Mir Ranjan served as the game’s goalie in 1982, when India fell to their bitter enemies by a score of 1-7. The final match of the Asian Games Hockey was going on between India vs Pakistan, all the big people were present in the match. According to reports, esteemed personalities like former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, Rajiv Gandhi, Amitabh Bachchan had come to see this match. The opening goal was scored by India in the fourth minute, but after this goal, no other goal could be scored by India while Pakistan scored a number of goals. Pakistan had defeated India 7-1 in that final match. In this game, Mir Singh Negi served as the goalkeeper. Pictures of Mir Singh Negi with Pakistani players then surfaced, and they were charged with demanding Rs 1 lakh for each goal. Mir Singh Negi later explained that the images were of the Asian Games opening ceremony and had been captured by a journalist.

Mir Ranjan Negi became a super villain over night as a result of the crushing setback, which sent shockwaves throughout the nation. Negi hid because the pressure was too great. He was charged with willfully caving in to desires that had no real foundation but were sufficient to ruin his life. He was charged with willfully caving in to desires that had no real foundation but were sufficient to ruin his life. Everywhere he went, he was the target of public ire, and some newspapers even claimed that he had been paid by Pakistan to score goals. The result was a collective failure, according to the then – Indian team leader Zafar Iqbal, and Mir Ranjan had nothing to do with it.

COACH OF MEN’S AND WOMEN’S HOCKEY TEAM

After years of neglect, Negi made a successful comeback to hockey as a coach for the men’s team before moving on to the women’s squad. Mir served as the national field hockey team’s coach for India in 1998, a year in which the Indians won. He served as the goalkeeping coach for the team that won the gold medal at the 2002 Commonwealth Games and served as an assistant coach for the squad that won the 2004 Asia Cup.

CHAK DE INDIA

The movie “Chak De India” was based on his life. It is believed that Mir Ranjan Negi inspired Shah Rukh Khan’s character of Kabir. Additionally, Negi took part in Shah Rukh Khan’s physical preparation for the movie. As a result, Negi gained notoriety and popularity in the media and entertainment industry.

LATER CAREER

In collaboration with the choreographer Marischa Fernandes, Mir Ranjan Negi joined the Jhalak Dikhla Jaa for its second season. He advanced to the show’s semifinals. He was the only participant who did not come from the world of movies and television. However, many were stunned by how he advanced to the episode’s semifinals. He claimed that his participation in “Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 2” was motivated by his desire to establish a hockey academy in memory of his son, who passed away tragically at the age of 19 from an accident. Also, in the Garhwali film Suberau Ghaam he could be seen as a officer.