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Until the late 1930s the Royal Kashmir Polo team flourished under the patronage of late Maharaja Hari Singh of Jammu & Kashmir. Some of the well known personalities whom he patronized were Rao Raja Hanut Singh, Gaje Singh, Maharaj Prem Singh, Nawab Khusro Jung. The hill station of Gulmarg was home to the highest Polo field in the world, situated at an altitude of 11,000 ft. The other more played grounds were in Jammu and Srinagar. From the 1920s upto early 1940s, Srinagar was the major summer Polo center for the Indian Princes. Famous Australian 10 goal Polo player Bob Skene, played Polo with the Maharaja for several years. He was also responsible for shipping dozens of Polo ponies each year from Australia to the royal stables in India.
Today, the Royal Kashmir Polo team is run by his grandson, Yuvraj Vikramaditya Singh who is a forth generation Polo player. He has some of the best Polo ponies in the country and hires well known Indian and international professionals to play on the team. Over the years, he has patronized several players and helped them to turn professionals.
In the past 12 years, the Royal Kashmir team has played and won tournaments for the Hindustan Times, Taj Group of Hotels, Damania Airways, the RPG group, Modiluft, Torrent, Jack Daniels, LG, ABN AMRO Bank, AIWA and others.
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In 1994, the Royal Kashmir team scored a hat trick by winning the "Rao Raja Hanut Singh Memorial Cup" in Delhi, followed by the "Birla Cup" and the most prestigious "President's Cup" in Jaipur. The latter was covered live by Doordarshan along with widespread coverage in local and national newspapers and journals. In 1995, the team won the “Northern India Open Championship” for Damania Airways and the “Rao Raja Hanut Singh Memorial Cup” for the Hindustan Times, second year running. In 1996, the team won the “Sir Pratap Singh Cup” for Hindustan Times again. The Kashmir team won the Sawai Man Singh Gold Vase in Jaipur in March 1996. The inaugural “Jiwaji Rao Scindia Gold Vase,” was won in New Delhi in February 1997. |
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In February 1998, the Royal Kashmir Team won the most prestigious Northern Indian Open Championship, beating the monopoly of the Oberoi team for the past five years. The team won decisively, beating Oberoi 7 to 4 goals. It also won both tournaments in the Jodhpur inaugural Polo season in March, which was promoted by H.H. Maharaja Gaj Singh. The Royal Kashmir team won both the Indian Open Championship and the Maharaja Gaj Singh cup again in February-March 2001, for the second year running. It was for the first time that the Royal Kashmir team won the Maharaja Hari Singh Memorial Cup in December 2002 followed by another victory of the Maharaja Gaj Singh Cup in Jodhpur for the third time consecutively. A year later, we managed to be in the finals of Maharaja Hari Singh Cup, but were pipped by Jindal Steel, whom we had beaten the previous year. |
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Some of the well known players that have played for Royal Kashmir team include: |
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| Pepe Araya
Ramiro Garros
Carlos Urrea
Mike Todd
Roddy Williams
Philip Elliot
Oliver Hipwood
Tarquin Southwell
Oliver Taylor
Peter Webb
H. Mazzini
James Glassom
Nocho Gonzalez
Juan Gustavo Ambroggio
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(British) |
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Domestic |
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| Angad Kalaan |
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| Uday Kalaan |
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| Jai Shergill |
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| Samir Suhag |
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| Manupal Godara |
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| Lokendra Singh |
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| KV Singh |
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| Dhruvpal Godara |
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| Bhawani Singh Kalvi |
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| Vishal Singh |
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The Royal Kashmir Polo team competes professionally in all IPA tournaments in the New Delhi, Jaipur and Jodhpur circuits.
Tiger Sports Marketing is the leading sports marketing company in India. They are also the marketing agents for the Royal Kashmir Polo Team & The Maharaja Hari Singh Memorial Cup. Any proposals or inquiries for sponsorship of the above, may be sent to Tiger Sports Marketing directly. They may be contacted at tsm@del3.vsnl.net.in |
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