About Jasdev Singh
Lived 1930 – 2018 (aged 87–88). Jasdev Singh was an Indian writer and journalist.
Jasdev Singh (1930/31 – 25 September 2018) was an Indian sports commentator. He was awarded Padma Shri in 1985 and Padma Bhushan in 2008. He died on 25 September 2018. He was also an official commentator on Independence Day, and Republic Day parade broadcasts from 1963 for state-run media, Doordarshan and also All India Radio. He joined All Indian Radio Jaipur in 1955, and moved to Delhi after eight years, thereafter he joined Doordarshan, where he worked for over 35 years.
Over the years, he covered nine Olympics, eight hockey World Cups and six Asian Games, and was awarded the Olympic Order, the highest award of the Olympic movement, by Juan Antonio Samaranch, IOC president.
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Who was Jasdev Singh?
sports commentator
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Jasdev Singh was born in 1930.
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Jasdev Singh died on 25 September 2018.
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Jasdev Singh was a writer and journalist.
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Jasdev Singh was Indian.
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