About Raj Manchanda
Lived 1945 – 2024 (aged 79). Raj Manchanda was an Indian squash player.
Raj Manchanda (5 August 1945 – 1 December 2024) was an Indian squash player. He won six straight National Squash Championships from 1977 to 1982. Also a member of the Arjuna Award, he received the Arjuna Award in 1980. In 1981, he received the Best Services Sportsman Award.
Biography Born in Abohar on 5 August 1945, Manchanda held six national championship titles and won every single one of his regional championships. During the 1980s, he faced Jahangir Khan, a future World Open champion, in the Asian Individual Squash Championships. At the Asian Team Squash Championships, he won a silver medal in 1981 and a bronze medal in 1984.
Manchanda died in New Delhi on 1 December 2024, at the age of 79.
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Who was Raj Manchanda?
Indian squash player (1945–2024)
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Raj Manchanda was born on 5 August 1945 in Abohar.
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Raj Manchanda died on 1 December 2024 in Delhi.
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Raj Manchanda was a squash player.
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Raj Manchanda was Indian.
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