Balbir Singh Kullar, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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Olympic field hockey player
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Place of Birth: Sansarpur, Punjab, India
About Balbir Singh Kullar
- Balbir Singh Kular (born 8 August 1942) is an Indian field hockey player and a Punjab Police officer.
- Alternative spellings of his last name include Kullar and Khullar. Balbir Singh was born in the Sansarpur village of the Jalandhar district.
- He was the captain of the All India Schools during 1957–1960, and also played as part of the Combined University Team.
- At the national-level, he represented the hockey teams of Punjab State, Indian Railways and Punjab Police.
- For a brief time, he also played for the little-known hockey team of Mohun Bagan.
- Balbir Singh joined the Punjab Armed Police in 1962, and became an Assistant Sub-Inspector of the Punjab Police in 1963. As part of the Indian national men's hockey team, he played his first international game in 1963 at Lyons in France.
- He gained reputation as an inside forward in the Indian team, and toured Belgium, East Africa, East Germany, England, the Netherlands, Italy, Kenya, New Zealand and West Germany.
- He was a member of the Indian team that won the Asian Games Gold in 1966 (Bangkok) and the Olympic Bronze in 1968 (Mexico). During 1968–1975, Balbir Singh was a part of the All India Police team, and also served as its captain for some time.
- He became the Deputy Superintendent of Police in 1981, became an Indian Police Service officer in 1987.
- He retired as a Deputy Inspector General (DIG) in February 2001.
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