Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports
The Department of Sports organised Nine events in the month of January 2020 under the Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat Programme (EBSB) in various parts of the country to promote the spirit of National integration through sports. Championship events were organised in indigenous sports disciplines of Tug of War, Sqay, Kalarippayttu, Shooting ball and Olympic sport Handball for both Girls and Boys, with the unique concept of fielding Paired State teams. The winner Paired state team of Zonal championship qualify for the finals. Till January 31, 2020 Department of Sports conducted Nineteen events across the country, with participation of around 1200 players. The nine events conducted in the month of January 2020 are as under:
| S
No |
Nature of activities | Place/ Institution | Date | Number of participants |
| 1. | SPORTS CHAMPIONSHIP
EBSB Tug of war Championship for Men Zone 2 |
Indira Gandhi ground, Mahapalika Stadium, Nanded, Maharashtra Organised by
Department of Sports, Tug of War Federation of India |
12-15 Jan 2020 |
122 Participants From paired states Himachal Pradesh: Kerela, Gujarat: Chhatisgarh, Bihar: Tripura& Mizoram, Puducherry: Daman& Diu
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| 2. | SPORTS CHAMPIONSHIP
EBSB Tug of war Championship for Women Zone 2
|
-do- |
12-15 Jan 2020 | |
| 3. | SPORTS CHAMPIONSHIP
EBSB Sqay Boys U-21 Championship Zone 2 |
Sports Authority of India, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh Organised by Department of Sports
Sqay Fed of India
|
18-20 Jan 200 |
117 Participants From paired states Uttarakhand: Karnataka Goa : Jharkhand Madhya Pradesh: Manipur & Nagaland Bihar: Tripura |
| 4. | SPORTS CHAMPIONSHIP
EBSB Sqay Girls U-21 Championship Zone 2
|
-do- |
18-20 Jan 200 | |
| 5. | SPORTS CHAMPIONSHIP
EBSB Kalarippayattu Demonstration
|
StXaviersSchool GandhiNagar
IIT GandhiNagar Nest Internatonal School Ahmedabad AyyappaTemple Trust Auditorium GandhiNagar Organised by Department of Sports Kalarippayattu Federation of India |
23-24 Jan 2020 | Kalarippayttu team deomonstration was held at four venues in Gandhinagar, Gujarat. |
|
6. |
SPORTS CHAMPIONSHIP
EBSB Handball Boys U-20 Zone 1 |
Indore
Organised by Department of Sports Handball Fed of India
|
28-30 Jan 2020 | 144 Participants
From paired states MP:Manipur& Nagaland, Goa:Jharkhand, Punjab:Andhra Pradesh, HimachalPradesh: Kerala. |
| 7. | SPORTS CHAMPIONSHIP
EBSB Handball Girls U-20 Zone 1 |
-do- |
28-30 Jan 2020 | M.P:Manipur,Nagaland
Delhi: Sikkim Puducherry:Daman, Diu TN: J&K, Ladhakh
|
| 8.
|
SPORTS CHAMPIONSHIP
EBSB Shooting Ball Men Zone 3 |
V.K KRISHNA INDOOR Stadium Kozhikode, Kerala
Organised by Department of Sports Shooting Ball Federation of India |
30-31 Jan 2020 | 94 Participants
From paired states Mahrashtra:Odisha, Chandigarh:Dadra& Nagar Haveli, MP:Manipur& Nagaland, Puducherry: Daman& Diu.
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| 9. | SPORTS CHAMPIONSHIP
EBSB Shooting Ball Women Zone 3 |
-do- |
30-31 Jan 2020 |
EBSB KALARIPPAYTTU DEMONSTRATION- GANDHINAGAR
The players from all the participating paired States/UTs enjoyed playing these championship events with a unique concept of Joint teams of Paired States, which helped in better understanding of culture and food habits of each other. Colourful inauguration and closing ceremony were performed for each of the events in which local children performed welcome songs and folk dances in colourful folk dresses.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi had mooted the idea of a cultural connect between different regions during the Rashtriya Ekta Divas held in 2015. The broad objectives of Ek Bharat Shrestha Bharat include celebrating the Unity in Diversity of our nation and promoting the spirit of national integration through engagement between all states and union territories.
An activity calendar for each pair is prepared through mutual consultation, paving the way for a year long process of mutual engagement. The current pairings will continue till June this year. After the creation of Union Territory of Ladakh, it has been paired along with Jammu and Kashmir with Tamil Nadu. Punjab has been paired with Andhra Pradesh, Uttarakhand with Karnataka, Himachal Pradesh with Kerala, Delhi with Sikkim, and Rajasthan with Assam.
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