new delhi in the autumn of 1931 iconic hollywood star charlie chaplin had a brief meeting with mahatma gandhi in a humble little house in east india dock road in london a year later in los angeles charlie chaplin had another memorable meeting with another indian icon major dhyan chandthe hockey wizard who registered some of the biggest wins in the game was an instant star at the 1932 los angeles olympics after winning the gold for indiaread alsonational sports awards covid positive vinesh phogat among 14 absenteeswoman wrestler vinesh phogat who has been chosen for the prestigious rajiv gandhi khel ratna but has tested positive for coronavirus is among the 14 sportspersons who will be absent at a virtual presentation of the annual national sports awards by the president ram nath kovind on saturday morninghockey stars to engage fans in skill challenge on national sports daythe indian mens and womens hockey teams will engage with fans through skill challenges to celebrate the national sports day on saturday which marks the birth anniversary of hockey legend major dhyan chandcharlie chaplin came to the olympic village and met dada dhyan chand and his other teammates the american media highlighted the meeting revealed ashok dhyan chand world cup winner and son of the hockey legend who along with several olympians has demanded bharat ratna for dhyan chandremembering his father on his 115th birth anniversary ashok said that india honours the hockey legend by celebrating national sports day on his birthday on august 29 every yearthis is an honour not only for our family but for all sports loving people of the country and to be true the bharat ratna for dhyan chand has been demanded by the people of india and not by us its for the government to decide as far as i know the sports ministry during upa2 had recommended bharat ratna for dada but somehow the final approval on the file was for sachin tendulkar said ashok who scored the winning goal against pakistan in indias maiden world cup title at kualalumpur in 1975on tendulkar the hockey olympian said i have respect and love for sachin he is the greatest cricketer india has ever produced but top sports historians are of the view that dhyan chand was the greatest sportsman ever born in indian subcontinentbecause he was unbeatable for an athlete to remain unbeaten for an entire career in any sporting discipline is itself a recordon a rare photograph of dhyan chand playing cricket ashok said dada was brilliant in several games billiards was his favourite pastime he was fond of football and also played cricketin a friendly match played in mount abu in 1950s dhyan chand batted as a star and the bowlers could not beat him for once dhyan chands autobiography goal published in 1952 by sports and pastime chennai reveals about the hockey legends meeting with cricket legend sir don bradmanon may 2 1935 in adelaide bradman arrived at a function hosted for dhyan chand and