Om Prakash Sr.: Hoopistani Indian Basketball Hall of Fame


Om Prakash Sr., who represented Team India and Services in the 70s/80s, is today's induction into the Hoopistani Indian Basketball Hall of Fame.
Photo courtesy: punjabbasketball.org

In 1979, he received one of the highest civil honours in the nation for sport, the Arjuna Award.

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