Roop Singh Bais was an Indian field hockey player, born on 8 September 1908 and died on 16 December 1977. He was part of the Indian field hockey team that won gold medals for India at the 1932 and 1936 Olympic Games, which gives him two Olympic titles. He was the younger brother of Dhyan Chand, the Indian player whose name is among the best known in the history of the sport, and the two brothers belong together in any account of the early years of Indian hockey on the Olympic stage.
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an Indian hockey player
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won gold medals for India at the 1932 and 1936 Olympic Games
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an Indian hockey player
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He was part of the Indian field hockey team
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the 1932 and 1936 Olympic Games
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the 1932 and 1936 Olympic Games
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He was part of the Indian field hockey team
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