National Games of India

The is a sporting event held in India. It comprises various disciplines in which sportsmen from the different states of India participate against each other. It was in 1924, in erstwhile Punjab, Lahore be precise, that the Indian chapter of the Olympic movement was born. The founder was G.D. Sondhi, the first Secretary of the Punjab Olympic Association. Lt.Col H.L.O. Garrett, vice principal of Government College, Lahore, was the President of the founder body. The same year, the country's first Olympic Games, now christened as National Games, were organised in Lahore, the then capital of undivided Punjab.

Indian Olympic Games (Early National Games)

The Games were held every two years from 1924 as Indian Olympic Games and were renamed as National Games when they were first held in Bombay in 1940.

Modern National Games

The Indian Olympic Association, the premier sports organizing body of the nation, mooted the concept of the National Games. For several years it was conducted on a low key note. However, the Modern National Games on the lines of the Olympics were held in 1985 in New Delhi. Thereafter Kerala(1987), Pune(1994), Bangalore(1997),Manipur(1999), Ludhiana(2001), Hyderabad(2002) and Guwahati(2007) have hosted the Games.

Periodicity of National Games

The National Games are required to be held once in two years leaving those years in which the Olympic Games and Asian Games are scheduled to be held. Only in exceptional cases or natural calamity, the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) can allow relaxation from the general rule. The duration and the regulation of the National Games is entirely within the jurisdiction of IOA.

Summer

List of National Games of India
Competition name	Number	Year	Venue
Indian Olympic Games	I	1924	Lahore
	II	1926
	III	1928	Lahore
	IV	1930	Allahabad
	V	1932	Madras
	VI	1934	Delhi
	VII	1936	Lahore
	VIII	1938	Calcutta
National Games	IX	1940	Bombay
	X	1942	Patiala
	XI	1944	Lahore
	XII	1946	Lahore
	XIII	1948	Lucknow
	XIV	1952	Madras
	XV	1953	Jabalpur
	XVI	1954	Delhi
	XVII	1956	Patiala
	XVIII	1958	Cuttack
	XIX	1960	Delhi
	XX	1962	Jabalpur
	XXI	1964	Calcutta
	XXII	1966	Bangalore
	XXIII	1968	Madras
	XXIV	1970	Cuttack
	XXV	1979	Hyderabad
National Games (new format)	XXVI	1985	Delhi
	XXVII	1987	Kerala
	XXVIII	1994	Bombay-Pune
	XXIX	1997	Bangalore
	XXX	1999	Imphal
	XXXI	2001	Punjab
	XXXII	2002	Hyderabad
	XXXIII	2007	Guwahati
	XXXIV	2011	Ranchi
National Games Future	XXXV		Thiruvananthapuram
	XXXVI		Goa
	XXXVII	2013	Chhatisgarh

Winter

List of National Winter Games of India
Competition name	Number	Year	Venue
National Winter Games	I	1996	Gulmarg
	II	2000	Manali
	III	2002	Auli
	IV	2004	Gulmarg
	V	2008	Gulmarg

Though National Games supposed to be held once in 2 years, it is faltering on this schedule. It took Guwahati 5 years to conduct the games after Hyderabad organized the National Games in 2002. It is now almost 3 years after Guwahati Games, but next edition of the Games have not been organized.