Chand's first international competition was with the Indian Army in New Zealand. The army later gave Chand permission to compete for a place on the Indian Olympic team for Field Hockey.
During the 1928 Olympics, Chand was the top scorer of the tournament, scoring 14 goals in 5 matches. A newspaper report about India's triumph said, “This is not a game of hockey, but magic. Dhyan Chand is in fact the magician of hockey.”
Chand was selected for the 1932 Olympic team without a tryout. The team once again won the gold medal. In the final on 11 August, India played against hosts USA. India won 24-1, a world record at the time.
Chand was again selected without tryout for the 1936 Olympic team. India defeated Germany 8-1 in the final for the gold medal. Chand scored 3 goals.
The Dhyan Chand Award is an award in India for lifetime achievement in sports. The National Stadium, Delhi was renamed Dhyan Chand National Stadium in 2002 in his honour.
Chand's younger brother, Roop Singh, played on the Indian Field Hockey team in the 1932 and 1936 Olympics. His son, Ashok Kumar, won an Olympic bronze medal in 1972 for Field Hockey.
Chand's autobiography, "Goal!", was published by Sport & Pastime, Madras in 1952.
Irrawaddy River
The Irrawaddy River or Ayeyarwady River is a river that flows from north to south through Myanmar. It is the country's largest river and most important commercial waterway. It begins where the N'mai and Mali rivers join together. The river ends at the Andaman Sea. The drainage basin is about and covers a large part of Myanmar.no
The delta of the Irrawaddy begins about north of the city of Hinthada. The westernmost distributary of the delta is the Pathein (Bassein) River and the easternmost is the Yangon River. The land in the delta is low but it is not flat. The soil is made of fine silt.
A large number of people live in the delta region. Because the soil can be as low as 3 metres above sea level, it is an important area for growing rice.
On 2 May 2008, Cyclone Nargis was a major disaster for the delta. The cyclone reportedly killed at least 77,000 people with over 55,900 missing, and left about 2.5 million homeless.
Annual rainfall in the delta region is about 2,500 mm (100 in). Most of the rain falls during the monsoons which happen between May and November.
There is not a complete list of all the types of fish found along the Irrawaddy River. In 2008, it was estimated that the region is home to 119–195 species of fish found nowhere else in the world.
One of the best-known species in the river is the Irrawaddy dolphin. The dolphin is listed as a vulnerable species, meaning it is at risk to become endangered. In 2016 officials report only 62 dolphins are left in Myanmar.
There are several different ecoregions along the river.
The Irrawaddy River begins where the streams of the Nmai and Mali join. Both of these rivers begin in high and remote mountains near the border with Tibet. In this area rain falls at all seasons of the year, but mostly in the summer. The valleys and lower hill ranges are covered with an evergreen rainforest. At elevations above there are forests of oak and pine. Above , are forests of rhododendrons. Above there are evergreen conifer forests.
The central basin receives little rain. The humidity is always high, which is important for plant life. The area is mostly covered in plains. The forests are mostly filled with teak. The natural habitats in this area have been changed for farming. The wildlife includes many birds, small mammals and reptiles such as the huge Burmese python.
The delta area has mangroves and freshwater swamp forests. It is an extremely fertile area. The lands of the upper and central parts of the delta are almost all used for farming, especially rice. The southern part becomes the Myanmar Coast mangroves. This area has marshes with oxbow lakes, islands, and streams.
Many types of bird are found in the delta. These include the great cormorant, Anatidae, and red junglefowl.
Large mammals include the Malayan sambar deer, Indian hog deer, and wild boar. Other large mammals have only a small number of animals in the delta region. Some species reported to be present include the leopard, Bengal tiger, crab-eating macaque, wild dog, and otters.
The saltwater crocodile can be found in the southern part of the delta. There are five species of sea turtle that are known to nest in Myanmar.
The Irrawaddy River has five major tributaries. Tributaries are rivers that flow into a larger river. The rivers joining the Irrawaddy are, from north to south:
The river flows through or past the following cities:
Google Pixel
Google Pixel is a brand of hardware products by Google, including smartphones and laptops.
Google announced the first generation of Pixel smartphones during the October of 2016. They called these smartphones the Pixel and the Pixel XL. Google's main selling feature to promote these phones is their back cameras. Google Pixel phones have unlimited cloud storage for photos through Google Photos
Google announced the Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL on the 4th of October, 2017.
The Pixel C was announced by Google at an event on the 29th of September, 2015. The Pixel C has a USB "type-C" port and a 3.5 mm headphone jack. The device included Android 6.0.1 at launch, and later was updated to Android 7.0.
Google announced the first Chromebook Pixel on the 21st of February, 2013.
On the 11th of March, 2015, Google announced the second generation Chromebook Pixel. Google stopped selling it on the 29th of August, 2016.
On the 4th of October, 2017, Google launched the Google Pixelbook at its Made by Google 2017 event.
On the 4th of October, 2017, Google demonstrated a pair of wireless earbuds called the Pixel Buds. They work with phones using Android 6.0 or newer, and they work with Google Assistant. A unique feature of them compared to other wireless earbuds is that they can translate in real-time with in 40 languages through Google Translate.
On the 4th of October, 2017, Google announced the Pixelbook Pen, a stylus usable with the new Pixelbook. It has pressure sensitivity as well as support for Google Assistant.
Domhnall Gleeson
Domhnall Gleeson (born 12 May 1983) is an Irish actor and writer. He is best known for his role as General Hux in "" (2015) and "" (2017). He has also appeared in "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1" (2010) and "Part 2" (2011), "About Time" (2013), "Unbroken" (2014), "Ex Machina" (2015), "Brooklyn" (2015), "The Revenant" (2015) and "Peter Rabbit" (2018). He was nominated for a Tony Award in 2006 for his role in "The Lieutenant of Inishmore".
Gleeson was born in Dublin. His father, Brendan, and his brother, Brian, are also actors. He is a fan of English football club Aston Villa.
Will Poulter
William Jack "Will" Poulter (born 28 January 1993) is a English actor. He is best known for his roles in the movies "Son of Rambow" (2007), "" (2010), "We're the Millers" (2013), "The Maze Runner" (2014), "The Revenant" (2015) and "Detroit" (2017). He won the 2014 BAFTA Rising Star Award.
Poulter was born in Hammersmith, London, England.
Slobodan Praljak
Slobodan Praljak (2 January 1945 – 29 November 2017) was a Bosnian Croat engineer, movie and theatre director and army general. He was a general in the Croatian Army and the Croatian Defence Council, an army of the Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia. In 2013, he was one of six Bosnian Croat politicians sentenced at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) for war crimes during the Croat–Bosniak War. He was jailed for twenty years. He directed many television shows and one movie, "Povratak Katarine Kozul" (1989).
Praljak was born in Čapljina. He was married to Kaćuša Babić and had two stepchildren.
On 29 November 2017, Praljak drank cyanide at the ICTY in The Hague, Netherlands. He later died at a hospital of heart failure at the age of 72.
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