Important stadiums in India: Learn about it, for competitive exams

Updated Tue, 03 May 2022 06:32 PM IST

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Do you know about all the stadiums in India, if not, then through this article to get complete information about all the stadiums in India?


Stadium: All-State stadium in India, state stadium

 

 History of the building stadium

 

What is the stadium?
 

A stadium is a venue or venue for (primarily) outdoor sports, concerts or other events and includes a park or stage partially or surrounded by a serial structure designed to allow spectators to stand or sit and watch the event.
 
 The oldest known stadium is the Stadium of Olympia in Greece, where ancient Olympic Games have been held since 776 BC. The Games originally consisted of a single event, a sprint along with the stadium.

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World’s Frist build a modern stadium

 
The first stadiums built in the modern era were basic facilities, designed to accommodate as many spectators as possible. With the huge growth in demand for organized sports in the late Victorian era, especially association football in the UK and baseball in the US, the first such structures were built.
 

Stadiums in India: history

 
The stadium was built in India was the result of the love of cricket of the British. Iden Garden is the oldest stadium in India or rather the first built stadium of cricket. And also the first built cricket stadium in India. It is a large cricket ground and the oldest in India, over 150 years old. It has a capacity of over 60,000 seats. He is the pride of Kolkata.
 

Cricket Stadium in India

 
Gradually, the trend of sports is increasing in India and many sports are played, so the number of stadiums is also very high in the whole of India, there are some stadiums which have been built only for playing cricket. There is a stadium which is for different sports The number of stadiums in all together Is 52.Below are the list of main stadium …….
 
Dr.Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Stadium -Visakhapatnam- Andhra Pradesh
 
Y S Raja Reddy Stadium- Kadapa -Andhra Pradesh
 
Dr. Bhupen Hazanka Cricket Stadium -Guwahati- Assam
 
Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium- Guwahati -Assam
 
Satindra Dev Mohan Stadium -Silchar -Assam
 
Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium- Guwahati- Assam
 
Arun Jaitley Stadium New Delhi New Delhi
 
Aishbagh Stadium- Bhopal -Madhya Pradesh
 
Sardar Patel Stadium -Ahmedabad -Gujarat
 
Wankhede Stadium -Mumbai -Maharashtra
 
M. Chinnaswamy Stadium -Bengaluru- Karnataka
 
Dhyanchand National Stadium- New Delhi -New Delhi
 
Narendra Modi Stadium- Ahmedabad -Gujarat
 
Green Park -Kanpur -Uttar Pradesh
 
Eden Garden- Kolkata -West Bengal
 
Biju Patnaik Hockey Stadium -Bhubaneshwar -Odisha
 
Buddh International Circuit- Greater Noida -Uttar Pradesh
 
Captain Roop Singh Stadium- Gwalior -Madhya Pradesh
 
C.B.Patel International Cricket Stadium- Surat -Gujarat
 
D Y Patil Stadium- Mumbai -Maharashtra
 
Guru Nanak Stadium- Ludhiana -Punjab
 
International Hockey Stadium -Rajnandgaon -Chattisgarh
 
K D Singh Babu Stadium- Lucknow Uttar Pradesh
 
Ekana Cricket Stadium Lucknow -Uttar Pradesh
 
Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium- Telangana- Hyderabad
 
M A Chidambaram Stadium -Chennai -Tamil Nadu
 
Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium- Dehradun -Uttrakhand
 
Sawai Mansingh Stadium- Jaipur -Rajasthan
 
Mohali Cricket Ground -Monali - Panjab
 

 Largest stadium in India

 
. Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, Gujarat is the largest stadium in India. Reconstructed Narendra Modi Stadium covers 63 hectares. The size of the stadium is 180 × 150 meters.There are four spare parts with related facilities, including the gymnasium. This allows players to play a series of games on the same day. Players can get six indoor training fields and three outdoor training fields.The stadium has an indoor cricket academy for 40 athletes.The stadium has 76 company boxes with 25 seats each.
 

 Audience capacity wise largest stadium in India

 If we talk about the number of people sitting, in this case also Narendra Modi Stadium is the biggest stadium, it has a total seating arrangement of 1.5 lakh people.An example of this can be given with the arrival of American Precident Donald Trump to India in 2020.
On 24th February 2020, the stadium hosted the then US President Donald Trump, First Lady, and the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the Namaste Trump Event. The event, which resembled the “Howdy Modi” event held in Houston, saw 125,000 people gather to welcome the US President on his first visit to India.

Q1-How many stadiums are there in India?

Answer- India has 52 international cricket venues, the most in any country - 29 more than the next most: England with 23. International cricket was held in India for the first time in December 1933 when the Gymkhana Ground in Bombay played host to the India-England Test match.

Q2- Which stadium is famous in India?

Answer-As of 2022, the largest stadium in India is the Narendra Modi Stadium, located in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. The Narendra Modi Stadium was constructed in 1982 and first renovated in 2006. Situated inside the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Sports Enclave, the stadium is a venue for international matches in the city.

Q3- Which is the biggest stadium in India?

Answer-The Narendra Modi Stadium, located in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, is the largest stadium in India.

Q4- Which is the smallest stadium of India?

Answer-the Madhavrao Shindhiya in Maharashtra.

Q5-How many stadiums in Delhi?

Answer  - there are 4 Stadium-.......
1 Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Delhi
2 Feroz Shah Kota Stadium Delhi
3 Dhyan Chand National Stadium Delhi
4 Ambedkar Stadium

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