National Sports Day 2025 – A Public Movement by Mass Celebrations
National Sports Day (NSD) is celebrated annually on 29th August to honor India's rich sports tradition and the legacy of Hockey legend Major Dhyan Chand.
This day also celebrates the nation's sporting icons and their contributions to international sports.
National Sports Day (NSD) is celebrated every year on 29 th August to commemorate India’s deep-rooted tradition of Sports. This is also a tribute to the
Hockey legend Major Dhyan Chand. The day also celebrates the nation’s sporting icons, honouring their contribution and dedication toward s bringing laurels to the country at
the international stage.
Highlights of Previous Celebrations:
NSD 2024:
Engaged various stakeholders including government offices, armed forces, educational institutions, and more.
A total of 8,627 events were organized with 2.5 million participants.
NSD 2023:
Saw 14,294 events with 1.6 million participants.
NSD 2022:
Featured "Meet the Champion Events" in schools, where sporting icons shared their fitness journeys.
Standard format of the event to be:
Each organization to be divided into two, four or six teams depending on the number of participations maintaining gender equality.
Organizations are at liberty to choose games for competition from any popular sports of the locality and availability of Infrastructure.
Name of teams can be based on freedom fighters or prominent sportspersons of the country.
Proposed Activities:
Sporting Events: Competitive and fun games for employees of government departments and ministries.
Mohalla Outreach: Sports and fitness activities in villages and urban areas.
Events at Stadiums:
Organized by SAI, NSFs, and other sports organizations.
University and School Events:Coordinated by UGC and educational boards.
Sports and Fitness Quiz: Hosted on the MyGov platform.
Fit India Talk Sessions: With special guests at JLN Stadium.
NSD Steps Challenge: A 30-day digitally-driven challenge to walk 10K steps daily via the Fit India Mobile App.
Collaborative Partners:
Engagement with National Sports Promotion Organizations.
Healthy Diet Campaign: Collaboration with the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
FIT India Fitness Pledge: In addition, all the organizations may organize a FIT India Fitness pledge event where all key stakeholders including their employees may take the FIT India Fitness pledge.
A dedicated portal for registering the events on this occasion developed through the Fit India Mission, accessible from its website and Fit India Mobile App.
Organizers to register their event on Fit India portal (https://fitindia.gov.in) or Fit India Mobile App and upload details of participation, pictures & videos of the event.
