Commencing with film star Ram Charan owning the Hyderabad Polo
and Racing Club Team, the local media is covering the ongoing Hyderabad Polo Season
in detail and in a sensational manner making the event very popular and talk of
the town. The presence of Ram Charan, his fiancée and some of his actor friends
at the Polo Grounds is attracting a lot of media coverage and as a result crowds
of cine fans and Polo enthusiasts. This 10-day event is taking place at the
Secunderabad Polo Grounds which is also known as Bison Polo Grounds. This venue
is very close to my house and along a road I take very often so I get to watch
the activities here regularly.
Today, Ram Charan’s Hyderabad Polo Racing Club (RC HPRC) has won
the ‘Chief Minister’s Trophy’ by defeating the Navy Team. This is Breaking News
on all local TV channels and tomorrow it will be Headline News in all local
Newspapers. From tomorrow, 13th to 17th September there will be more Polo for
the ‘Army Commander’s Trophy’, and Ram Charan’s Team and the local crowds would
look forward to their victory. This extraordinary
media coverage is very good for the popularity of Polo in the Twin Cities of
Hyderabad and Secunderabad.
I have furnished the schedule of the Polo Season at the top of
this article. Persons interested to watch the games and other events may ascertain
that days schedule and witness this great sport.
The Game of Polo is said to be the ‘Sport of Kings’ and the ‘King
of Sports’. And that is why there were 17 Polo Grounds in Hyderabad (the
largest in India) in 1948 under the rule of the world’s richest man, the Nizam –
Mir Osman Ali Khan. That is the reason why the Indian Government called its
Military Operation against the Nizam, to liberate the State of Hyderabad as ‘Operation
Polo’. ‘Operation Polo’ lasted for six days, from 13th to 18th September 1948
with a decisive victory for India, and Hyderabad State got annexed to the
Republic of India.
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