Hanuman Singh Rathore is a noted former basketball player from

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. He played for India in

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and at

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. He was awarded

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in 1975. Born in 1950 in

Nagaur district Nagaur District is one of the 41 districts of the state of Rajasthan in western India. Panchayati Raj was introduced here. It is the fifth largest district in Rajasthan and the area of the district is . The city of Nagaur is the district head ...

Rajasthan Rajasthan (; Literal translation, lit. 'Land of Kings') is a States and union territories of India, state in northwestern India. It covers or 10.4 per cent of India's total geographical area. It is the List of states and union territories of ...

state. He studied at Military School, Ajmer. He represented

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in national tournaments. He is now employed with

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Indian men's basketball players Olympic basketball players for India Recipients of the Arjuna Award Basketball players from Rajasthan People from Nagaur district 1950 births Living people Rajasthani people Basketball players at the 1980 Summer Olympics {{India-basketball-bio-stub