Jaman Lal Sharma (1932–2007) was an Indian

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player. He won a silver medal at the

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. Sharma was born in

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, in what is now

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, in 1932."Players happy as street named after Jaman Lal "
. ''Times of India'' After retiring as a player, Sharma became a coach and was manager of the Indian hockey team at the Asian Games. The

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awarded him the fourth highest civilian award of

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in 1990. Sharma died on 26 August 2007, aged 75, following the complications developed after a fall in his bathroom. He had three daughters and a son, Deepak Sharma, who is a journalist. In Lucknow, a state hockey tournament is being organized every year since 2008 in his memory."Impressive win for Lucknow in Jaman Lal Sharma hockey"
''Indian Express''.

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