P. Bharathan Nair Explained
P. Bharathan Nair was an Indian volleyball player and captain of the India national volleyball team. He was part of the Indian team that won a bronze medal at the 1958 Asian Games. As of 2021, He is the only Indian volleyball player to have participated in the World Championship and the Asian Games.[1]
Biography
He was born in Puzhavathu, Changanassery in Kottayam district of Kerala, India. His son Praveen says he was a long jumper and swimmer when he was young. He joined the Indian Railways and was posted to Mumbai.[2]
He died in 2007, at the age of 81.
Career as a volleyball player
Bharathan Nair made his senior national debut in 1955.[3] He was part of the Indian team that won a bronze medal at the 1958 Asian Games and he also played in the 1956 World Volleyball Championship in Paris. He captained the Indian volleyball team at the 1963 Pre-Olympic qualifiers in New Delhi. Bharathan captained the Services team when it won the national title in Allahabad in 1956.
Honours
In 2020, the Changanassery Municipal Council passed a resolution to name a road in Bharathan Nair's birthplace after him.[4]
Notes and References
- News: അഭിമാനങ്ങളുടെ പേരുണ്ട്, എന്നാൽ പേരില്ലാതെ ഈ റോഡുകൾ . ManoramaOnline . ml . 2021-09-16 . 2022-01-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220121072905/https://www.manoramaonline.com/district-news/kottayam/2021/09/03/kottayam-changanassery-road.html . live .
- News: Rayan . Stan . Roads named after Anju Bobby George, P. Bharathan Nair in Changanassery . Sportstar . en . 2021-09-16 . 2021-09-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210915111150/https://sportstar.thehindu.com/other-sports/anju-bobby-george-p-bharatan-nair-road-changanassery-kerala/article32525024.ece . live .
- News: Kerala roads named after Anju Bobby George, volleyball player Bharathan Nair . The News Minute . 7 September 2020 . en . 16 September 2021 . 15 September 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210915144539/https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/kerala-roads-named-after-anju-bobby-george-volleyball-player-bharathan-nair-132498 . live .
- News: Sep 5 . PTI / . Roads named after Olympian Anju Bobby George, volleyball player Bharathan Nair in Kerala Off the field News - Times of India . The Times of India . en . 2021-09-16 . 2022-01-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220121072821/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/off-the-field/roads-named-after-olympian-anju-bobby-george-volleyball-player-bharathan-nair-in-kerala/articleshow/77952024.cms . live .
