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Manipur polo team hailed for Drass win
Times of India | TNN | Jun 19, 2012, 12.19AM IST Imphal
Amid collective efforts to save Manipuri ponies from extinction, a prominent horse-riding body of the state on Sunday felicitated the Manipur Polo team that bagged the 4th Lalit Suri Polo Champion Trophy at the picturesque Viswanathan stadium in Drass, Jammu and Kashmir, on June 9.
Incidentally, the majestic and harsh game of polo has its origin in Manipur. The Guinness Book of Records in its 1991 edition says: "Polo: Origins: Origins of Polo can be traced to origins in Manipur State circa 3100 BC when it was played as Sagol Kangjei (horse stick)."
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