Jalandhari.com Sports
Jalandhar is called city of sports. Industrial production of sports goods began on a small scale during the late forties. Over the years, the sports goods industry has grown at an impressive rate and of late Indian sports goods are also exported to different countries. Rough estimates suggest that today Jalandhar has more than one hundred major industries and about 20,000 small-scale industries with a most conservative estimate of an annual turnover of approximately Rs 450 crores.
Jalandhar has produced many world famous sports personalities. Prominent among them are:
Mohinder Amarnath
Harbhajan Singh
Great Khali
Ajit Singh
Surjit Singh
Pargat Singh
Here is a list of prominent sportspersons from Jalandhar who have won Padam Shree and or Arjuna awards.
| Discipline | Name | Award |
| Basketball | Sh. Sajjan Singh Cheema | Arjuna Awardee |
| Basketball | Sh. Anil Punj | Arjuna Awardee |
| Boxing | Sh. Kaur Singh | Padam Shree & Arjuna Awardee |
| Football | Sh. Gurdev Singh | Arjuna Awardee |
| Kabbadi | Sh. Balwinder Singh Fida | Arjuna Awardee |
| Kabbadi | Sh. Narinder Singh | Arjuna Awardee |
| Hockey | Sh. Pargat Singh | Padam Shree & Arjuna Awardee |
| Hockey | Sh. Baljit Dhillon | Arjuna Awardee |
| Hockey | Sh. Baljit Saini | Arjuna Awardee |
| Hockey | Captain Haripal Kaushik | Arjuna Awardee |
| Hockey | Sh. Baldev Singh | Arjuna Awardee |
| Hockey | Sh. Ajit Pal Singh | Arjuna Awardee |
| Hockey | Sh. Surinder Singh Sodhi | Arjuna Awardee |
| Hockey | Sh. Devinder Singh Garcha | Arjuna Awardee |
| Weight Lifting | Sh. Dalbir Singh | Arjuna Awardee |
| Wrestling | Sh. Kartar Singh | Arjuna Awardee |
| Wrestling | Sh. Randhir Singh Dheera | Arjuna Awardee |
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