'Legacies, Halcyon Days and Thereafter': A Brief History of Indian Tennis

In India, tennis has always been respectable. Its appeal to the affluent has ensured this. Like cricket and soccer, the birth of tennis in India was the result of the efforts of her former colonial masters - the British. This chapter deals briefly with tennis in colonial Indian life. It also analyse...

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Published in:International journal of the history of sport 2004-06, Vol.21 (1), p.452-466
Main Author: Pal, Suvam
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:In India, tennis has always been respectable. Its appeal to the affluent has ensured this. Like cricket and soccer, the birth of tennis in India was the result of the efforts of her former colonial masters - the British. This chapter deals briefly with tennis in colonial Indian life. It also analyses the impact of the colonial and the post imperial eras on the games evolution and finally covers the prospects of the sport in India in the future. (Original abstract)
ISSN:0952-3367
1743-9035
DOI:10.1080/0952336042000223126