
Handball Federation of India, Rohtak (Hindi: हैंडबॉल फेडरेशन ऑफ इंडिया, रोहतक) (HFI) is the administrative and governing body for handball, beach handball, and wheelchair handball in the Republic of India.
In India, sport of handball and the Handball Federation of India (HFI) was founded by Mr. Jagat Singh Chauhan from Rohtak who was an alumnus of YMCA College of Physical Education, Madras. He was founder/father of handball, netball and throwball games in India.
HFI was formed in Rohtak, Haryana, on 10 October 1971, during a meeting held under the presidentship of Professor Dharam Singh Dhillon and in the presence of Mr. Jagat Singh Chauhan, the first HFI Secretary General, with the aim of promoting and developing handball in the country. The HFI was registered under the Societies Registration Act XXI of 1860, as amended by the Punjab Amendment Act, 1957, in Rohtak, Haryana, on 15 June 1972. The founding members of HFI were Andhra Pradesh, Delhi, Haryana, Maharashtra, Odisha, Punjab, Vidarbha, and Uttar Pradesh.
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