There are different kinds of sports played in India. They all are significant in their own way be it cricket or kabaddi. India has always used sport to unite the population of the country. Cricket is the most famous sport in India with hockey being the national sport.
There are several stadiums attributed to boost Indian sports. They are spread across various states of the country. Both international and national events take place every year in these stadiums. Here is a list of some famous stadiums in India.
List of Stadiums in India
1. Sardar Patel Stadium
It came into being in 1983. It is a cricket stadium in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. This stadium is the largest cricket stadium in India and World. It comes under the Gujarat Cricket Association.
It is famous for the Namaste Trump event which took place for US President Donald Trump in February 2020. Major cricket matches including Cricket World Cup 1987, 1996, and 2011 took place here.
2. Eden Gardens
It came into existence in 1864 and is the oldest cricket stadium in India. It is in Kolkata, West Bengal. This stadium comes under the Cricket Association of Bengal. It is famous for hosting Cricket World Cup matches including ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup for many years.
The first-ever day/night test match in India took place here in November 2019. It is also the second-largest stadium in India.
3. Wankhede Stadium
It came into being in 1975 and is one of the prominent stadiums in the World. It is in Mumbai, Maharashtra. This stadium comes under Mumbai Cricket Association.
Many high profile cricket matches are played here including World Cups, ODI, and Test Matches. But it is mainly famous for the 2011 World Cup where India won against Sri Lanka. India then became the only country to win this tournament on home soil.
4. D Y Patil Stadium
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It came into being in 2008 and is in Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra. It is technically a football ground but many IPL matches are played here. This stadium comes under Dr. D. Y. Patil Sports Academy. Many popular tournaments including ODI, Test Matches and FIFA World Cup took place here.
It is also famous for hosting Justin Bieber’s Purpose Tour Concert and One Plus Music Festival in India.
5. Netaji Indoor Stadium
It came into being in 1975 and serves a multi-purpose stadium. This stadium is in Kolkata, Bengal. It comes under the Governor of West Bengal.
Events like the Sunfeast Open, a WTA Tour tennis tournament, and 1981 Asian Basketball Championship took place here. It is also the centre for counting votes during state elections.
6. MA Chidambaram Stadium
This Cricket Stadium came into being in 1916 and is the second oldest stadium in India. It is in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, and comes under Tamil Nadu Cricket Association.
Tournaments like ODI, Test Matches, and T20 take place here quite regularly. It is mainly famous for hosting the first-ever Ranji Trophy match in 1936.
7. Sawai Mansingh Stadium
It came into being in 1969 and serves as a cricket stadium. It is in Jaipur, Rajasthan and comes under Rajasthan Cricket Association.
Tournaments like 1987 & 1996 Cricket World Cup, 2006 Women’s Asia Cup, and 2006 ICC Champions Trophy took place here. It is mainly famous for the 1987 Test Match between India and Pakistan.
8. Kalinga Stadium
It came into being in 1978 and serves as one of the largest multipurpose stadiums in India. It is in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, and comes under the Government of Odisha.
This stadium has seen many international events including Asian Athletics Championships, Women’s Gold Football Cup, 2020 Men’s FIH Pro League, Men’s Hockey World Cup’ 18, Asia Rugby Women Championship, and India F1 Futures’ 18.
9. Kari Motors Speedway
It came into being in 2003 and is one of the longest racing tracks in India. It is in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, and comes under the Federation of Motor Sports Clubs of India.
Major events like JK Tyre National Racing Championship, Indian Touring Car National Championship, MRF Formula 1600 Series, Formula LGB, and Volkswagen Vento Cup took place here. But it is mainly famous for hosting FFS India 2017.
10. Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Delhi
It came into being in 1982 and serves as the primary venue for Football and Athletic events. It is in Delhi, NCR region, and comes under the Sports Authority of India. This stadium was the main venue for Commonwealth Games 2010 and the All Asian Athletics Championship.
Other events like the 2011 South Asian Football Federation Cup, The 2011 SAFF Cup, and Nehru Cup 2010 took place here.
These were some of the famous Stadiums in India. But for competitive exams like UPSC, you need to know more. Here is a list of stadiums in India with their location, sport, and major events.
List of Stadiums In India –
| Name of the Stadium | Location | Sport | Major Events | |
| 1 | Buddh International Circuit | Greater Noida, UP | Auto Racing |
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| 2 | Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana International Stadium | Lucknow, UP | Cricket |
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| 3 | Dr. Akhilesh Das Stadium | Lucknow, UP | Multi use |
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| 4 | Major Dhyanchand Hockey Stadium | Lucknow, UP | Hockey |
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| 5 | K. D. Singh Babu Stadium | Lucknow, UP | Multi use |
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| 6 | Dr Sampurnanand Stadium | Varanasi, UP | Multi use |
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| 7 | Saifai International Stadium | Saifai, UP | Cricket |
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| 8 | Green Park Stadium | Kanpur, UP | Cricket |
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| 9 | Sardar Patel Stadium | Ahmedabad, Gujarat | Cricket |
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| 10 | Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Stadium | Ahmedabad, Gujarat | Cricket |
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| 11 | CB Patel International Stadium | Surat, Gujarat | Cricket |
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| 12 | Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium | Rajkot, Gujarat | Crickey |
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| 13 | The Arena | Ahmedabad, Gujarat | Multi Purpose |
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| 14 | Moti Bagh Stadium | Baroda, Gujarat | Cricket |
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| 15 | IPCL Sports Complex Ground | Baroda, Gujarat | Cricket |
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| 16 | Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Ground | Rajkot, Gujarat | Cricket |
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| 17 | Salt Lake Stadium | Kolkata,
West Bengal |
Football
Athletics |
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| 18 | Eden Gardens | Kolkata,
West Bengal |
Cricket |
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| 19 | Kanchenjunga Stadium | Siliguri,
West Bengal |
Cricket Football |
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| 20 | East Bengal Ground | Kolkata,
West Bengal |
Football |
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| 21 | Kalyani Stadium | Kalyani,
West Bengal |
Football |
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| 22 | Mohun Bagan Ground | Kolkata,
West Bengal |
Football |
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| 23 | Rabindra Sarobar Stadium | Kolkata,
West Bengal |
Football
Athletics |
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| 24 | Mohammedan Sporting Ground | Kolkata,
West Bengal |
Football |
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| 25 | Jadavpur Stadium | Kolkata,
West Bengal |
Football |
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| 26 | Netaji Indoor Stadium | Kolkata,
West Bengal |
Indoor Sports |
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| 27 | Mela Ground | Kalimpong,
West Bengal |
Football |
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| 28 | EMS Stadium | Kozhikode,
Kerala |
Football |
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| 29 | Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium | Kochi, Kerala | Cricket
Football |
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| 30 | Greenfield International Stadium | Kerala | Sports Complex |
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| 31 | Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium | Kollam, Kerala | Football
Athletics |
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| 32 | Chandrasekharan Nair Stadium | Kerala | Football
Athletics |
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| 33 | Maharaja’s College Stadium | Kochi, Kerala | Athletics
Football |
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| 34 | Thrissur Municipal Corporation Stadium | Thrissur, Kerala | Football |
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| 35 | Calicut Medical College Stadium | Kozhikode, Kerala | Football |
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| 36 | Rajiv Gandhi Indoor Stadium | Kochi, Kerala | Multi use |
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| 37 | Fort Maidan | Palakkad, Kerala | Multi use |
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| 38 | Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium | Hyderabad,
Telangana |
Cricket |
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| 39 | G. M. C. Balayogi Athletic Stadium | Hyderabad,
Telangana |
Athletics
Cricket |
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| 40 | Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium | Hyderabad,
Telangana |
Football
Cricket |
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| 41 | Kotla Vijaya Bhaskar Reddy Indoor Stadium | Hyderabad, Telangana | Indoor Sports |
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| 42 | Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium | Delhi | Athletics Football |
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| 43 | Arun Jaitley Stadium | Delhi | Cricket |
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| 44 | Ambedkar Stadium | Delhi | Football |
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| 45 | Dhyan Chand National Stadium | Delhi | Hockey |
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| 46 | Chhatrasal Stadium | Delhi | Multi use |
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| 47 | Indira Gandhi Arena | Delhi | Indoor sports |
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| 48 | DY Patil Stadium | Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra | Football |
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| 49 | Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium | Nagpur, Maharashtra | Cricket |
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| 50 | Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium | Pune,
Maharashtra |
Cricket |
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| 51 | Wankhede Stadium | Mumbai,
Maharashtra |
Cricket |
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| 52 | Dadaji Kondadev Stadium | Thane, Maharashtra | Multi use |
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| 53 | Indira Gandhi Stadium | Solapur,
Maharashtra |
Cricket |
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| 54 | Guru Gobind Singh Stadium | Nanded,
Maharashtra |
Cricket |
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| 55 | Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium | Pune,
Maharashtra |
Multi use |
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| 56 | JSCA International Cricket Stadium | Ranchi,
Jharkhand |
Cricket |
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| 57 | Birsa Munda Athletics Stadium | Ranchi,
Jharkhand |
Football
Athletics |
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| 58 | JRD Tata Sports Complex | Jamshedpur, Jharkhand | Football
Athletics |
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| 59 | Keenan Stadium | Jamshedpur, Jharkhand | Multi use |
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| 60 | Birsa Munda Football Stadium | Ranchi,
Jharkhand |
Football |
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| 61 | Kalinga Stadium | Bhubaneswar,
Odisha |
Multi use |
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| 62 | Barabati Stadium | Cuttack,
Odisha |
Cricket
Football |
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| 63 | Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium | Cuttack,
Odisha |
Indoor sports |
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| 64 | Biju Patnaik Hockey Stadium | Bhubaneswar,
Odisha |
Hockey |
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| 65 | Veer Surendra Sai Stadium | Sambalpur,
Odisha |
Cricket |
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| 66 | East Coast Railway Stadium | Bhubaneswar,
Odisha |
Cricket |
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| 67 | Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Cricket Stadium | Raipur,
Chhattisgarh |
Cricket |
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| 68 | International Hockey Stadium | Rajnandgaon,
Chhattisgarh |
Hockey |
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| 69 | Dr. Bhupen Hazarika Cricket Stadium | Guwahati,
Assam |
Cricket |
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| 70 | Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium | Guwahati,
Assam |
Athletics
Football |
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| 71 | Nehru Stadium | Guwahati,
Assam |
Multi-use |
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| 72 | Satindra Mohan Dev Stadium | Silchar, Assam | Football
Cricket |
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| 73 | Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium | Chennai,
Tamil Nadu |
Multi-use |
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| 74 | M. A. Chidambaram Stadium | Chennai,
Tamil Nadu |
Cricket |
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| 75 | Kari Motor Speedway | Coimbatore,
Tamil Nadu |
Motosport |
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| 76 | Anna Stadium | Tiruchirappalli
Tamil Nadu |
Multi-use |
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| 77 | MGR Race Course Stadium | Madurai,
Tamil Nadu |
Multi-use |
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| 78 | Salem Cricket Foundation Stadium | Salem,
Tamil Nadu |
Cricket |
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| 79 | Madras Motor Race Track | Chennai,
Tamil Nadu |
Motosport |
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| 80 | M. Chinnaswamy Stadium | Bangalore,
Karnataka |
Cricket |
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| 81 | Sree Kanteerava Stadium | Bangalore,
Karnataka |
Multi-use |
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| 82 | Mangala Stadium | Mangalore,
Karnataka |
Multi-use |
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| 83 | Visvesvaraya Stadium | Mandya,
Karnataka |
Football |
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| 84 | Gangothri Glades Cricket Ground | Mysore,
Karnataka |
Cricket |
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| 85 | Khuman Lampak Main Stadium | Imphal, Manipur | Football |
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| 86 | Maharaja Bir Bikram College Stadium | Tripura | Cricket |
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| 87 | Barkatullah Khan Stadium | Jodhpur,
Rajasthan |
Cricket |
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| 88 | Sawai Mansingh Stadium | Jaipur,
Rajasthan |
Cricket |
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| 89 | Gandhi Ground | Udaipur,
Rajasthan |
Multi use |
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| 90 | Holkar Cricket Stadium | Indore, MP | Cricket |
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| 91 | Nehru Stadium | Indore, MP | Cricket |
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| 92 | TT Nagar Stadium | Bhopal, MP | Multi use |
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| 93 | Captain Roop Singh Stadium | Gwalior, MP | Cricket |
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| 94 | Ravi Shankar Shukla Stadium | Jabalpur, MP | Football |
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| 95 | Aishbagh Stadium | Bhopal, MP | Hockey |
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| 96 | Dr. Rajendra Prasad Football Stadium | Neemuch, MP | Football |
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| 97 | Chandigarh Hockey Stadium | Chandigarh, Punjab | Hockey |
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| 98 | War Heroes Stadium | Multi use | Sangruri, Punjab |
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| 99 | Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium | Mohali, Punab | Cricket |
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| 100 | Guru Gobind Singh Stadium | Jalandhar, Punjab | Football |
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| 101 | Lajwanti Stadium | Jalandhar, Punjab | Football |
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| 102 | Guru Nanak Stadium | Ludhiana, Punjab | Football |
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| 103 | International Hockey Stadium | Ajitgarh, Punjab | Hockey |
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| 104 | Dhruv Pandove Cricket Stadium | Patiala, Punjab | Cricket |
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| 105 | Baichung Stadium | Namchi, Sikkim | Football |
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| 106 | Paljor Stadium | Gangtok, Sikkim | Football |
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| 107 | Jorethang Ground | Jorethang, Sikkim | Football |
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| 108 | Bakshi Stadium | Srinagar, J&K | Football |
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| 109 | Sher-i-Kashmir Stadium | Srinagar, J&K | Cricket |
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| 110 | Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium | Andhra Pradesh | Cricket |
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| 111 | YS Raja Reddy Stadium | Kadap, AP | Cricket |
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| 112 | Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium | Dehradun, Uttarakhand | Cricket |
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| 113 | HPCA Cricket Stadium | Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh | Cricket |
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| 114 | Moin-ul-Haq Stadium | Patna, Bihar | Cricket |
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| 115 | Patliputra Sports Complex | Patna, Bihar | Football |
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| 116 | Rajendra Stadium | Siwan, Bihar | Football |
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| 117 | Mahabir Stadium | Hisar, Haryana | Multi-use |
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| 118 | Tau Devi Lal Stadium | Chandigarh, Haryana | Cricket Football |
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| 119 | Chaudhary Bansi Lal Cricket Stadium | Rohtak, Haryana | Cricket |
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| 120 | Fatorda Stadium | Margao, Goa | Football |
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| 121 | Tilak Maidan Stadium | Vasco Da Gama, Goa | Football |
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| 122 | Bhausaheb Bandodkar Ground | Panaji, Goa | Cricket |
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| 123 | Nagaland Cricket Association Stadium | Dimapur, Nagaland | Cricket |
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Conclusion
General Knowledge about our own country is important for many competitive exams. The Stadiums in India are an important GK topic and questions are asked about it. The questions are especially about their location and major events.
They are an important part of the Indian Sports Section. It is important to know the basic information about them. Exams like UPSC, SSC, RRB, Banking, and more have GK sections. This article covers facts and basic descriptions about the stadiums.
It should help make your learning process smoother. Aspirants must give this article a read before the exams.