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Published: 26 August 2017

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I will be posting songs from the collection of Dr Kapur and Narsingh almost daily now.

I had posted song 2 of Ilzaam (1954) earlier. The Manna Dey song is picturized on Jagdish Sethi, a rare treat. He started from the very first talkie and usually appeared in the films of K L Saigal. Also seen in the 50s films, Aar Paar and Phir Subah Hogi. Songs are here

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Published: 15 September 2017

Last Updated: 15 September 2017

It is mentioned on many websites that he won many Olympic gold medals in cycling. In the film Khazanchi (1941) it is said that he was a "world champion cyclist". It is very easy to check these days. For example, this medal tally of India (sports-wise) shows that India has never won any Olympic medal of any kind in any kind of cycling!

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Perhaps he won in the Commonwealth games. They have a website and one can search by athlete. I searched by entering Janki Dass, Janki, Janki Das. Under the last one, we find that he did participate in 4 cycling events in 1938, but was not even ranked in 3 of them and was 14 in the  1 Km time trial.

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So, he went to the Berlin games in 1938. I guess it was a big deal just to be able to go, but no MEDALS.

So, was he ever a world champion cyclist? I have searched everywhere, but could not find anything. But, I know that absence of evidence is not the same as evidence of absence, I love to be proved wrong and I do reward handsomely those who find my mistakes. Please help me.

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