Consider the following statements:

Hockey is the national sport of India.

Kabbadi is the national sport of Bangladesh.

Mallakhamba is the state sport of Madhya Pradesh.

Kabbadi is the state game of Karanataka.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

Question

India does not have any official national game. Hockey was treated as the national game of India. This period from 1928 to 1956 was considered a golden era for Hockey, as India won six consecutive gold medals at the Olympic Games.
Kabbadi is popular in the Indian subcontinent and other surrounding Asian countries. Although accounts of kabaddi appear in the histories of ancient India, the game was popularised as a competitive sport in the 20th century. It is the national sport of Bangladesh. It is the state game of Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Haryana, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Odisha, Punjab, Telangana, and Uttar Pradesh.
On April 9, 2013, Madhya Pradesh declared Mallakhamba the state sport.

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India does not have any official national game. Hockey was treated as the national game of India. This period from 1928 to 1956 was considered a golden era for Hockey, as India won six consecutive gold medals at the Olympic Games.
Kabbadi is popular in the Indian subcontinent and other surrounding Asian countries. Although accounts of kabaddi appear in the histories of ancient India, the game was popularised as a competitive sport in the 20th century. It is the national sport of Bangladesh. It is the state game of Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Haryana, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Odisha, Punjab, Telangana, and Uttar Pradesh.
On April 9, 2013, Madhya Pradesh declared Mallakhamba the state sport.

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