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The JRD Tata Sports Complex is located in:
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Answer: Option A — Jamshedpur, Jharkhand
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The JRD Tata Sports Complex is a multi-purpose sports complex in Jamshedpur, Jharkhand. It is owned by Tata Steel and named after J. R. D. Tata (Jehangir Ratanji Dadabhoy Tata), the long-time chairman of the Tata Group.
About the complex:
- It has a football stadium with a capacity of about 24,000, surrounded by an athletics track.
- It is the home ground of Jamshedpur FC, which plays in the Indian Super League (ISL).
- It has facilities for athletics, archery, football, hockey, swimming, volleyball and other sports.
Tata Steel's sports academies in Jamshedpur:
- Tata Football Academy (TFA), founded in 1987, which has produced many Indian international footballers.
- Tata Archery Academy, founded in 1996, which has trained archers such as Deepika Kumari.
- Tata Athletics Academy and Tata Steel Hockey Academy.
- The Tata Steel Adventure Foundation, linked with Bachendri Pal, the first Indian woman to climb Mount Everest (1984).
About Jamshedpur:
It is named after Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata, the founder of the Tata Group, who planned a steel plant there. The Tata Iron and Steel Company (TISCO, now Tata Steel) was established there in 1907. The city is also called "Tatanagar" and "Steel City".
About J. R. D. Tata:
- He was chairman of the Tata Group from 1938 to 1991.
- He was India's first licensed pilot (1929) and founded Tata Airlines (1932), which later became Air India.
- He received the Bharat Ratna in 1992.
Other famous sports venues:
- Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar: hockey and athletics.
- Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex, Balewadi, Pune.
- Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata: football.
Why not the other options?
- ✗Pune has the Balewadi Sports Complex and the Army Sports Institute.
- ✗Mumbai has the Wankhede and Brabourne stadiums.
- ✗Bhubaneswar has the Kalinga Stadium.
Quick tip
Remember: JRD Tata Sports Complex = Jamshedpur (Jharkhand), home of Jamshedpur FC; Tata Football Academy (1987) and Tata Archery Academy (1996) are in Jamshedpur.
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