India's biggest hockey stadium

Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik inaugurated the country's largest hockey stadium in Rourkela.Let's know about it....

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The Chief Minister of Odisha inaugurated the Birsa Munda International Hockey Stadium, the country's largest hockey stadium.

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The Chief Minister announced the inauguration of the stadium ahead of the FIH Men's Hockey World Cup 2023 starting on January 13.

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Naveen Patnaik said that the stadium is Odisha's gift to the entire country.

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Rourkela is the second venue of the World Cup after the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar.

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India's first match against Spain will be played here on January 13 at the Birsa Munda Hockey Stadium.

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he stadium is named after tribal freedom fighter Birsa Munda and has been built at a cost of Rs 146 crore.

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The stadium has been constructed by the Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation of India.

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The state will host the Men's Hockey World Cup for the second time in a row. It was earlier planned in 2018.

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FIH chief Mohammad Tayeb Ikram said that 'this is one of the biggest stadiums in the world'.

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