REPORT ON THE COMMONWEALTH GAMES-2010

INTRODUCTION:
The Commonwealth Games were inaugurated as the British Empire Games in Hamilton, Ontario (Canada), in 1930, with 400 competitors representing 11 countries. Since then they have been celebrated on 14 other occasions and grown considerably in status. The festival has undergone name changes that reflect the growing political maturity of member countries, and the changing relationship of Great Britain to its former empire. From 1930 to 1950, the games were known as the British Empire Games; from 1954 to 1962 as the British Empire and Commonwealth Games; from 1966 to 1974 as the British Commonwealth Games; and since 1978 as the Commonwealth Games. The 2010 Commonwealth Games are going to be held in Delhi, India with a population of over 15 million, compared to (2006 games hosts) Melbourne's 3.7 million and Greater Manchester's 2.5 million population at the 2002 games. The Commonwealth Games is a multi-sport event held every four years involving the elite athletes of the Commonwealth of Nations. The first such event, then known as the British Empire Games, was held in 1930. The name changed to British Empire and Commonwealth Games in 1954, to British Commonwealth Games in 1978 and assumed the current name of the Commonwealth Games in 1978. As well as many Olympic sports, the Games also include some sports that are played mainly in Commonwealth countries, such as lawn bowls, rugby sevens and netball. There are currently 53 Commonwealth nations and 71 participating teams. Attendance at the Commonwealth Games is typically around 5,000 athletes, which makes it one of the largest international sporting events in terms of participants. The four constituent countries of the United KingdomEngland, Scotland, Wales and Northern Irelandsend separate teams to the Commonwealth Games, and individual teams are also sent from the British Crown DependenciesGuernsey, Jersey and the Isle of Man and many of the British overseas territories. Only six teams have attended every Commonwealth Games: Australia, Canada, England, New Zealand, Scotland and Wales. The city of New Delhi, home to 13.8 million people, will host the Commonwealth Games in 2010. This will be the first time India has hosted the Games and only the second time the event has been held in Asia. Delhi is the capital city of India and is rich in culture and history. It stands on the western end of the Gangetic Plain and is bordered by the states of Uttar Pradesh and Haryana. There are two main districts of the city, Old Delhi the capital of Muslim India between the mid 17th and late 19th centuries with its historic sites, mosques and monuments and New Delhi, the imperial city created by the British Raj with its imposing government buildings and tree lined avenues. The proposed dates for the Games are 3 - 14 October 2010 inclusive of the Opening and Closing Ceremonies. Weather wise the city experiences an October mean temperature minimum 17.2 degrees centigrade and maximum 31.3 degrees centigrade with humidity ranging from 31 to 78% for the October and November months. The Delhi Games Village is to be constructed as a low rise medium development on a 40 acre site in the heart of the capital with a possible capacity for 8,500 athletes and officials. Existing and new stadium will be used to house the following sports: Aquatics, Athletics, Badminton, Bowls, Boxing, Cycling, EAD Events, Gymnastics, Hockey, Netball, Rugby 7s, Shooting, Squash, Table Tennis and Weightlifting. Delhi won the right to host the 2010 Games by defeating the Canadian city of Hamilton by 46 votes to 22 at the CGF General Assembly held in Montego Bay in November 2003

OBJECTIVES FOR A REPORT ON COMMONWEALTH GAMES 2010:

1. To access the ability and capability of India as a nation to host a international event like the commonwealth games.

2. For the comparison of the methods, strategy, plan, and vision adopted by India for making common wealth games a success as compared to the other countries who have already hosted the games

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To study the development and the problems Delhi has undergone during the buildup of the games. View of the people of india and the expectations of the people of india from the games.

NEED AND IMPORTANCE FOR A PROJECT ON COMMNWEALTH GAMES 2010.

Why a project on commonwealth games 2010? The main motive behind studying the commonwealth games being organized in india is to study: a). the Indian government, the organizing committee, and the people of India handle and make the games a success. b). this study will give an overview about the preparations for the game India has done. c).the commonwealth games have been surrounded by lot of scams, fraudary, problems-this study will help us know about everything and anything that has happened during the building up of the games. d).this study will help us know whether India is capable enough to organize such internationals events or not.

RESEARCH METHODOLOGY TO BE USED DURING THE MAKING OF SUCH PROJECT;

There are a number of objectives to be accomplished in this study for which the source of data will be of great importance.

PRIMARY SOURCE OF DATA:

1. Questionnaire to the common people: approximately 60people in number. 2. Personal interview with sports experts and analysts- 3-5 in number. 3. Information broadcasted on the official website of commonwealth games 2010-delhi-www.cwgdelhi2010.org

SECONDARY SOURCE OF DATA:

1. Newspapers. 2. Magazines. 3. Articles. 4. internet-google, Wikipedia, other websites giving details about cwg-2010

LIMITATIONS TO THE PROJECT:

The project is a study of an event being organized by the Indian government and which is official in nature thus the truth behind the scenes cannot be know. Hence the facts, figures, data, information available to us from the different sources have to be believed and thus this project will come up with a hypothesis conclusion based on the data available and provided they are considered to be correct.

1). Being an Indian government initiative the original stats cannot be known and hence the available data has to be considered true. 2). People may have different opinion about the games and hence a overall conclusion has to be drawn based on the majority. 3). The study covers a large area from the beginning of the commonwealth games-its biding-preparation-opinion of people-comparisonresults-effect-conclusion thus each topic cannot be dealt with extensively hence it will be an overview of all the topics in the study.

MENTOR. - Mrs. Indira.

The team: Parth chauhan- dch38 Joseph noeldch-29

Naveen Kumar- dch-46 Rishabh Sharma- dch42