Give brief explanations for the following:
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The Parsis were the first Indian community to set up a cricket club in India.
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Mahatma Gandhi condemned the Pentangular tournament.
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The name of the ICC was changed from the Imperial Cricket Conference to the International Cricket Conference.
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The shift of the ICC headquarters from London to Dubai.
Give brief explanations for the following:
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The Parsis were the first Indian community to set up a cricket club in India.
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Mahatma Gandhi condemned the Pentangular tournament.
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The name of the ICC was changed from the Imperial Cricket Conference to the International Cricket Conference.
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The shift of the ICC headquarters from London to Dubai.
(a) The Parsis were a small trading community in close contact with the British, and hence, they were the first ones to westernise. During this process of westernisation, they founded the first Indian cricket club, in Bombay, in 1848, called the Oriental Cricket Club.
(b) Mahatma Gandhi condemned the Pentangular tournament because he viewed it as a tournament organised to propagate communal disharmony. This was disadvantageous at a time when Indian nationalists were trying to unite the diverse communities and regions of India into one secular whole.
(c) The name of the ICC was changed from the Imperial Cricket Conference to the International Cricket Conference due to the colonial implications of the former. This change in name happened as late as 1965. Till then, England and Australia exercised monopoly over the regulatory body. However, reflecting the changes in world affairs, the ICC too underwent changes. The privileged positions of England and Australia were scrapped in favour of equal membership for all test-playing nations. The new name, thus, served to emphasise this equality.
(d) The shift of the ICC headquarters from London to Dubai happened on account of India’s location in South Asia. Since India has the largest viewership and market for cricket, the balance of power in cricket has shifted from the colonial domain to the decolonised domain. The shifting of headquarters symbolised and formally marked the end of English or imperialist domination over the game.
(a) The Parsis were a small trading community in close contact with the British, and hence, they were the first ones to westernise. During this process of westernisation, they founded the first Indian cricket club, in Bombay, in 1848, called the Oriental Cricket Club.
(b) Mahatma Gandhi condemned the Pentangular tournament because he viewed it as a tournament organised to propagate communal disharmony. This was disadvantageous at a time when Indian nationalists were trying to unite the diverse communities and regions of India into one secular whole.
(c) The name of the ICC was changed from the Imperial Cricket Conference to the International Cricket Conference due to the colonial implications of the former. This change in name happened as late as 1965. Till then, England and Australia exercised monopoly over the regulatory body. However, reflecting the changes in world affairs, the ICC too underwent changes. The privileged positions of England and Australia were scrapped in favour of equal membership for all test-playing nations. The new name, thus, served to emphasise this equality.
(d) The shift of the ICC headquarters from London to Dubai happened on account of India’s location in South Asia. Since India has the largest viewership and market for cricket, the balance of power in cricket has shifted from the colonial domain to the decolonised domain. The shifting of headquarters symbolised and formally marked the end of English or imperialist domination over the game.
