Uttarakhand to host next Summer and Winter National Games

The Indian Olympic Association has chosen Uttarakhand to host the 38th Summer National Games. The state will also hold the next Winter Games. The 37th National Games was held in Goa from 25 September -9 November 2023. 

The Winter Games will be held outside Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh for the first time. 

According to the Indian Olympic Association, Uttrakhand will hold the 38th National Games from 28 January -14 February 2025. 

The details of the Game’s venue, events, and other schedules are expected to be finalised during the Indian Olympic Association’s (IOA) General Assembly meeting on October 25, 2024.

About the National Games 

The National Games are organised by the Indian Olympic Association and hosted by the state government. Their main aim is to identify talents in the country who can represent India at the Summer Olympics.

The National Games are held on the Olympic model and were initially supposed to be held every two years. Until the 24th National Games, they were held every two years, but since then, they have been held irregularly.

The first National Games, held in 1924 at Lahore (now in Pakistan), was called the All-India Olympic Games. The name was changed to National Games at the 9th edition in Bombay(now Mumbai) in 1940.

List of the National Games 

The following is the list of the National Games, the host city/state, and the edition of the games.