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When the Indian cricket team wins the match, the fans enjoy it. Even when the team returns after winning the World Cup, people come out on the streets to celebrate. Recently, when Team India won the T20 World Cup title, the streets of Mumbai were crowded with cricket fans and the fans celebrated by taking out a victory procession with the winning players. Team India has also won a match when the Government of India declared a one-day holiday across the country to celebrate that victory.
When did this incident happen?
Team India has won many ICC titles. The team has won the ODI World Cup twice and the T20 World Cup twice. The team has celebrated every time after winning the World Cup. But in 1983, when Team India won its first World Cup, a different kind of celebration was held across the country. In return for this happiness, the Government of India itself announced a one-day holiday across the country.
Prime Minister announced holiday
As soon as the Indian cricket team won the 1983 World Cup title, a wave of happiness ran across the country. The then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was also very happy and at the same time she went to a radio program and announced a day's holiday across the country. After this the Prime Minister met the winning players and congratulated them.
The players were rewarded as follows:
In those days, BCCI was not a rich cricket board. BCCI did not have enough money to give prize money to its winning players. Then the then president of the board, NKP Salve, requested Lata Mangeshkar to organize a concert to raise money. BCCI collected a total of Rs 20 lakh from Lata's concert, which was distributed as prize money of Rs 1 lakh to each member of the World Cup winning team.