{"id":357578,"date":"2026-03-09T16:08:24","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T10:38:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=357578"},"modified":"2026-03-09T16:08:24","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T10:38:24","slug":"khelo-india-tribal-games-kitg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/khelo-india-tribal-games-kitg\/","title":{"rendered":"Khelo India Tribal Games (KITG)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>News: <\/strong>The Union Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports announced that the inaugural Khelo India Tribal Games will be held in Chhattisgarh.<\/p>\n<h2>About Khelo India Tribal Games<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_357582\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-357582\" style=\"width: 580px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-357582\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Source-PIB-1.jpg?resize=580%2C294&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Khelo India Tribal Games\" width=\"580\" height=\"294\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Source-PIB-1.jpg?resize=300%2C152&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Source-PIB-1.jpg?resize=768%2C388&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Source-PIB-1.jpg?w=877&amp;ssl=1 877w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-357582\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source &#8211; PIB<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>Khelo India Tribal Games is a <strong>national sporting event<\/strong> dedicated exclusively to <strong>tribal athletes<\/strong> to promote <strong>mass participation and sporting excellence.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Inaugural edition:<\/strong> The <strong>inaugural edition<\/strong> of the Khelo India Tribal Games will be organized for the first time in India from <strong>March 25 to April 6, 2026<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Theme:<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>\u201c<\/strong><strong>Tribal Pride, Sporting Glory (Janajatiya Garv, Khel Samman)\u201d<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Mascot:<\/strong> The official mascot is <strong>\u201c<\/strong><strong>Morveer<\/strong><strong>\u201d<\/strong>, which represents the spirit, pride and identity of India\u2019s tribal communities.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Aim:<\/strong> The Games <strong>aim<\/strong> to promote mass participation in sports and strengthen the talent base emerging from tribal areas.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Host State:<\/strong> The inaugural Games will be hosted by <strong>Chhattisgarh<\/strong> in <strong>Raipur, Jagdalpur and Sarguja<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Organising Bodies:<\/strong> The event will be jointly managed by the <strong>Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Sports Authority of India, Indian Olympic Association, National Sports Federations and the Chhattisgarh state organising committee<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sports Disciplines:<\/strong> The Games will include <strong>seven medal sports &#8211; <\/strong>athletics, football, hockey, weightlifting, archery, swimming and wrestling and <strong>two demonstration sports &#8211;<\/strong>\u00a0mallakhamb and kabaddi.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: The Union Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports announced that the inaugural Khelo India Tribal Games will be held in Chhattisgarh. About Khelo India Tribal Games Khelo India Tribal Games is a national sporting event dedicated exclusively to tribal athletes to promote mass participation and sporting excellence. Inaugural edition: The inaugural edition of the&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/khelo-india-tribal-games-kitg\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Khelo India Tribal Games (KITG)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10393,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,956,12039,7965],"tags":[11872],"class_list":["post-357578","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-schemes-and-programs","category-knolls","category-miscellaneous-daily-factly-articles","tag-9pm-daily-factly","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/357578","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10393"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=357578"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/357578\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=357578"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=357578"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=357578"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}