Meghalaya will be hosting the 2022 National Games which will coincide with the state's 50 years of statehood.
The state has pledged INR 5 crores as the bid amount for the game.
Meghalaya is set to become the the third NE state after Manipur and Assam to host the National Games.
The news was announced on 27 December 2016 in the meeting of the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) meeting held in Chennai.
The IOA accepted Meghalaya's bid to host the National Games overshadowing four other bidders, which were Andhra Pradesh, Goa, Chhattisgarh and Uttarakhand.
Following the successful South Asian Game co-hosted by Shillong and Guwhati in 2016, thiis marks the first National Games for the NE state.
Next national games will be hosted in Goa in November 2017.
Know More About National Games- Comprises various sports disciplines.
- Sportsmen from different states of India participate against each other.
- Country's first few Olympic Games, later called National Games were held in: Delhi, Lahore, Allahabad, Patiala, Madras, Calcutta, Bombay.
- In 1924, the provision Indian Olympic Association came up.
- In Feb 1924, the Indian Olympic Games was held in Delhi.
- The aim was to select the Indian competitors for the upcoming Olympics.
- Now these games are held every two years.
- Called National Games since the 1940 9th Game in 1940, the 2015 Nationla Games were held In Kerala.
- Sachin Tendulkar was goodwill ambassador for the games.
