Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently inaugurated the 36th National Games in Ahmedabad, Gujarat.

• The 2022 National Games of India will be held from September 29 to October 12 this year.
• Also known as Gujarat 2022, it will be organized in Ahmedabad, Gandhinagar, Surat, Vadodara, Rajkot and Bhavnagar.
• The event will include sports such as athletics, field hockey, football, volleyball, table tennis, skateboarding, kabaddi, mallakhamba etc.
• Teams from 28 states and 8 union territories are expected to take part in this event.
• A team representing the Indian Armed Forces will also participate in Gujarat 2022.
• The two new UTs – Ladakh and Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu – will make their debut at the National Games this year.
• The last edition of these games was held in Kerala in 2015.