Handball Federation of India
IOC nation	Republic of India (IND)
National flag
Sport	Handball
Other sports	Beach handball Wheelchair handball
Official website	handballfederationofindia.com
History
Year of formation	10 October 1971; 53 years ago (1971-10-10)
Membership size	43 members
Affiliations
International federation	International Handball Federation (IHF)
IHF member since	1974
Continental association	Asian Handball Federation
National Olympic Committee	Indian Olympic Association
Other affiliation(s)	Commonwealth Handball Association South Asian Handball Federation Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports National Anti-Doping Agency Sports Authority of India
Elected
President	Digvijay Chautala
Life-president	Dr. Roshan Lal Anand
Secretariat
Address	24A, Nanak Nagar, Pipliya Rao Indore 452012
Secretary General	Dr. Pritpal Singh Saluja
Founder	Jagat Singh Chauhan

Handball Federation of India (HFI) is the governing body for handball in India. HFI is registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860 at Rohtak. It is a member of the Asian Handball Federation (AHF) and the International Handball Federation (IHF) since 1974.^[1] It is also a member of Commonwealth Handball Association and South Asian Handball Federation. HFI was founded by Jagat Singh Chauhan from Rohtak (Haryana) who was an alumnus of YMCA College of Physical Education of Madras Chennai. He was also the first secretary general of HFI.^[2]

In India, sport of handball and HFI was founded by Jagat Singh Chauhan, also founder of netball and throwball games in India. His efforts in Germany during the Munich Olympics in 1972 helped in establishing HFI. The founding member states were Andhra Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Vidharbha and Jammu and Kashmir. The 1st Senior National Handball Championship was held at Sir Chhotu Ram Stadium, Rohtak, in the year 1972. Haryana won the gold medal and Vidharba got the silver medal.^{[citation needed]}

Following is the HFI Executive committee for the term 2022 – 2025.

• (Month and year of event)
• TBD = To be decided

HFI had hosted following international championships:

State associations

1. Andhra Pradesh Handball Association
2. Arunachal Pradesh Handball Association
3. Assam Handball Association
4. Bihar Handball Association
5. Chhattisgarh Handball Association, Bhilai
6. Goa Handball Association
7. Gujarat Handball Association
8. Haryana State Handball Association, Bhiwani
9. Himachal Pradesh Handball Association, Bilaspur
10. Jharkhand State Handball Association, Jamshedpur
11. Karnataka Handball Association
12. Kerala Handball Association
13. Madhya Pradesh Handball Association
14. Handball Association of Maharashtra
15. Manipur Handball Association
16. Meghalaya Handball Association
17. Mizoram Handball Association
18. Nagaland Handball Association
19. Odisha State Handball Association
20. Punjab Handball Association
21. Rajasthan State Handball Association
22. Sikkim Handball Association
23. Tamil Nadu Handball Association, Chennai
24. Telangana Handball Association
25. Tripura Handball Association
26. Uttar Pradesh Handball Association
27. Uttarakhand Handball Association
28. West Bengal State Handball Association

Union territories associations

1. Andaman and Nicobar Islands Handball Association
2. Chandigarh Handball Association
3. Handball Association of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu
4. Handball Association of Delhi
5. Handball Association of Union Territory of Ladakh
6. Jammu and Kashmir Handball Association
7. Lakshadweep Handball Association
8. Pondicherry State Handball Association

Other units

1. Association of Indian Universities
2. Central Industrial Security Force
3. Central Reserve Police Force
4. Mumbai Handball Academy
5. National Handball Academy
6. Railways Sports Promotion Board
7. Services Sports Control Board
8. Sports Authority of India

• India men's national handball team
• India women's national handball team
• India national wheelchair handball team

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