KSAPH is The First Para Sports Body in India

for development and promotion of para sports.

1987

Shri. M. Mahadeva and friends started an organization for promotion and development of sports for physically challenged on 3^rd November 1987 – Karnataka Sports Association for the Physically Handicapped (KSAPH) was registered in Societies Act. Sl. No. 528 /87-88 from Bangalore

1989

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) – the global governing body of the Paralympic Movement – was founded on 22 September 1989 in Düsseldorf, Germany

1990

Physically Handicapped Sports Federation of India (PHASFI) was registered in the year 1990 for National Level Para Sports

1991

In 1991 the IPC changed its logo, who felt the similarity of their logos was confusing and might hamper marketing. 

The IPC decided on a symbol of three Tae-Geuks,

representing the Paralympic Motto: Mind, Body, and Spirit. and used until 2003

1992

1992 Summer Paralympics - Barcelona and Madrid, Spain

in this context a Nation is an entity represented by a National Paralympic Committee (NPC), Mahadeva & Friends from India participated in the 1992 Summer Paralympics and became founder members of NPC India,

1994

Physically Handicapped Sports Federation of India (PHASFI) has to be renamed to NPC India as per IPC Norms, where as in India, the world ‘National’ was restricted to NGO’s hence Paralympic Committee of India (PCI) was registered during the year 1994 with the registrar of societies, Bangalore, Karnataka. By Mahadeva & Friends and became founders of Paralympic Committee of India