Chak De: Allahabad girls don Hijab to play Hockey at state level

New Delhi: January 11: Hijab-clad girls from Allahabad playing hockey for the state will be the first of its kind in Indian history.

According to India Samvad sources, the Chak De girls will be participating in a state level hockey tournament that is being played at K D Singh Babu Stadium in Lucknow while sporting a ‘hijab’.

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The family permitted them to participate on only one condition that they will not break their cultural and religious values, which apparently includes done up in hijab.