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| bwf_id = }} Syed Modi (1962–1988), born Syed Mehdi was an Indian badminton player, and eight-time National Badminton champion (1980–87). His other notable achievements included winning the Austrian International in 1983 and 1984 and the Men's singles title at the 1982 Commonwealth Games. A brilliant career was cut short in its prime when Modi was shot dead on 28 July 1988 in Lucknow as he came out of the K. D. Singh Babu Stadium after a practice session. The murder sent shockwaves through India, especially after the police filed murder charges against Modi's wife Ameeta Modi and her lover (and future husband) Raja Sanjay Singh of Amethi, who was a prominent politician belonging to the Congress Party. ==Early life and education== Syed Modi was born into a Muslim family in the muffosil town of Sardarnagar, from Chauri Chaura in Uttar Pradesh. He grew up there, but his family hailed from Zaidi Sadat Kandipur (or Kadipur) near Jalalpur town in Ambedkar Nagar District, Uttar Pradesh. His father, Syed Meer Hassan Zaidi, works in Sardarnagar sugar mill and his mother was a housewife. Syed Modi was the youngest of their eight children (six sons and two daughters). Modi's elder brothers were not highly educated, but they worked and contributed significantly towards meeting family expenses and supporting Modi in his childhood, including for his badminton coaching, after it became clear that he had the potential to become a great player. When Modi first began going to the local school, the person who entered his name in the school roster mistook his name "Mehdi" for the more common Indian surname "Modi" and wrote it down that way.〔 As a result, this became his name in all educational and government records and he did not take the trouble to rectify the matter in adulthood. In school, Modi achieved only average grades in his academics but became a notable sportsman. He was very popular in school for his open, affectionate nature and bright good looks. His elder brothers doted on him and financed his training as required. Far from feeling him a burden, they pinned their hopes that he would earn a good name and bring honour, pride and happiness to his parents in their old age, after a lifetime of poverty and struggle. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Syed Modi」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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