Details Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi

The Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium is the national stadium of India and has a total capacity of 95,000 although this is reduced to 80,000 for football (soccer) matches. The stadium also is host to track and field with a synthetic running surface running around its perimeter. The stadium is home to the Indian Olympic Association

Jawaharlal Nehru,whom the stadium is named after was one one the most important figures of the Indian Independance Movement and became the first Prime Minister of India after independance on August 15th 1947