Polo is team sport played on Horseback in which the objective is to score goals against an opposing team. Players score by driving a small white plastic or wooden ball into the opposing team's goal using a long-handled mallet.Traditional sport of Polo played at speed on a large grass field up to 300 yards in Length, and each Polo team consists of four riders and their mounts.
The modern game usually lasts one to two hours and is divided into periods called chukkas (or "chukkers"). Polo is played professionally in 16 countries. Polo was an Olympic sport from 1900 to 1936. The invention of polo is dated variously from the 6th century BC to the 1st century AD.Its exact origins are unknown, although China, Iran, Manipur, Mongolia and Pakistan all claim to be the birthplace of polo.
The oldest polo ground in the world is the Imphal Polo Ground in Manipur State,India with References dating as far back as AD 33.And where the game was known as 'Sagol Kangjei', 'Kanjai-bazee', or 'Pulu'. The Oldest Polo club in the World still in Existence is also in India-The Calcutta Polo Club (1862).
