23 Facts About Syed Modi

Syed Modi, born as Syed Mehdi Hassan Zaidi, was an Indian badminton singles player.

Syed Modi won three other international titles, namely Austrian International and USSR International, both of which were European Badminton Circuit tournaments.

Syed Modi Mahdi Hassan Zaidi was born in the town of Sardarnagar, 5 kilometres from Chauri Chaura in Uttar Pradesh.

Syed Modi grew up there, but his family hailed from Zaidi Sadat Kandipur near Jalalpur town in Ambedkar Nagar District, Uttar Pradesh.

Syed Modi's father, Syed Meer Hassan Zaidi, worked in Sardarnagar sugar mill and his mother was a housewife.

Syed Modi was the youngest of their eight children.

When Syed 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 "Syed Modi" and wrote it down that way.

In school, Syed Modi achieved only average grades in his academics but became a notable sportsman.

Syed Modi was very popular in school for his open, affectionate nature and bright good looks.

Syed Modi fulfilled their hopes and prayers during his short life.

In 1976, aged only 14, Syed Modi became junior national Badminton champion.

In 1980, as soon as he was eligible, Syed Modi won the national badminton championship.

Syed Modi was initially posted in Gorakhpur, nearest to his hometown and family.

Syed Modi went on to win the national badminton championship every single year between 1980 and 1987.

In 1978, while he was a junior national champion, the 16-year-old Syed Modi was selected for participating in an international tournament to be held in Beijing, China.

Syed Modi began to suspect that his wife was having an affair with Singh, and for reasons that are unclear, Ameeta seems to have chosen to feed his fears rather than allay them.

Syed Modi's wife did not feel disposed to allay these fears, and went to her parents' house in Mumbai for her confinement.

Syed Modi then left the infant with her parents in Mumbai and returned to Lucknow, supposedly in order to continue with her badminton practice and get back into form as soon as possible.

Modi resented all of these circumstances, while Ameeta resented the fact that her badminton career was put on hold, while Syed continued to rack up titles, winning his eighth consecutive national trophy in 1987.

Syed Modi had recently lost the national trophy, after having won it eight times in a row from 1980 to 1987.

Syed Modi had given the address of one of his several houses for that purpose, although Garima had not lived in that house for many years.

Syed Modi's widow has stood for election to the state assembly from Amethi, which was formerly ruled by Sanjay Singh's family.

Sau Crore was released in 1991 with the role of Syed Modi being played by Raman Kapoor.