Write a short notes on the origin of Para Olympic Games.

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In the second world war majority of people suffered. They lost their will power and kept remembering the horrors of wars all the time. In 1948 Sir Ludwig gutman organized games for disabled soldiers in various hospital in London. In 1960 Rome Olympic sir Ludwig collected 400 disabled athletes and organized games, and it was named Para- Olympics. Shooting was the first game to be introduced in Para Olympic Games. The International Para Olympic committee(IPC) is responsible for organizing summer and winter Olympic games. The headquarter of IPC is situated in Bonn(Germany) The symbol of para Olympic Games is three colours red, blue and green flag and the Motto of Para Olympic is “spirit in Motion”. 2014 winter para Olympic Games was successfully hosted by Russia.

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