Commonwealth Games

Now a days hardly there will be anybody who doesn't know about the Commonwealth games. But do you know about the history of common wealth games.Commonwealth games are organised by the Commonwealth Games Federation(CFG).

First Commonwealth games were held in Hamilton, Canada in 1930.Actually Commonwealth games were known as British Empire Games in their starting period.British Empire Games were started by the famous athlete Melville Marks Robinson of Canada in 1930.
Commonwealth games have been organised every four years except for 1942 and 1946 because of second world war.The games have undergone many changes.The games were known as British Empire Games during 1930 to 1950.From 1954 to 1966 they were known as British Empire and commonwealth Games.From 1970 to 1974 they took the title of British Commonwealth games.And in the 1978 this world class, unique and multi-sports event change its name to the Commonwealth Games.


History of Commonwealth Games

Games	Year	Host	Dates	Sports	Events	Nations
							Players
British Empire Games
I	1930	Hamilton, Canada	16 – 23 August	6	59	11	400
II	1934	London, England,	4 – 11 August	6	68	16	500
III	1938	Sydney, Australia	5 – 12 February	7	71	15	464
IV	1950	Auckland, New Zealand	4 – 11 February	9	88	12	590
British Empire and Commonwealth Games
V	1954	Vancouver, Canada	30 July – 7 August	9	91	24	662
VI	1958	Cardiff, Wales,	18 – 26 July	9	94	36	1122
VII	1962	Perth, Australia	22 November – 1 December	9	104	35	863
VIII	1966	Kingston, Jamaica	4 – 13 August	9	110	34	1050
British Commonwealth Games
IX	1970	Edinburgh, Scotland	16 – 25 July	9	121	42	1383
X	1974	Christchurch, New Zealand	24 January – 2 February	9	121	38	1276
Commonwealth Games
XI	1978	Edmonton, Canada	3 – 12 August	10	128	46	1474
XII	1982	Brisbane, Australia	30 September — 9 October	10	142	46	1583
XIII	1986	Edinburgh, Scotland	24 July – 2 August	10	163	26	1662
XIV	1990	Auckland, New Zealand	24 January – 3 February	10	204	55	2073
XV	1994	Victoria, Canada	18 – 28 August	10	217	63	2557
XVI	1998	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	11 – 21 September	15	213	70	3633
XVII	2002	Manchester, England	25 July – 4 August	171	281	72	3679
XVIII	2006	Melbourne, Australia	15 – 26 March	162	245	71	4049
XIX	2010	Delhi, India	3 – 14 October	17	285	73
XX	2014	Glasgow, Scotland	23 July – 3 August