India, March 15 -- The Indian men's hockey team has won eight Olympic gold medals, while their only World Cup triumph at Kuala Lumpur in 1975 is regarded as one of Indian sport's great moments.

India marks the golden jubilee of that success, an emotional high after coming close in the previous two editions - India won bronze in 1971 and were runners-up in 1973. The book March of Glory, by hockey journalist Errol D'Cruz and K Arumugam, a long-time chronicler of the game, captures the drama and moments around that triumph in Kuala Lumpur to this day 50 years ago.

The book tells the story of Ajit Pal Singh and his battling teammates as they fought tooth-and-nail to finish atop the podium in the Malaysian capital. From being pushed to the b...