Bhoot's major accomplishments were to serve as: • Manager of
India's first Olympic team at the 1920 Olympics in Antwerp. He was also a selector and administrator for the Indian team at four
other Olympics. • President of the
National Cycling Federation of India. Bhoot and Jankidas co-founded this national cycling federation in 1946. Under Bhoot's management, the Indian
cycling team made its Olympic debut at the
1948 Olympics in London. Bhoot also served as President of the Asian Cycling Federation. Overall, he took the Indian cycling team to several international cycling events and world cycling championships from the late 1940s until the early 1960s. • A key organiser of the
1951 Asian games. • Secretary of the Technical Committee for the Athletics Federation of India. • Member of the managing committee, as well as treasurer, of the
Indian Olympic Association. • Editor of the Sports Herald. Bhoot died on 9 January 1984 at the age of 92. His obituary and news of his passing was carried in the
Mid-Day (“Disappearing Breed,” Jan 11); the
Indian Express ("Bhoot dead," Jan 10); and
Jam-e-Jamshed, titled "The Grand Old Man of Sports", which noted that Bhoot was 'one of the founders of the Olympic Movement in India, he helped put Indian sportsmen on the world field and was responsible for promoting many sports noticeably athletics and cycling.' It mentioned his many accomplishments, for example that 'He was with the late Melwyn D'Mello
(Anthony de Mello), a star organiser of the first Asian Games at Delhi.' And it highlighted his strong personal traits: 'being of strong character, he never tolerated faulty organisation,' and always 'stood for the just cause of sportsmen.' == See also ==