It is a member of the UCI and the Asian Cycling Confederation. Cycling as a sports was introduced in India with the efforts of Sh. Janki Das in mid 1930s. It found its International level when Sh. Janki Das, the lone Indian cyclist participated in the British Empire Games at Sydney (Australia) in 1938 with Swami Jagan Nath accompanied as Manager.With the pioneering of these two, Indian Cycling was to secure affiliation of National Cycling Federation to the National Cyclists Union of England. A few years later, another stalwart Sohrab H. Bhoot of Bombay & Janki Das joined hands and formed the National Cyclists Federation of India in 1946, and secured affiliation of this new body with Union Cyclists International (UCI). The Cycling Federation of India then sent teams of cyclists to the Olymp