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The Asian Track and Field Championships were originally planned at the 1962 Asian Games through the initiative of Major General Aziz Salleh the Chief of the Indonesian Federation (PASI), but went a-begging by the "emergence" of the ill conceived first and last Games of the Emerging Forces (GANEFO). The idea to hold the Championships was revived by the Malaysian A.A.U. President, Tan Sri Mohamed Ghazali Shafie, at the 1966 Asian Games at Bangkok, which again met no better fate as circumstances outside the control of athletics idealist intervened. At the 1970 Asian Games, the Punjab State Sports Minister, Sardar Umrao Singh, took up the Challenge and plans for the First Asian Championships at Delhi were finalized with Mr. R.L. Anand appointed Director of the Organisation when political developments in the sub-Continent thrust the plans not only out of gear but out of sight for another two years. However, they kept up the tempo and though unable to hold the Championships, they called for a meeting of the Asian Athletic Team officials at the 1972 Munich Olympic Games. It was there that Governor Jose C. Sering, President of the Philippines Track and Field Association (PATAFA) took up the challenge and history was made when the First Asian Track and Field Championships got off the launching pad and was held at the Marikina Stadium near Manila in November 1973.
The Constitution of the Asian Amateur Athletic Association and the Rules governing the Asian Track and Field Championships were ratified as amended at the First Asian AAA Congress Meeting at Manila, Philippines, in November, 20-21, 1973 and Governor Jose C. Sering became the first President of the properly constituted Asian Amateur Athletic Association and Mr. Maurice R. Nicholas, the first Secretary-General.
The Asian AAA Constitution was presented at the 29th Congress of the International Amateur Athletic Federation held in Rome in August 29-31, 1974, and was accepted after a vote was taken.
At the 14rth Congress of Asian Amateur Athletic Association (AAAA) in Aug 2002, in Colombo, it was decided to change the name of the association to Amateur Athletics Association (AAA).
