#Mohun Bagan Ratna

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The award ceremony, held with a lot of pomp and glamour, is held annually on July 29 to commemorate Mohun Bagan Athletic Club’s historic win in the IFA Shield final against East Yorkshire Regiment on that day in 1911. Hockey legend Keshav Datt and former India football captain Prasun Banerjee were recipients of the award in 2019.

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With Khel Ratna for playing for the country 19 years: Sunil Chhetri- Sunil Chhetri Says Height Is The Greatest Reason Known By Khel Ratna

With Khel Ratna for playing for the country 19 years: Sunil Chhetri- Sunil Chhetri Says Height Is The Greatest Reason Known By Khel Ratna

Image source: TWITTER Sunil Chhetri Says His Longevity Is The Greatest Reason Known By Khel Ratna Sunil Chhetri, India’s first major player to receive the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna award on Saturday said it was because of his long stint at the highest level that he was awarded the highest honor in the country. The Indian captain Chhetri began his career with the Mohun Bagan Club in 2002 and…

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Sunil Chhetri Says His Longevity Is The Primary Reason For Khel Ratna Recognition

Sunil Chhetri Says His Longevity Is The Primary Reason For Khel Ratna Recognition

The first footballer to be conferred with the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award, Indian maestro Sunil Chhetri on Saturday credited his longevity at the top level as the reason for bagging the highest sporting honour of the country. The 37-year-old India captain, who began his professional career in 2002 with the famous Mohun Bagan club and made his international debut in 2005, received the Khel…

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Shibaji Banerjee to be conferred with Mohun Bagan Ratna posthumously

Former India and Mohun Bagan shot-stopper Shibaji Banerjee, who famously denied Brazil’s legendary football player Pele from scoring a goal in an exhibition match in 1977, will be conferred with Mohun Bagan Ratna posthumously. The friendly match against New York Cosmos at the iconic Eden Gardens ended in a thrilling 2-2 draw. Banerjee played for Bagan for 11 years and died at the age of 68 four…

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Ashok Kumar to receive Mohun Bagan Lifetime Achievement Award - Click on link to subscribe my channel https://ift.tt/34vXvMA Facebook - https://ift.tt/2Vjiyz6 Twitter - https://twitter.com/HsrSports Pinterest - https://ift.tt/2ywdZIH Tumblr - https://ift.tt/2z5qwmL Blog - https://ift.tt/2VlBDRu #Sports #Sports_News #Tournament Ashok Kumar. (TOI Photo) The Awardees: KOLKATA: Hockey wizard Dhyan Chand's son Ashok Kumar will be conferred with the Lifetime Achievement Award by city football club Mohun Bagan on the occasion of its foundation day in a virtual ceremony in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic "We will record the presentation of the award and also their individual messages which would be shared on our social media platforms," Mohun Bagan general secretary Srinjoy Bose said in a statement. Mohun Bagan Day is celebrated every year on July 29 to commemorate their IFA Shield triumph in 1911 when they had won the tournament defeating East Yorkshire Regiment 2-1, thus becoming the first Indian club to end the British stranglehold."But amid the current circumstances, this year the club executive committee has decided not to celebrate the Mohun Bagan Day by organising a physical programme," Bose said."The awards would be presented personally to those who are available in Kolkata. The awardees who are unable to receive the honour due to their unavailability in the city would be presented at a later stage when things would be normal."Ashok Kumar moved to Mohun Bagan in the late 1960s and also represented Bengal before getting selected in the Indian hockey team.The club's footballing rights was recently acquired by the RP Sanjiv Goenka group which holds a majority stake of 80 per cent. The new entity is called ATK Mohun Bagan FC."We have only sold the football rights. The company has owned the football rights only and it has got nothing to do with our club that is Mohun Bagan Athletic Club. So there's no question of any name change in our awards," Mohun Bagan's finance secretary Debasish Dutta told PTI.This year's Mohun Bagan Ratna would be presented to Gurbux Singh and Palash Nandi, the club stated in the release.Mohun Bagan Ratna: Gurbux Singh (Hockey) and Palash Nandi (Cricket); Lifetime Achievement: Ashok Kumar (Hockey), Pranab Ganguly (Football), Monoranjan Porel (Athletics); Best Footballer: Joseba Beitia (Senior); Best Youth Player: Sajal Bag (U18 team). Credit : Times of India Source: https://ift.tt/303U8Lk

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Legendary Subimal ‘Chuni’ Goswami – the ‘gem’ of Indian Football who was also a cricketer of considerable merit

Indian Football legend Chuni Goswami passed away in Kolkata at the age of 82 after a prolonged illness. He was admitted to a private hospital where he breathed his last. Apart from Football, Goswami, had also represented Bengal in first-class cricket tournaments.

Chuni Goswami- The Leader

Subimal ‘Chuni’ Goswami died a little over one month after his former India teammate PK Banerjee breathed his last. Chuni, PK and Balaram- the famous ‘forward’ trio- brought the most famous victory of Indian Football when they scored 9 of India’s 11 goals on way to the Asian Games gold medal in Jakarta in 1962.

The trio won 12 of the 16 games they played together for India. They together scored 20 of India’s 36 goals in that period. Chuni Goswami scored 7 of those goals.

Goswami made his international debut for India in 1956 during the team's 1-0 victory over the Chinese Olympic team.He played 50 international matches for India including the Olympics, Asian Games, Asia Cup and Merdeka Cup. Apart from leading the India team that won gold in the 1962 Asian Games, he also captained the side during their silver-winning performance in the 1964 Asia Cup in Tel Aviv and in the Merdeka Cup.

Chuni Goswami- The Mariner who never opted for another club

Born on January 15, 1938, in Kishoreganj District of undivided Bengal (now in Bangladesh), Goswami joined the Mohun Bagan Junior Team in 1946 at the age of 8 years when he was spotted by Balaidas Chatterjee. He was groomed thoroughly through youth football and then graduated to the senior team in 1954 at the age of 16.

Chuni Goswami played for Mohun Bagan throughout his sporting career. He captained the club in 5 seasons from 1960 to 1964. Goswami holds the distinction of leading his side Mohun Bagan to three successive Durand Cup triumphs and four successive Kolkata League wins. By 1968, he had won every major domestic trophy with Mohun Bagan, including the Rovers Cup and IFA Shield.

A popular anecdote runs that once East Bengal’s general secretary Jyotish Guha offered to buy him the new Fiat car which had come in the market in the 1960s. However, Goswami refused and stayed with his first love Mohun Bagan. It is well-known that “Chuni-(Sailen)Manna do not take money to play for Mohun Bagan. It was a matter of pride for us.”

Chuni Goswami- The Glamorous Forward

Chuni Goswami belonged to a class of his own. With serpentine dribbling skills and slick ball control, Goswami was a charming forward. Ex-international player and renowned coach Subhash Bhowmick once said that Goswami could dribble as well as Ronaldinho or Robinho or any of the great Brazilians.

Goswami’s delectable body swerves deceived the defenders. His ability to find space in small areas made him a delightful watch. During his early years in Indian team, Goswami had to balance the demands of his job and the national team. The otherwise tough coach S.A. Rahim had a soft corner for Goswami. So when some members of the team objected to his late coming to practices, he retorted, “Uska maafik ball control karlo, tum bhi fir late aana”.

After India won gold under his captaincy at the Jakarta Asiad, Tottenham Hotspur got in touch with him and invited him for a trial. “In the end, though, I did not travel to England for the trial. There was too much of an uncertainty in choosing a career abroad. I was captain of Mohun Bagan, had a good job. My family was also tolerably well-off. The supporters here loved me. Dhiren-da told me: ‘What will you do there, staying all alone?’ So I did not go,” Chuni Goswami said.

Chuni Goswami- The Formidable Cricketer

Chuni Goswami bid adieu to international football in 1964. He was only 27 then. But his sporting career was not over. Goswami concentrated on Cricket after his retirement from Football. He represented Bengal in 46 matches between 1962 and 1973 and scored 1,592 runs as also takingand took 47 wickets.

A gentle medium in-swing bowler, he was one of the two bowlers, who plotted the historic innings defeat of Gary Sobers’ West Indies by the combined Central and East Zone team under Hanumant Singh in Indore. He remembered, “Though Sobers wasn’t playing, it was a strong line-up featuring Rohan Kanhai, Conrad Hunt and Basil Butcher. I took five wickets in an innings including that of Kanhai, and eight in the match. I also scored some runs against the likes of Wes Hall and Charlie Griffith. We won by an innings and 10 runs. I also took two outstanding catches. The one I took running from mid-on to deep square leg has been mentioned by Sobers in his book.” [The Telegraph, 29/07/2012]

Representing Bengal, he fearlessly scored 40+ facing Roy Gilchrist who played for Hyderabad in the Ranji Trophy. While describing him as a cricketer, Goswami said, “I am that bits-and-pieces cricketer. I couldn’t bat like Sachin Tendulkar or bowl like Kapil Dev. At best, I could field like Eknath Solkar. But I made the most of my limited strengths. That’s how I became an automatic choice for Bengal and the combined zone.”

Chuni Goswami- A die-hard sportsman

Goswami was also a decent hockey player who played a match for the Mohun Bagan hockey team. After retiring from Cricket, he played Lawn Tennis at Kolkata's famed South Club. For his sporting achievements, Chuni Goswami won the Arjuna Award in 1963 and the Padma Shri award in 1983. In 2005, Mohun Bagan coronated him as Mohun Bagan Ratna- the highest honour in the club.

The skilful genius was suffering from underlying ailments, including sugar, prostrate and nerve problems. He died  on 30th April, 2020 after having a cardiac arrest.

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Shibaji Banerjee, Who Stopped Pele's Free-kick, to Be Conferred with Mohun Bagan Ratna Posthumously

Shibaji Banerjee, Who Stopped Pele’s Free-kick, to Be Conferred with Mohun Bagan Ratna Posthumously

Shibaji Banerjee (Twitter) Shibaji Banerjee, who stood out against Pele-led Cosmos Club in an exhibition match, will be conferred with Mohun Bagan Ratna posthumously. PTI KOLKATA Last Updated:July 15, 2021, 10:31 IST FOLLOW US ON: Former India goalkeeper Shibaji Banerjee, who stood out against Pele-led Cosmos Club in an exhibition match here in 1977, will be conferred with Mohun Bagan Ratna…

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Legendary former India footballer Chuni Goswami, who captained the 1962 Asian Games gold-winning team, died on Thursday after suffering a cardiac arrest. Goswami played 50 matches for India as a footballer from 1956 to 1964.

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Isaiah Arumainayagam – Chuni Goswami y yo tuvimos un gran entendimiento mientras jugabamos

El ex compañero de equipo de Chuni Goswami en Mohun Bagan y el equipo nacional indio Isaiah Arumainayagam expresaron su tristeza por el fallecimiento del gran jugador de todos los tiempos. El legendario futbolista indio respiró por última vez el jueves en un hospital de Kolkata debido a un paro cardíaco. Tenía 82 años en el momento de su muerte. Mientras rendía homenaje a su ex compañero de equipo y futbolista sénior, el jugador con sede en Bengaluru le dijo a Goal: "Es muy triste que se haya ido. Era una persona muy amorosa y un gran futbolista. Fue respetado por todos ”. Elecciones de los editores Arumainayagam, quien jugó como delantero derecho en Mohun Bagan durante la década de 1960, formó una asociación formidable con Goswami en el ataque. Al recordar el tiempo que jugó con el futbolista fallecido, Arumainayagam dijo: “Teníamos una gran comprensión cuando jugamos para Mohun Bagan, Bengala y también para el equipo indio. Es muy lamentable que ya no esté con nosotros ". El bangalorense jugó para Mohun Bagan de 1961 a 1968. Tanto Chuni Goswami como Arumainayagam han recibido el prestigioso premio Mohun Bagan Ratna. Mientras Goswami recibió el premio en 2005, Arumainayagam recibió en 2014.

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Chuni Goswami – A footballer who may just depend India’s president as his fan

Chuni Goswami, captain of the 1962 Asian Games soccer gold medal profitable India group, died after a middle assault on Thursday at a nursing house close to his place of dwelling in south Calcutta. He was once 82 and is survived through spouse Basanti and son Sudipto.

Goswami’s dying comes just a little over one month after former India teammate PK Banerjee’s passing. Banerjee, Goswami and Tulsidas Balaram have been a part of a well-known India forwardline which scored 9 of India’s 11 targets on approach to the Asian Games gold medal in Jakarta.

India gained 12 of the 16 video games they performed in combination. All of them got here between 1958 and 1962; the trio scoring 20 of India’s 36 targets in that duration. Goswami, who performed inside-left in a five-forward formation, scored seven of the ones targets.

Of wiry construct, Goswami had exceptional ball regulate and may just dribble his approach out of maximum scenarios. Rival defenders could be exhorted through their coaches to have a look at the ball and not at Goswami’s legs for they’d then don’t have any hope of having the ball. And for a participant that lean, Goswami may just pack a punch. Goswami’s Mohun Bagan and India teammate Jarnail Singh referred to as him an artist.

Known to be a difficult taskmaster, the well-known India trainer Syed Rahim had a comfortable spot for Goswami. Once, Goswami joined an India camp overdue and a participant pointed that out to Rahim. “Play like him and I will let you join late too,” Rahim stated.

Goswami debuted for India towards Myanmar within the 1958 Asian Games, scoring in his first fit. He performed world soccer until 1964 netting 13 targets in 36 video games. In that point, India performed the 1960 Olympics the place they narrowly misplaced to a heavyweight Hungary group that had Florian Albert — European Player of the Year in 1967 — and gamers from best golf equipment comparable to Ferencvaros and Honved.

Two years later, Goswami led India to the Asian Games gold. Goswami scored 3 targets within the marketing campaign together with a brace within the semi-finals as India beat South Vietnam 3-2. The different function within the semi-final got here from Singh with Goswami offering the general move.

He hand over world soccer after the Merdeka Cup in 1964 and after India completed runners-up within the Asian Cup that yr.

Goswami was once a pin-up in Indian recreation a lot prior to the time period changed into fashionable. He may just depend amongst his enthusiasts Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, India’s 2nd President. Seeing him warm-up prior to a Durand Cup last, the place the President was once the manager visitor, Radhakrishnan stated: So, I see Chuni once more. You appear to have transform an everlasting characteristic within the finals.”

This was once when Mohun Bagan — the one membership Goswami performed for, beginning as a junior in 1946 and retiring in 1968 — gained the Durand Cup for 3 seasons in a row, from 1963. Goswami scored 200 targets for Mohun Bagan — a lot of them from the general move of outside-left Arumainayagam with whom he had nice figuring out — after becoming a member of the senior group in 1954. He additionally gained 3 Santosh Trophy titles for Bengal.

Such was once Goswami’s famous person energy that tales abound within the Kolkata Maidan of a bit of the group leaving the Mohun Bagan floor, abandoning a league fit in their favorite membership, to peer him end up in an administrative center league recreation. This when Goswami had lengthy retired from soccer.

“Chuni had good looks and exuded star appeal. He was different: a sportsman who would buy books of PG Wodehouse and Somerset Maugham to get through long train journeys. He had a great sense of humour and a never-say-die attitude,” stated Raju Mukherjee, the previous Bengal cricket captain who performed beneath Goswami.

Goswami was once additionally adept at tennis and was once a normal at the South Club courts and the ones of the Calcutta Cricket and Football Club until the flip of the century. He additionally performed a median hand at carrom, the board recreation.

But if there was once one recreation Goswami aced after soccer, it was once cricket. Goswami first performed for Bengal in 1962. His taking at the fiery Roy Gilchrist, who was once representing Hyderabad, and scoring over 40 as a middle-order batsman continues to be mentioned in Bengal. When he was once nonetheless ruling the membership soccer scene in India, Goswami’s in-swingers helped a blended Central and East Zone group beat Gary Sobers’ West Indies.

Goswami took cricket extra severely after his soccer occupation. He performed 46 firstclass suits as an all-rounder. He led Bengal to 2 Ranji Trophy finals.

“He never bothered looking at the pitch, saying it would be the same for 22 players. Once, a player complained about the sight-screen and Goswami said, ‘focus on the ball and not the screen. Did you have a screen when you played cricket in the city’s bylanes?’,” stated Mukherjee.

“His will to fight was infectious and we learnt so much about fitness from him,” stated former India left-arm spinner Dilip Doshi who additionally performed for Bengal beneath Goswami.

Born in Kishoreganj, now in Bangladesh, Subimal ‘Chuni’ Goswami stuck the attention of BD Chatterjee who groomed him and were given him into Mohun Bagan.

Goswami labored in a nationalised financial institution and was once the primary director of the Tata Football Aacdemy in Jamshedpur, a submit he held from 1986-90. He gained the Arjuna award in 1963 — 12 months after Balaram and two after Banerjee — and the Padma Shri in 1983. He was once given the Mohun Bagan Ratna, an award initiated through the membership in 2001 to honour membership legends, in 2005, the similar yr he was once made Sheriff of Kolkata. The Postal Department issued a stamp in his honour on January 15, his birthday, this yr.

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Current Affairs Questions of 2nd September 2018

* Current Affairs Questions 2nd September 2018  ** (1) Which Institute makes India’s 1st standardised modern ship design ? (A) IWAI. (2) National Nutrition Week is observed on which week of September ? (A) 1st Week of September. (3) Under the Swadhar Greh scheme, which ministry has launched Krishna Kutir for widows ? (A) Ministry of Women & Child Development. (4) Who has appointed Vodafone Idea’s 1st CEO ? (A) Balesh Sharma. (5) Which country has withdrawn from the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) ? (A) USA. (6) 7th Meeting of National Medicinal Plants Board held in which State ? (A) New Delhi. (7) Who has been conferred with the prestigious 2018 Mohun Bagan Ratna Award ? (A) Pradip Chodhury. (8) Which state government has organised an interactive programme “Mil -Banche” in government schools in the state ? (A) Madya Pradesh. (9) AYUSH Minister Inaugurates 4th International Ayurveda Congress At which country ? (A) Netherlands. (10) Which City neurosurgeon named for Dr B.C. Roy award ? (A) Mumbai. (11) Who will be releasing a new book titled Shades of Truth ? (A) Kapil Sibal. (12) Who Assumes Charge Of Secretary In Steel Ministry ? (A) Binoy Kumar. (13) Which state government has launched the scheme “Gopabandhu Sambadika Swasthya Bima Yojana” for journalists ? (A) Odisha. (14) Which company has signed a pact with Indian Railways for use of ‘Natural Gas’ in railway workshops and production units ? (A) Gail India. (15) Amit Panghal Wins Gold in wchich event of Asian Games 2018 ? (A) Boxing. (16) Who has been elected as the IBA Chairman ? (A) Sunil Mehta.

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Fomer India defender Subrata Bhattacharya set to be awarded with Mohun Bagan Ratna

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Mohun Bagan today decided to honour its legendary former India defender Subrata Bhattacharya with its highest decoration — the Mohun Bagan Ratna. The club also discussed the…

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Gurbux Singh, Palash Nandi to be honoured with Mohun Bagan Ratna 14 July 2020 ------------------------------- According to ATK-Mohun Bagan club, Hockey legend Gurbux Singh and former first-class cricketer…

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Ex-India defender Subrata Bhattacharya to be given Mohun Bagan Ratna

Ex-India defender Subrata Bhattacharya to be given Mohun Bagan Ratna

Kolkata, June 30 (IANS) Former India defender Subrata Bhattacharya will get the ‘Mohun Bagan Ratna’ for this year, the club announced on Friday.

The award is the club’s highest honour.

It was also announced that striker Balwant Singh will bag the best footballer of the year. The awardees will be honoured on the club’s foundation day on July 29.

Debabrata Das will get the best cricketer prize,…

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Ex-India defender Subrata Bhattacharya to be given Mohun Bagan Ratna

Ex-India defender Subrata Bhattacharya to be given Mohun Bagan Ratna

Kolkata, June 30 (IANS) Former India defender Subrata Bhattacharya will get the ‘Mohun Bagan Ratna’ for this year, the club announced on Friday.

The award is the club’s highest honour.

It was also announced that striker Balwant Singh will bag the best footballer of the year. The awardees will be honoured on the club’s foundation day on July 29.

Debabrata Das will get the best cricketer prize,…