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'''Howrah Union''' is an Indian [[multisports club]] based in the city of [[Kolkata|Kolkata (Maidan)]]. The [[Association football|football]] team competes in the [[Calcutta Football League]].<ref name=howrah>{{cite web|url=http://howrahunion.com/clubprofile.html|title=Howrah Union – at a glance|access-date=13 October 2022|website=howrahunion.com|publisher=Howrah Union Club|archive-date=25 April 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080425035748/http://howrahunion.com/clubprofile.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.goaldentimes.org/eastern-railway-ran-full-steam-1958/ |title=WHEN EASTERN RAILWAY RAN ON FULL STEAM (1958) |website=www.goaldentimes.org |publisher=Goalden Times |last1=Chakraborty |first1=Debojyoti |date=29 August 2017 |access-date=25 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211111162448/http://www.goaldentimes.org/eastern-railway-ran-full-steam-1958/ |archive-date=11 November 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://ifawb.org/clubs/|title=IFAWB Clubs: Men's Division (CFL)|website=ifawb.org|publisher=[[Indian Football Association]]|access-date=6 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221009123425/https://ifawb.org/clubs/|archive-date=9 October 2022}}</ref> The club previously competed in the Super Division of CFL.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/india84.html#calc|title=India 1984 – List of Champions: Calcutta League|website=[[RSSSF]]|date=5 March 2015|first=Karel|last=Stokkermans|archive-date=7 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221007120420/https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/india84.html}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/india85.html#calc|title=India 1985 – Regional Leagues: Calcutta League|website=[[RSSSF]]|date=30 May 2013|first1=Ian|last1=King|first2=Neil|last2=Morrison|first3=Piet|last3=Veroeveren|first4=Mark|last4=Cruickshank|archive-date=7 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221007120420/https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/india85.html}}</ref>

==History==
Howrah Union was formed in 1922, by late Panchanon Choungdar and Dr. Satyaban Roy along with many other sport's loving people from Howrah.<ref name="History 1">{{cite web|url=https://insidesports.in/archives/5533|title=কর্পোরেট ক্রিকেট দিয়ে হাওড়া ইউনিয়নে শতবর্ষ উৎযাপন শুরু|date=21 January 2023|access-date=26 January 2022|location=Kolkata|website=insidesports.in|publisher=ইনসাইড স্পোর্টস|language=bn|trans-title=Howrah Union keen to start club's centenary celebration with corporate cricket tournament|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230205233414/https://insidesports.in/archives/5533|archive-date=5 February 2023}}</ref> Initially they played football at Howrah Maidan and the club's address was at 254, Panchanantala Road, Howrah. They eventually got affiliation from the [[Indian Football Association]] and joined thebCalcutta Football League.<ref name=howrah/><ref>{{cite journal |title=Football in Bengali culture and society: a study in the social history of football in Bengal 1911–1980 |url=https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/handle/10603/174532 |publisher=University of Calcutta |website=[[Shodhganga]] |page=35 |last=Bandyopadhyay |first=Kausik |date=2008 |hdl=10603/174532 |access-date=7 October 2022 |archive-date=7 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221007174156/https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/handle/10603/174532 }}</ref> They got promoted to the First Division in 1929 and won the [[Trades Cup]] in 1932.<ref name="History 1"/> In the 1936 [[IFA Shield]], they went till the semi-finals by defeating [[Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry]].<ref name=howrah/>

Howrah Union won the [[Stafford Challenge Cup]] in 1964 under the captaincy of Olympian M. A. Sattar. In 1967 the club won the [[Cooch Behar Cup]]. Howrah Union won the [[Trades Cup]] in 2011.{{Citation needed|date=April 2025}}

==Notable players==
Notable football players who have played or started their careers at the club include [[Sailen Manna]] and [[Arun Ghosh]] and [[Jahar Das]].<ref name="kolkatafootball.com">[http://www.kolkatafootball.com/kolkatafootball_indian_legend_footballers_profile.html Indian Legendary Football Players Profile]. {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080914072626/http://www.kolkatafootball.com/kolkatafootball_indian_legend_footballers_profile.html |date=14 September 2008 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.indianfootball.com/data/halloffame/manna_sailen.html |title=Sailendra Nath Manna |access-date=30 April 2008 |archive-date=19 November 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081119091111/http://www.indianfootball.com/data/halloffame/manna_sailen.html }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://thehardtackle.com/2013/lack-of-focus-on-youth-development-is-biggest-problem-of-indian-football-arun-ghosh-exclusive-interview/|date=23 August 2013|access-date=26 August 2022|website=thehardtackle.com|publisher=The Hard Tackle|title="Lack of Focus on Youth Development Is The Biggest Problem of Indian Football" – Arun Ghosh (Exclusive Interview)|first1=Somnath|last1=Sengupta|first2=Aindrila|last2=Ghosh|first3=Bhaktimoy|last3=Sengupta|location=Kolkata|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220127020642/http://www.thehardtackle.com/2013/lack-of-focus-on-youth-development-is-biggest-problem-of-indian-football-arun-ghosh-exclusive-interview/|archive-date=27 January 2022}}</ref> [[Samar Banerjee]],<ref name="Indian Express">{{Cite web |date=28 November 2007 |title=Huge facelift for Howrah Union club |url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/huge-facelift-for-howrah-union-club/244373/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230606170326/http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/huge-facelift-for-howrah-union-club/244373/ |archive-date=6 June 2023 |website=archive.indianexpress.com |publisher=The Indian Express |agency=Express News Service |location=Kolkata}}</ref> [[Ashok Chatterjee]],<ref name="KF">{{cite web|first=G. C.|last=Das|url=http://www.kolkatafootball.com/kolkatafootball_indian_legend_footballers_profile.html|title=Indian Legendary Football Players Profile: Ashoke Chatterjee|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080914072626/http://www.kolkatafootball.com/kolkatafootball_indian_legend_footballers_profile.html|date=14 September 2008|archive-date=14 September 2008|access-date=25 January 2011|website=www.kolkatafootball.com|publisher=Kolkata Football}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/football/indian-football/ashok-chatterjee-passes-away-dies-mohun-bagan-east-bengal-calcutta-football-league-durand-merdeka-rovers-cup-santosh-trophy-ifa-shield/article30889005.ece |title=Former India footballer Ashok Chatterjee dies |website=Sportstar |date=22 February 2020 |access-date=18 November 2021 |archive-date=18 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211118211006/https://sportstar.thehindu.com/football/indian-football/ashok-chatterjee-passes-away-dies-mohun-bagan-east-bengal-calcutta-football-league-durand-merdeka-rovers-cup-santosh-trophy-ifa-shield/article30889005.ece }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/sports/former-india-footballer-ashoke-chatterjee-no-more/cid/1747743 |title=Former India footballer Ashoke Chatterjee no more |website=Telegraph |date=22 February 2020 |access-date=18 November 2021 |archive-date=18 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211118211005/https://www.telegraphindia.com/sports/former-india-footballer-ashoke-chatterjee-no-more/cid/1747743 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://sportslounge.co.in/legendary-indian-footballer-ashoke-chatterjee-passes-away/ |title=Legendary Indian footballer Ashoke Chatterjee passes away |website=Sports Lounge |date=22 February 2020 |access-date=18 November 2021 |archive-date=18 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211118211007/https://sportslounge.co.in/legendary-indian-footballer-ashoke-chatterjee-passes-away/ }}</ref> [[Mohammad Abdus Sattar]],<ref>[http://www.hindustantimes.com/specials/sports/asian-games/Former-football-star-Abdus-Sattar-passes-away/football/SP-Article10-689261.aspx Former football star Abdus Sattar passes away] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021171410/http://www.hindustantimes.com/specials/sports/asian-games/Former-football-star-Abdus-Sattar-passes-away/football/SP-Article10-689261.aspx |date=21 October 2012 }}, 24 April 2011</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/generalnewsfeed/news/former-olympian-football-star-passes-away/660415.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120318101725/http://ibnlive.in.com/generalnewsfeed/news/former-olympian-football-star-passes-away/660415.html |archive-date=18 March 2012 |title=Former Olympian football star passes away, IBN Live News|date=18 March 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://sports.ndtv.com/football/news/item/172487-former-indian-olympic-football-star-passes-away?tmpl=component&print=1|title=Former Indian Olympic football star passes away|accessdate=27 April 2011|date=23 April 2011|publisher=NDTV|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120309071035/http://sports.ndtv.com/football/news/item/172487-former-indian-olympic-football-star-passes-away?tmpl=component&print=1|archive-date=9 March 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/sport/other-sports/article1764551.ece|title=Olympian Abdus Sattar dead|access-date=27 April 2011|date=25 April 2011|newspaper=The Hindu|archive-date=30 April 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110430095612/http://www.thehindu.com/sport/other-sports/article1764551.ece}}</ref> S.Mewalal, Poongam Kannan,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.goal.com/en-au/news/indian-football-asian-pele-p-kannan-passes-away/msdndndhrit914azk0eg5zbvn|title=Indian Football: 'Asian Pele' P. Kannan passes away|website=www.goal.com|publisher=[[Goal (website)|Goal]]|date=28 April 2019|access-date=12 October 2022|archive-date=13 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221013061825/https://www.goal.com/en-au/news/indian-football-asian-pele-p-kannan-passes-away/msdndndhrit914azk0eg5zbvn}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/football/asian-pele-p-kannan-mohun-bagan-east-bengal-mohammedan-sc-howrah-union/article26780100.ece|title='Asian Pele' P. Kannan suffers stroke, admitted to hospital|publisher=Sportstar|last=Venkatasan|first=S Prasanna|date=9 April 2019|access-date=12 October 2022|archive-date=18 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211018072949/https://sportstar.thehindu.com/football/asian-pele-p-kannan-mohun-bagan-east-bengal-mohammedan-sc-howrah-union/article26780100.ece}}</ref>

==Home ground==
Howrah Union uses [[Mohammedan Sporting Ground|Mohammedan Sporting—Howrah Union Ground]] for its sporting events.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://footballnewsindia.in/2015/08/04/calcutta-football-league-officers-choice-blue-title-sponsor/|title=CALCUTTA FOOTBALL LEAGUE – OFFICER'S CHOICE BLUE TO BE THE TITLE SPONSOR|location=Kolkata|website=Football News India|date=4 August 2015|access-date=7 October 2022|archive-date=10 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221010165728/http://footballnewsindia.in/2015/08/04/calcutta-football-league-officers-choice-blue-title-sponsor/}}</ref>

==Honours==
===Domestic tournaments===
*'''[[Stafford Challenge Cup|Stafford Cup]]'''
**Winners (1): 1964<ref name=howrah/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ksfa.in/staffordchallengecup|title=THE HISTORY: STAFFORD CHALLENGE CUP – KARNATAKA|website=ksfa.in|publisher=Karnataka State Football Association|access-date=26 November 2022|location=Bengaluru|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230224073556/https://www.ksfa.in/staffordchallengecup|archive-date=24 February 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Stafford Challenge Cup: A Brief History of Time |url=https://theawayend.co/2023/02/23/stafford-challenge-cup-a-brief-history-of-time/ |date=23 February 2023 |website=theawayend.co |publisher=The Away End |access-date=24 February 2023 |archive-date=24 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230224070459/https://theawayend.co/2023/02/23/stafford-challenge-cup-a-brief-history-of-time/ }}</ref>
*'''[[Bordoloi Trophy]]'''
**Runners-up (1): 1962<ref>{{Cite web|title=India — List of Bordoloi Trophy Winners|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/indiabordoloicuphist.html|access-date=2021-12-16|website=[[RSSSF]]|archive-date=19 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190319131730/http://rsssf.com/tablesi/indiabordoloicuphist.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
*'''[[Trades Cup]]'''<ref>{{cite web|first=Hans|last=Schöggl|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/india-tradescup.html|title=India — List of Trades Cup Winners|website=[[RSSSF]]|date=2014|access-date=24 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220927050302/https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/india-tradescup.html|archive-date=27 September 2022}}</ref>
**Winners (3): 1932, 2011, 2018<ref>{{Cite web|title=IFA Trades Challenge Cup 2018|url=https://kolkatafootball.com/ifa_trades_cup_2018/score_table.html|website=kolkatafootball.com|access-date=27 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190104093328/https://kolkatafootball.com/ifa_trades_cup_2018/score_table.html|archive-date=4 January 2019}}</ref>
**Runners-up (2): 2012, 2019<ref>{{Cite web|title=IFA Trades Challenge Cup 2019|url=https://www.kolkatafootball.com/ifa_cfl_lower_divn_2019-20/trades_2019.html#trades_21st|website=kolkatafootball.com|access-date=27 September 2022|archive-date=26 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126024521/https://kolkatafootball.com/ifa_cfl_lower_divn_2019-20/trades_2019.html#trades_21st}}</ref>
*'''[[Cooch Behar Cup]]'''<ref>{{Cite journal |url=http://www.jhsr.in/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/01-07-JHSRVOL-2NO-2A.-SHIL.pdf |title=Football Culture in Princely State of Cooch Behar |access-date=16 April 2023 |archive-date=16 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230416171622/http://www.jhsr.in/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/01-07-JHSRVOL-2NO-2A.-SHIL.pdf |first=Amrita |last=Kumar Shil |journal=JHSR Journal of Historical Study and Search |date=15 May 2022 |issn=2583-0198 |volume=2 }}</ref>
**Winners (1): 1967<ref name=howrah/>

==Other departments==
===Cricket===
Howrah Union has its men's [[cricket]] section which is affiliated to the [[Cricket Association of Bengal]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cricketassociationofbengal.com/first_division.php|title=The Cricket Association of Bengal: First Division Clubs|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201023021313/https://www.cricketassociationofbengal.com/first_division.php|archive-date=23 October 2020|publisher=Cricket Association of Bengal|access-date=2 July 2021|location=Kolkata|website=cricketassociationofbengal.com}}</ref> and competes in the CAB Second Division League.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricheroes.in/scorecard/775026/CAB-2nd-DIVISION-LEAGUE-2019-20/HOWRAH-UNION-(CAB2DIV)-vs-EXCELSIORS-CLUB-(CAB2DIV)|title=CAB 2nd DIVISION LEAGUE 2019–20: HOWRAH UNION (CAB2DIV) vs EXCELSIORS CLUB (CAB2DIV)|website=cricheroes.in|publisher=Cricheroes|date=8 February 2020|access-date=31 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230131053240/https://cricheroes.in/scorecard/775026/CAB-2nd-DIVISION-LEAGUE-2019-20/HOWRAH-UNION-%28CAB2DIV%29-vs-EXCELSIORS-CLUB-%28CAB2DIV%29|archive-date=31 January 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricheroes.in/scorecard/385594/Y.F.C.A-CRICKET-TOURNAMENT-SEASON-1/HOWRAH-UNION-11-vs-Bishwanath-Cricket-Academy|title=CAB 2nd DIVISION LEAGUE 2019–20: HOWRAH UNION (CAB2DIV) vs BISHWANATH CRICKET ACADEMY|website=cricheroes.in|publisher=Cricheroes|date=14 May 2019|access-date=31 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230131053111/https://cricheroes.in/scorecard/385594/Y.F.C.A-CRICKET-TOURNAMENT-SEASON-1/HOWRAH-UNION-11-vs-Bishwanath-Cricket-Academy|archive-date=31 January 2023}}</ref><ref>[http://www.cricketassociationofbengal.com/history.php Early History of Bengal Cricket leading to the formation of the Cricket Association of Bengal in 1928]. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171223102855/http://www.cricketassociationofbengal.com/history.php |date=23 December 2017 }}. ''The Cricket Association Of Bengal (CAB)''. Retrieved 2 July 2021.</ref>

===Field hockey===
Men's hockey team is affiliated to the Bengal Hockey Association and competes in the [[Calcutta Hockey League]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hockeybengal.org/schedule-1|title=Schedule|work=Hockey Bengal|access-date=18 November 2022|archive-date=24 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221024100541/https://www.hockeybengal.org/schedule-1}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hockeybengal.org/post/fixtures-of-1st-division-group-b-2022|title=Calcutta Hockey League Competition — Fixtures of 1st Division Group B 2022|website=hockeybengal.org|publisher=The Hockey Bengal|date=26 March 2022|access-date=31 January 2023|location=Kolkata|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221118125355/https://www.hockeybengal.org/post/fixtures-of-1st-division-group-b-2022|archive-date=18 November 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://9476a252-c6e6-45a1-9e56-d69f3bf4f39e.usrfiles.com/ugd/9476a2_788612ea4f5b4a18b7dbc55f5d86439e.pdf|title=Calcutta Hockey League Competition — Fixtures of 1st Division Group A 2022|website=hockeybengal.org|publisher=The Hockey Bengal|date=13 February 2022|access-date=31 January 2023|location=Kolkata|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221024100550/https://9476a252-c6e6-45a1-9e56-d69f3bf4f39e.usrfiles.com/ugd/9476a2_788612ea4f5b4a18b7dbc55f5d86439e.pdf|archive-date=24 October 2022}}</ref>

===Volleyball===
Howrah Union also operates men's [[volleyball]] team that participates in the [[Elliot Shield State Volleyball Championship]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/sports/sai-win-big-elliot-shield-state-volleyball-golf-meet/cid/1045616|title=SAI win big Elliot Shield State volleyball Golf meet|location=Kolkata|date=16 April 2004|website=telegraphindia.com|publisher=The Telegraph India|access-date=26 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230928102329/https://www.telegraphindia.com/sports/sai-win-big-elliot-shield-state-volleyball-golf-meet/cid/1045616|archive-date=28 September 2023}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Further reading==

'''Bibliography'''
*{{cite book |last1=Mitra | first1=Soumen |date=1 January 2006 |title=In Search of an Identity: The History of Football in Colonial Calcutta |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fZbgPgAACAAJ |publisher=Dasgupta & Co. Private Ltd. |location=Kolkata |isbn=978-8182110229 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221021163751/https://books.google.co.in/books/about/In_Search_of_an_Identity.html?id=fZbgPgAACAAJ&redir_esc=y |archive-date=21 October 2022 }}
*{{cite book |last1=Kapadia |first1=Novy |year=2017|title=Barefoot to Boots: The Many Lives of Indian Football |publisher=Penguin Random House |isbn=978-0-143-42641-7 }}
*{{cite book |last1=Martinez| first1=Dolores |last2=Mukharji |first2=Projit B|year=2009|title=Football: From England to the World: The Many Lives of Indian Football |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nbzhAQAAQBAJ&q=kerala+footballer+in+Burma |publisher=[[Routledge]] |isbn=978-1-138-88353-6 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220702174505/https://books.google.co.in/books?id=nbzhAQAAQBAJ&dq=kerala+footballer+in+Burma&source=gbs_navlinks_s |archive-date=2 July 2022 }}
*{{cite book |last=Majumdar, Boria |first=Bandyopadhyay, Kausik |year=2006 |title=Goalless: The Story of a Unique Footballing Nation |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=i55oAAAACAAJ |publisher=[[Penguin Books|Penguin India]] |isbn=9780670058747 }}
*Ghosh, Saurindra Kumar. ''Krira Samrat Nagendraprasad Sarbadhikary 1869–1940'' (Calcutta: N. P. Sarbadhikary Memorial Committee, 1963) (hereafter Krira Samrat).
*{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QbUFaAEACAAJ|title=History of Indian Football: Upto 2009–10|first=Nirmal|last=Nath|year=2011|publisher=Readers Service|isbn=9788187891963|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220722172604/https://books.google.co.in/books/about/History_of_Indian_Football.html?id=QbUFaAEACAAJ&source=kp_book_description&redir_esc=y|archive-date=22 July 2022}}
*{{cite book|title=Soccer in South Asia: Empire, Nation, Diaspora|year=2001|publisher=Frank Cass Publishers|location=[[London]], United Kingdom|isbn=978-0-7146-8170-2|last1=Dineo|first1=Paul|last2=Mills|first2=James|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=71JHZiiP3hoC|archive-date=25 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220725072732/https://books.google.co.in/books/about/Soccer_in_South_Asia.html?id=71JHZiiP3hoC&source=kp_book_description&redir_esc=y}}
*{{cite book|first1=Jaydeep|last1=Basu|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QeovtKLi-1sC|title=Stories from Indian Football|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221011131939/https://books.google.co.in/books/about/Stories_from_Indian_Football.html?id=QeovtKLi-1sC&source=kp_book_description&redir_esc=y|archive-date=11 October 2022|publisher=UBS Publishers' Distributors|date=2003|isbn=9788174764546}}

'''Others'''
*{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/sports/calcutta-fc-win/cid/1230824|title=CALCUTTA FC WIN|website=telegraphindia.com|publisher=The Telegraph|date=13 July 2001|access-date=26 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230608141520/https://www.telegraphindia.com/sports/calcutta-fc-win/cid/1230824|location=Kolkata|archive-date=8 June 2023}}
*{{cite web |url=http://pierretristam.com/pdfs/wc10.pdf |title=Triumphs and Disasters: The Story of Indian Football, 1889—2000. |access-date=20 October 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120813081005/http://pierretristam.com/pdfs/wc10.pdf |archive-date=13 August 2012 |url-status=dead}}
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Howrah Union - Revision history

Mohit8811 at 12:54, 9 January 2026