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{{Short description|Football stadium in Mizoram, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2018}}
{{Infobox venue
| name = Lammual Stadium
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| image = Lammual stadium.jpg
| image_size = 300px
| caption = Panoramic view of the stadium
| fullname = Lammual Stadium
| location = [[Aizawl]], [[Mizoram]], [[India]]
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| built = 1928
| opened =
| renovated = 2011
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| surface = [[Astroturf]]
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| former_names = Assam Rifles Ground
| tenants = [[Aizawl F.C.]] (2015—)<br/>[[Chhinga Veng F.C.]](2018—)
| seating_capacity = 5,000
| dimensions =
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'''Lammual Stadium''' is a football stadium located in [[Aizawl]], [[Mizoram]], [[India]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Photo essay: Mizoram and its unparalleled passion for football|url=https://www.forbesindia.com/aperture/multi-media/photo-essay-mizoram-and-its-unparalleled-passion-for-football/81991/1|publisher=Forbes India|access-date=20 January 2023}}</ref> It is used mainly for [[association football|football]] matches.<ref>{{cite web|title=Mizoram’s inter-village football tournament sees a crowd like never before|url=https://www.eastmojo.com/news/2022/07/19/mizorams-inter-village-football-tournament-sees-a-crowd-like-never-before/|publisher=East Mojo|date=19 July 2022|access-date=20 January 2023}}</ref> It was one of the venues for the Northeast Games 2012.<ref>{{cite web|title=NE Games-ah infiammi 1,200 vel beisei|url=http://www.vanglaini.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12685:ne-games-ah-infiammi-1200-vel-beisei&catid=99:tualchhung&Itemid=2|publisher=Vanglaini|accessdate=16 August 2012}}</ref> The stadium serves as the venue for [[Mizoram Premier League]] matches.<ref>{{cite web|first=John|last=Zothansanga|title=Mizoram Premier League kicks off for the 2018 season|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/north-east-india/mizoram/mizoram-premier-league-gets-a-grand-kick-off-for-the-2018-season/|website=indianexpress.com|publisher=[[The Indian Express]]|date=1 September 2018|access-date=27 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211220145208/https://indianexpress.com/article/north-east-india/mizoram/mizoram-premier-league-gets-a-grand-kick-off-for-the-2018-season/|archive-date=20 December 2021}}</ref>

==Stadium==
The ground is a single tier stadium. The stadium has a [[seating capacity]] of about 5,000 spectators, which costed around 190 crores.<ref>{{cite web|title=Lammual-ah Gallery sak hna tan dawn ta|url=http://thezozamtimes.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4175:lammual-ah-gallery-sak-hna-tan-dawn-ta&catid=43:news&Itemid=63|newspaper=The Zozam Times|accessdate=16 August 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130415233229/http://thezozamtimes.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4175:lammual-ah-gallery-sak-hna-tan-dawn-ta&catid=43:news&Itemid=63|archive-date=15 April 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==History==
Lammual was started in the 1920s due to lack of level ground in Mizoram for troops to practice and it was decided to flatten a knoll to create a Parade ground. It took 5 years of Military labor under Loch's battalion to complete the ground. The cost of leveling the ground at that time was Rs 1,200. When the work was completed, the parade ground had a sheer cliff of 60 feet on side and 150 feet of filling in on the other. The cliff face of this field.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Pachuau |first1=Joy |title=The Camera as a witness |publisher=Cambridge |isbn=9781107073395 |pages=134–135}}</ref>

==Modern==
The stadium has a historical and cultural significance for the [[Mizo people]]. It has been used for addressing the people of Mizoram by politicians like [[Jawaharlal Nehru]] who visited [[Aizawl]] in 1965.<ref>{{cite web|last=dultea|title=Pu Nehru Aizawl ah|url=http://www.misual.com/2007/02/27/pu-nehru-aizawl-ah/|accessdate=16 August 2012}}</ref> Lammual has also been the place where a helicopter landed for the first time in Mizoram in 1962.<ref>{{cite web|title=Aizawla Helicopter tum hmasa ber-1962|url=http://www.dawrpuiveng.com/2012/03/aizawla-helicopter-tum-hmasa-ber-1962.html|publisher=Dawrpui Veng|accessdate=16 August 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121210225357/http://www.dawrpuiveng.com/2012/03/aizawla-helicopter-tum-hmasa-ber-1962.html|archive-date=10 December 2012|url-status=usurped}}</ref> It is the venue for [[Chapchar Kut]] festival, a festival of Mizo people.<ref>{{cite web|title=CHAPCHAR KUT 2012 TAN INPUAHCHAHNA KAL ZEL|url=http://dipr.mizoram.gov.in/press-release/chapchar-kut-2012-tan-inpuahchahna-kal-zel|publisher=DIPR Mizoram|accessdate=16 August 2012}}</ref> There was initially a plan to construct the Rajiv Gandhi Stadium in Lammual ground<ref>{{cite web|last=DIPR|title=Stadium sak tur khaihlak chungchang sawiho a ni|url=http://www.misual.com/2008/03/25/stadium-sak-tur-khaihlak-chungchang-sawiho-a-ni/|publisher=misual|accessdate=16 August 2012}}</ref> before it was shifted to Mualpui as Assam Rifle could not give clearance for construction.<ref>{{cite web|title=Supplement to Memorandum|url=https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:Ayr6TX1VA78J:mizofin.nic.in/file/fcbranch/13fc/13fc_memoranda/Supplement%2520to%2520Memorandum.pdf+f+Rajiv+Gandhi+stadium+at+Lammual+for+construction+of+a+Sports+stadium+at+the+3rd+MAP+Battalion+Hqrs.+in+Mualpui+as+the+Assam+Rifle+authority+has+not&hl=en&gl=in&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESiGxZB6qZf7qvDgxbvhn6qJxuv00loj8_dKnrWdaymfxkOlXdWZdholm7Y2hGqsurTZ4f9C3JQKZsiS_Pp3CeNQOdhzHSIDregCKURYqlCX5JS-trv5CRuMOrym-9zNo-T8Ro5m&sig=AHIEtbTfXu_bHRCkYnvxKWQ9BGKRgVAEjw|publisher=Finance Dept, Govt of Mizoram|accessdate=16 August 2012}}</ref> The [[Chief Minister of Mizoram]], [[Lal Thanhawla]] officially inaugurated the artificial turf (grass) laid at Aizawl Lammual, also known as the Assam Rifles (AR) Ground in Aizawl city on Monday, 28 February 2011.<ref>{{cite news|title=Aizawl Lammual (AR Ground) Artificial Grass inaugurated|url=http://samaw.com/aizawl-lammual-artificial-grass/6400|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110303082656/http://samaw.com/aizawl-lammual-artificial-grass/6400|url-status=usurped|archive-date=3 March 2011|accessdate=14 August 2012|newspaper=Samaw}}</ref>

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[[Category:Aizawl]]
[[Category:Football in Mizoram]]
[[Category:Football venues in India]]
[[Category:Sports venues in Mizoram]]
[[Category:Aizawl FC]]
[[Category:Sports venues completed in 1928]]
[[Category:1928 establishments in India]]
[[Category:20th-century architecture in India]]

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