95th Foundation Day of East Bengal Club on August 1

Kolkata giants East Bengal Club will be celebrating their 95th Foundation Day on August 1, 2014. The programme will be held at Khudiram Anusilan Kendra and will commence at 6 pm.

It will be inaugurated by Ashim Kumar Banerjee, the acting Chief Justice of Kolkata High Court, while West Bengal Sports Minister Madan Mitra will grace the occasion as the Chief Guest.

The highlights of the programme would be:

1. Eminent Mountaineer and the First Indian woman to scale Mount Everest Ms Bachendri Pal will be conferred with the Bharat Gaurav Award.

2) Amal Dutta, former international player and reputed coach, along with Parimal Dey, former India International and Club captain, would be given Lifetime Achievement Award.

3) Eminent Referees Kalidas Mukherjee and Gopinath Pyne will be given special awards.

4) Journalist G.C. Das and Photographer Nikhil Bhattacharya will be given special awards.