Asia's oldest football club Kolkata's Mohun Bagan AC celebrated their Mohun Bagan Day yesterday across the day with a function at the Netaji Indoor Stadium being the highlight. The guest of honour at the function was Dutch legend Ruud Gullit, who was given a warm welcome by the over 5,000 Bagan fans at the venue.July 29 is celebrated each year as it was on that day in 1911 that Mohun Bagan AC became the first Indian team to beat a team of the British to lift the IFA Shield trophy.
Besides being felicitated Ruud Gullit also unveiled the new Mohun Bagan jersey designed by renowned singer Babul Supriyo which was handed to team players Syed Rahim Nabi and Tolgay Ozbey.
This years Mohun Bagan Ratna was given to the late Jarnail Singh, one of India's best-ever defenders. The award was accepted by Jarnail's three daughters - Kulwinder Kaur, Jaswinder Kaur and Narinder Kaur - from Mohun Bagan president Swapan Sadhan Bose.
Other felicitations were of the Nursery League team of Mohun Bagan, the Bengal state cricket team besides the Mohun Bagan cricket team, which won four out of the five local tournaments under the Cricket Association of Bengal in the last season.
The function ended with performances from singers Babul Supriyo and Usha Uthup after it had started with Rabindra Sangeet by Jayati Chakraborty.
Individual Awards winners
'Sailen Manna Memorial Award' for Best Sportsperson of the Club 2011/12 - Laxmi Ratan Shukla (Cricketer)
'Karuna Shankar Bhattacharjee Award' for Best Footballer 2011/12 - Syed Rahim Nabi
'Dhiren Dey Memorial Award' for Best Cricketer 2011/12 - Debabrata Das
Award for Trainee with highest attendance in Kolkata Goalz tournament - Dilshad Rehmani
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