Dukhiram Majumder first understood the importance of Indian players wearing boots.
16 Facts About Dukhiram Majumder
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Dukhiram Majumder was born in a Bengali middle class family in Bosepara, Bagbazar, North Calcutta, in 1875.
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Dukhiram Majumder was one of the pupils in the 1880s, who took football as part of life following Nagendra Prasad Sarbadhikari, the "father of Indian football".
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Dukhiram Majumder later founded a sporting organization named "Students Union" with his friends within Kirti Mitter's marble palace named Mohun Bagan Villa.
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That organization broke up due to disagreements over wearing boots and Dukhiram Majumder left Mohun Bagan Villa and went on to form Aryans Club in Maharaja Durga Charan Laha's Telipara field in Shyampukur.
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When I hear the name of Sir Dukhiram Majumder, I think that Sir Dukhiram Majumder is standing with a football in his hand, with a hat on his head, wearing a jersey, and a dhoti.
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Dukhiram Majumder made huge impact in the history of the sport in the country by bringing up India's earliest known legends.
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Dukhiram Majumder emphasized the physical toughness of players and team cohesion.
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Dukhiram Majumder guided and had taken care of his players in every way.
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Dukhiram Majumder used to cycle daily a distance of about 15 kilometers to deliver purified drinking water to the home of a tuberculosis-affected player.
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Dukhiram Majumder wrote a book named Hints to the Young Footballer, published in 1916, to properly guide and make the Indian youth enthusiastic about the sport.
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Dukhiram Majumder is known for coaching some of India's best cricket talents during his time, including the "grand old man of Indian cricket" Kamal Bhattacharya.
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Dukhiram Majumder became team coach of Aryan in the late 1890s.
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Dukhiram Majumder started Aryan's famous policy of bringing up unknown talented footballers, who subsequently established themselves in Calcutta maidan.
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Dukhiram Majumder formed a coaching centre within the club which became the foremost pillar of Aryan.
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Notable coach Achyut Banerjee began the "Dukhiram Majumder Football Coaching Scheme" in memory of him, which was incorporated in 1976 at the Mohun Bagan Ground before shifting to Aryan.