27 Facts About Jagmohan Dalmiya

Jagmohan Dalmiya was an Indian cricket administrator and businessman from the city of Kolkata.

Jagmohan Dalmiya was the President of the Board of Control for Cricket in India as well as the Cricket Association of Bengal.

Jagmohan Dalmiya had served as the President of the International Cricket Council.

Jagmohan Dalmiya started his career as a wicketkeeper and opened the batting, playing for one of the leading cricket clubs in Calcutta.

Jagmohan Dalmiya was married to Chandralekha Jagmohan Dalmiya, who was born into a land-owning Bengali family of Pathuriaghata belonging to the Kayastha caste.

Jagmohan Dalmiya joined the Board of Control for Cricket in India in 1979 as a representative of Cricket Association of Bengal, and became its treasurer in 1983.

Salve, Jagmohan Dalmiya proposed the hosting of 1987 World Cup in the Indian subcontinent.

Jagmohan Dalmiya ensured the final was played at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata, renovating its clubhouse in time.

Jagmohan Dalmiya proposed the re-admission of South Africa to international cricket in 1991 and organised South Africa's three-match ODI tour of India the same year.

Jagmohan Dalmiya's role is said to have been important, as the then ICC President Clyde Walcott was not in favor of discussing South Africa's re-admission to cricket.

Jagmohan Dalmiya, who was then the Secretary of BCCI, created a united India-Pakistan team in a matter of days to play a goodwill match against Sri Lanka in Sri Lanka.

In 1996, Jagmohan Dalmiya received 23 votes to 13 for Australia's Malcolm Gray in an election for chairman's post of the ICC, but failed to attain the two-thirds majority necessary under the ICC Constitution.

Jagmohan Dalmiya thus became the first Asian and the first non-cricketer at the helm of ICC.

Jagmohan Dalmiya had supported Bangladesh in winning the hosting rights of the first-ever ICC Knockout Trophy in 1998.

Jagmohan Dalmiya brought about a major overhaul in the ICC and is credited with helping ICC generate more revenue.

Jagmohan Dalmiya demanded a right of appeal from the ICC, which was refused, and demanding that Denness be replaced as match referee for the following test or it would be cancelled.

Contracts to Indian team players, and pensions to former cricketers and umpires were first awarded in 2003 when Jagmohan Dalmiya was the Board's president.

Later the following year, Jagmohan Dalmiya was expelled from the board for alleged misappropriation of funds and refusing to provide certain documents.

In July 2010, the Calcutta High Court dismissed charges against Jagmohan Dalmiya, and allowed him to contest the presidency of the Cricket Association of Bengal, which he subsequently won.

In June 2013, Dalmiya was appointed as the interim president of the BCCI after N Srinivasan stepped aside till the probe on Srinivasan's son-in-law's alleged involvement in spot-fixing in the 2013 Indian Premier League was completed.

On 2 March 2015, Jagmohan Dalmiya returned as BCCI President after a 10-year gap replacing Srinivasan.

Jagmohan Dalmiya was often cited in the media as the man responsible for commercializing cricket and making BCCI the richest board in the world.

Jagmohan Dalmiya was credited with breaking Australia and England's "monopoly" of ICC and establishing the presence of Indian subcontinent in international cricket.

Jagmohan Dalmiya began his second term as BCCI president in March 2015.

Jagmohan Dalmiya remained at the Intensive Care Unit and a five-member medical board was set up for his treatment.

Jagmohan Dalmiya died on 20 September 2015 after he had undergone a coronary angiography.

On 21 September 2015, Jagmohan Dalmiya's body was taken from his house in Alipore to the Cricket Association of Bengal office at the Eden Gardens.