Mohan Bagan Atheletes Statues - Museum in Kolkata - Kolkata, India

In 1911 Mohun Bagan created history by becoming the first Indian club to win the IFA Shield after defeating East Yorkshire Regiment 2-1 on July 29. Most Mohun Bagan players played bare feet while East Yorkshire Regiment played with proper footballing equipment. This win was considered a landmark victory in the Indian freedom struggle Source- Wikipedia ( Mohanbagan A.C )

Place for the all fans of Mohun Bagan..... It is the place from where this football team started their journey on 1889 and won IFA shield in 1911 defeating the English army team East Yorkshire FC by 2-1. As they are the first Indian team to win IFA shield, those players' statues are placed right there as the memoir. Through this win of IFA shield, the dominant English government was compelled to shift the capital of India to Delhi from Calcutta (now Kolkata). #amadersurjomaroon_narirjogsobujghase #amrai_MohunBagan.......

This statues represents one of the most iconic moments in Indian Football History ...In 1909 and 1910, among only a few other native clubs, the team had the honor to play in the IFA Shield for its consistent performances over the recent years. However, they would struggle to match the regiment teams of British and British Indian armies in the first two years.In 1911, Mohun Bagan formed a dominant side for the IFA Shield, which included Hiralal Mukherjee, Bhuti Sukul, Rev. Sudhir Chatterjee, Monmohun Mukherjee, Rajen Sengupta, Nil Madhav Bhattacharya, Kanu Roy, Habul Sarkar, Abhilash Ghosh, Bijoydas Bhaduri and captained by Shibdas Bhaduri. They battled out against the professionally equipped teams of St. Xavier's College, Calcutta Rangers Club, Rifle Brigade and Middlesex Regiment to reach the IFA Shield final without conceding a goal. The enthusiasm for the final was such that people came from other districts of Bengal as well as from neighboring provinces of Bihar and Assam. The East Indian Railway Company ran a special train and additional steamer services were pressed into service to ferry spectators to Calcutta from the mofussil areas. Tickets for the match, originally priced at Rs1 and Rs2, were sold at Rs15 due to its immense demand in the country. After trailing by a goal from Sgt. Jackson of East Yorkshire Regiment team within the first 15 minutes of the 50 minutes of match, Shibdas Bhaduri soon scored an equalizer in the first half and then set up Abhilash Ghosh to score the winner with just two minutes remaining of the match.The club became the first native team to lift the IFA Shield, that too in front of an estimated crowd of 80,000, although the referee, H.G. Pooler, estimated approximately 20,000 to be the number. Reuters in its cablegram to English newspapers mentioned: "For the first time in the history of Indian football an Indian team, the Mohun Bagan, consisting purely of Bengalees, has won the Indian Football Association Shield beating crack teams of English regiments. Though about 80,000 spectators were present on the ground, but most of them could not see the match. By noticing the flying of kites, they were following the actions of the match. And when they came to know about the win of their team, they started tearing off their shirts, waving them, tearing their hairs."The mood can be gauged by what Achintya Kumar Sengupta wrote in Kallol Jug: "Mohun Bagan is not a football team. It is a tortured country, rolling in the dust, which has just started to raise its head."Mohun Bagan supporters and the public at large went berserk, even supporters of Muslim representative clubs like Moslem and Mohammedan went to the streets to celebrate and the Muslims from Dharmatala joined the victory procession of Hindus near the Thanthania Kalibari. On 31 July 1911, The Englishman wrote, "What the Congress failed to achieve, Mohun Bagan has. In other words they have succeeded in degrading the English." The performance was appreciated by Manchester Guardian saying, "The team comprising of the Bengalis won the IFA Shield by defeating three top military teams. 80,000 Indians will remain witness to this event. There is nothing to be surprised at. The team that is physically more fit, has sharp surveillance and intelligence, wins.". On 30 July 1911, India Mirror reported, "The Japanese victory over the Russians did not stir the East half as much as did the match between Mohun Bagan and East York."After the match ended, a Brahmin, pointing to the Union Jack fluttering atop Fort William, asked Rev. Chatterjee, "When will that come down?" and according to the popular legend it was predicted that the flag would come down only when Mohun Bagan will regain the shield, which would later come true.

Mohun Bagan Athletic Club is a professional football club based in West Bengal, India. The club was established on 15 August 1889 by Bhupendra Nath Bose and is one of the oldest existing association football club in India and Asia.The club plays in the I-League under licence from the All India Football Federation (AIFF). The most notable victory in the history of the club was over East Yorkshire Regiment in the 1911 IFA Shield final match, which made them the first Indian club to win the IFA title. They have won the top-flight league 4 times, the National Football League 3 times and the I-League once. They are the most successful team of India in the history of the Federation Cup, having won the championship a record 14 times. The club has also won several other trophies, which includes the Durand Cup (16 times), IFA Shield (22 times), and the Calcutta Football League (30 times).The club has won around 255 trophies which is the highest by any Indian club. The club contests the Kolkata Derby with long-time rivals East Bengal.The first derby match was played on 8 August 1921.

Located at in between Faria pukur and Khanna more, it is a historical place for Indian football which has also link with the freedom movement. 11 bengali played against a British team in bare footed and achieved something which became a symbolic to the freedom movement.. The national club of India, Mohun Bagan..

The club is not just a club,it's our mother. The stadium,gallery even the tea seller all are very familiar since I have been there for a long.Joy ma mohunbagan

Located in north Kolkata near fariapukur, shyambazaar. This is a place of historic importance. This is the birth place of the century old Mohun Bagan Football club, who defeated the English Football club in the 19th century by playing barefooted.

It's a statue only not a museum, but it reminds us of our heroes who fought the battel in playground against British. It's Indian pride, Kolkata and football both are synonymous we can understand by looking in the streets and corner.