The Saga Of Father Of Indian Football: Nagendra Prasad

Nagendra Prasad also considered as the "Father Of Indian Football" is considered as the first-ever Indian to kick a football, take a look at his story!!

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Football has become a new sports sensation for all the talented young Indian aspirations, football now becomes the second favorite sport of India after cricket. We Indians have excelled in every sport that ever existed starting from cricket introduced by Britain to indoor games like Badminton, we have never trailed in any sport, such as the sport football. Football in India traces back to the nineteenth century when the game was presented by the British troopers.

In the good ‘ole days, football was played distinctly among armed force groups, yet slowly it developed among the majority, credit of which goes to “Nagendra Prasad Sarbadhikari”. Calcutta FC was the principal club that was set up in 1872. The “Indian Football Association” was established in the year 1893, however, no board members were Indian. He gave birth to football in India, even after his death, he is still remembered as the “Father Of Indian Football”.

The Bengali Industry is all set with the release of the teaser, “Golondaaj” in which Nagendra Prasad’s backstory is highlighted, the movie is set to be released under SVF Entertainment production.