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| organiser = [[Howrah Police Commissionerate|Howrah City Police]]<br />
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'''M P Cup Football Tournament''' is a district-level football tournament at <br />
[[Howrah]], [[India]]. It is an inter-school football tournament among the schools of whole Howrah district.<br />
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==Selection== <br />
There are total 18 Police Stations in howrah district. The tournament starts<br />
comprising 180 football<br />
playing schools under the 18 police station areas under the jurisdiction of the<br />
Howrah.<ref name="xtratime.in">{{cite web|url=http://xtratime.in/mp-prasun-banerjee-starts-search-for-budding-footballer/|title=MP Prasun Banerjee starts search for budding footballer - Xtratime|date=6 September 2016|website=xtratime.in|accessdate=15 March 2018}}</ref> Under each Police Station, there will be qualifying matches between the schools and 18 selected schools will play the knockout round of the tournament.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.millenniumpost.in/kolkata/after-project-sukanyas-success-colleges-approach-howrah-cops-to-train-girl-students-in-self-defence-269701|title=After project Sukanya's success, colleges approach Howrah cops to train girl students in self defence|first=|website=millenniumpost.in|accessdate=15 March 2018}}</ref><br />
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==Initiative==<br />
The main initiative of the tournament is taken by howrah's present MP [[Prasun Banerjee]]. The cup has been arranged by [[Howrah Police Commissionerate|Howrah City Police]] at the Shibpur Police Line every year. According to MP Prasun Banerjee:<br />
:"I had the dream of organizing such tournament from earlier. I am thankful to the Howrah police division to help me organizing the tournament within three years of my tenure as the MP." (6 September 2016) <ref name="xtratime.in"/><br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Football competitions in West Bengal]]<br />
[[Category:Sports in Howrah]]</div>Dlife