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| name              = Nagendra Prasad Sarbadhikari
| name              = Nagendra Prasad Sarbadhikari
|native_name        = নগেন্দ্র প্রসাদ সর্বাধিকারী
|native_name        = নাগেন্দ্র প্রসাদ সর্বাধিকারী
| image              = Nagendra-Prasad-Sarbadhikary.jpg
| image              = Nagendra-Prasad-Sarbadhikary.jpg
| nationality        = [[India|Indian]]
| alias            = Father Of Indian Football
| alma_mater        = [[Hare School]]<ref name="sportycious.com">{{Cite web|title=Nagendra Prasad Sarbadhikari: The Unsung Face Behind Indian Football|url=https://sportycious.com/nagendra-prasad-sarbadhikari-959391|access-date=2021-02-02|website=sportycious}}</ref>
| alma_mater        = [[Hare School]]<ref name="sportycious.com">{{Cite web|title=Nagendra Prasad Sarbadhikari: The Unsung Face Behind Indian Football|url=https://sportycious.com/nagendra-prasad-sarbadhikari-959391|access-date=2021-02-02|website=sportycious|archive-date=16 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210116093644/https://sportycious.com/nagendra-prasad-sarbadhikari-959391|first=Ava|last=Brown|date=13 August 2020}}</ref>
| birth_date        = {{Birth date|1869|08|27|df=yes}}
| birth_date        = {{Birth date|1869|08|27|df=yes}}
| birth_place        = [[Calcutta]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[India]]
| birth_place        = [[Calcutta]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British India]]<br />(present-day [[Kolkata]], [[West Bengal]], [[India]])
| death_date        = {{Death date and age|1940|01|17|1869|08|06|df=yes}}
| death_date        = {{Death date and age|1940|01|17|1869|08|06|df=yes}}
}}
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'''Nagendra Prasad Sarbadhikary'''<ref>{{cite news|title=Legends Of Indian Football : The Pioneers|url=http://www.thehardtackle.com/2012/legends-of-indian-football-the-pioneers/|access-date=2 July 2014|publisher=The Hard Tackle}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Passion Play in Kolkata|url=http://forbesindia.com/printcontent/31062|access-date=9 July 2014|publisher=Forbes India Magazine}}</ref> ([[Bengali language|Bengali]]: নগেন্দ্র প্রসাদ সর্বাধিকারী) is known as the '''''Father of Indian Football''''' for his role in founding the first Indian football organizations after introducing the sport to his fellow classmates at [[Hare School]], [[Kolkata|Calcutta]].<ref>{{cite web|title=FOOTBALL IN BENGAL|url=http://ifawb.com/archives.php|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306042849/http://www.ifawb.com/archives.php|archive-date=6 March 2016|access-date=14 January 2021|publisher=The [[Indian Football Association]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Football|url=https://wbsportsandyouth.gov.in/football|access-date=14 January 2021|publisher=West Bengal Youth and Sports Department, Government of West Bengal}}</ref>
'''Nagendra Prasad Sarbadhikary'''<ref name="The Pioneers">{{Cite web|first=Somnath|last=Sengupta|url=http://www.thehardtackle.com/2012/legends-of-indian-football-the-pioneers/|title=Legends Of Indian Football : The Pioneers|website=thehardtackle.com|publisher=The Hard Tackle|date=24 April 2012|access-date=20 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171026053626/http://www.thehardtackle.com/2012/legends-of-indian-football-the-pioneers/|archive-date=26 October 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Passion Play in Kolkata|url=http://forbesindia.com/printcontent/31062|access-date=9 July 2014|website=forbesindia.com|publisher=Forbes India Magazine|archive-date=14 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714174749/http://forbesindia.com/printcontent/31062}}</ref> (also '''Sarbadhikari'''; {{langx|bn|নাগেন্দ্র প্রসাদ সর্বাধিকারী (বসু)}}; 1869–1940) was an Indian educationist, sports administrator and football pioneer. He is widely regarded as the "Father of Indian Football"<ref>{{cite book |last=Majumdar, Boria |first=Bandyopadhyay, Kausik |date=1 February 2006 |title=Goalless: The Story of a Unique Footballing Nation |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=i55oAAAACAAJ |location=[[New Delhi]] |publisher=[[Penguin Books|Penguin India]] |isbn=9780670058747 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220408140616/https://books.google.co.in/books/about/Goalless_the_Story_of_a_Unique_Footballi.html?id=i55oAAAACAAJ&redir_esc=y |archive-date=8 April 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.parabaas.com/article.php?id=2610|title=গ্রন্থ-সমালোচনা: ইস্টবেঙ্গল প্রথম একশো বছর, সংবাদ-সাময়িকপত্রে উনিশ শতকের বাঙালি মুসলমান সমাজ, বাঙালি অনতিঅতীতচারণ, স্যর দুখীরাম|first=Bhababhuti|last=Bhattacharya|website=parabaas.com|publisher=Parabaas|language=bn|trans-title=Book Review: East Bengal First Hundred Years, Nineteenth Century Bengali Muslim Society in Newspapers, Bengali Transcendentalism, Sir Dukhiram|location=Kolkata|agency=|date=27 January 2021|access-date=20 October 2022|archive-date=24 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220124014017/https://www.parabaas.com/article.php?id=2610}}</ref> for his role in founding the first Indian football organisations after introducing the sport to his classmates at [[Hare School]].<ref>{{cite web|title=FOOTBALL IN BENGAL|url=http://ifawb.com/archives.php|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306042849/http://www.ifawb.com/archives.php|archive-date=6 March 2016|access-date=14 January 2021|publisher=The [[Indian Football Association]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Football|url=https://wbsportsandyouth.gov.in/football|access-date=14 January 2021|publisher=West Bengal Youth and Sports Department, Government of West Bengal|archive-date=15 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210115153057/https://wbsportsandyouth.gov.in/football}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |title=Football in Bengali culture and society: a study in the social history of football in Bengal 1911–1980 |url=https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/handle/10603/174532 |publisher=University of Calcutta |website=[[Shodhganga]] |page=35 |last=Bandyopadhyay |first=Kausik |date=2008 |hdl=10603/174532 |access-date=7 October 2022 |archive-date=7 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221007174156/https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/handle/10603/174532 }}</ref>


It was Nagendra Prasad who taught the game to his classmates at the Hare School compound in 1877,<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=History in Timeline of Indian Football|url=https://www.the-aiff.com/history|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200308124507/http://www.the-aiff.com/history|archive-date=8 March 2020|access-date=2021-02-15|website=All India Football Federation}}</ref> after he observed British soldiers playing the game nearby in [[Kolkata|Calcutta]].<ref name="sportycious.com"/> Attracted by the enthusiasm of the boys in the school, the European teachers of the school and adjacent colleges encouraged Nagendra Prasad and his companions to promote the game among other students in and around [[Kolkata|Calcutta]]. The Boys' Club, founded by Nagendra Prasad around this time, was the first Indian initiative to create a football organization.<ref>P.L.Dutt, Memoir of ‘Father of Indian Football’ Nagendraprasad Sarbadhikary (Calcutta: N.P.Sarbadhikary Memorial Committee, 1944) (hereafter Memoir); and Saurindra Kumar Ghosh, Krira Samrat Nagendraprasad Sarbadhikary 1869–1940 (Calcutta: N.P. Sarbadhikary Memorial Committee, 1963) (hereafter Krira Samrat).</ref>
==Early life and family==
Sarbadhikari was born on 27 August 1869 in [[Calcutta]] (now [[Kolkata]], [[West Bengal]]), [[India]] into the renowned ''[[Sarbadhikari]]'' family, Kulin Kayastha (Bose) family originally hailing from [[Radhanagore|Radhanagar]] ([[Khanakul]]) situated in [[Hooghly district]].<ref name="ghosh461" /><ref name="Abhidhan">{{cite book|first=Subal Chandra|last=Mitra|url=https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B73V76n-xz5zeE53cHJkU2NjTWc/view?usp=sharing|title=Saral Bangla Abhidhan — Bengali Encyclopaedia 7th edition|pages=1285–1286|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161011091101/https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B73V76n-xz5zeE53cHJkU2NjTWc/view?usp=sharing|archive-date=11 October 2016|publisher=New Bengal Press|year=1936|access-date=9 October 2020}}</ref> His father was Brigadier, Rai Bahadur Dr. Surya Kumar Sarbadhikari (1832–1904),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sangbadekalavya.in/2020/01/golondaj-footbal-bio-pic.html?m=1|title=প্রথম যে বাঙালি ফুটবলে 'কিক' মেরেছিলেন- তাঁর বায়োপিকে দেব|access-date=9 October 2020|archive-date=10 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201010201958/https://www.sangbadekalavya.in/2020/01/golondaj-footbal-bio-pic.html?m=1|language=bn|website=sangbadekalavya.in}}</ref> a surgeon who served during the Sepoy Mutiny or [[Indian Rebellion of 1857]] against the rule of the [[East India Company]].<ref>{{cite book|first=Amrita Lal|last=Sircar|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CdlXAAAAMAAJ&dq=rai+surya+kumar+sarbadhikari&pg=PA63|title=The Calcutta Journal of Medicine: Vol. 24 Issue 2|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160522131532/https://books.google.com/books?id=CdlXAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA63&lpg=PA63&dq=rai+surya+kumar+sarbadhikari&source=bl&ots=7XYxqk5Uh0&sig=bmCaMqH4GTjR1SoD24QGtFfu1Oo&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CCIQ6AEwAWoVChMIqYPplP7xxwIVx0WICh2gwA6h#v=onepage&q=rai%20surya%20kumar%20sarbadhikari&f=false|archive-date=22 May 2016|publisher=P. Sircar & Sons|date=1905|access-date=9 October 2020}}</ref>


Later, he formed a string of sporting clubs in Calcutta in the 1880s, one of the first being the Wellington Club in 1884. Moni Das was one of the first members to be inducted by Nagendra Prasad to the Wellington Club, but the other members of the club protested about playing with this man as he was from the lower caste. Sarbadhikary said that a sporting ground is beyond any prejudice, but after the members' continued protest, he chose to dismantle the Wellington Club. Soon after, 500 members left and Nagendra Prasad founded the Sovabazar Club, which would become one of the leading sports institutions of colonial India. The first member of this new club was Moni Das. Das later captained the [[Mohun Bagan A.C.|Mohun Bagan Athletic Club]], yet another legendary institution of sports in India, colonial and post-colonial. Thus a man from the lower caste, through footballing process and sport broke into the upper echelons of the Hindu society.
The Sarbadhikari family was founded during the early 15th century by ''Sureshwar Bosu of Choa'' ("Choa" is a village situated in [[Murshidabad district]] of present-day [[West Bengal]]), who was appointed Governor of Orissa province with the hereditary title of "[[Sarbadhikari]]" by the Imperial Court of Delhi.<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/secondsupplement00luckrich#page/16/mode/2up "Second supplement to Who's who in India &#91;microform&#93; : brought up to 1914"] (page 16), ''Newul Kishore Press'', June 1914. Retrieved 9 October 2020.</ref>


==Birth and family==
He had 7 brothers and 2 sisters. Of the brothers, the names of [[Sir]] Deb Prasad Sarbadhikari who became Vice Chancellor of the [[University of Calcutta]] (1914–1918),<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/secondsupplement00luckrich#page/122/mode/2up "Second supplement to Who's who in India &#91;microform&#93; : brought up to 1914"], ''Newul Kishore Press'', June 1914. Retrieved 9 October 2020.</ref> and Suresh Prasad Sarbadhikari (1866–1921), an eminent surgeon of British India who organized the Bengal Ambulance Corps to serve in the Mesopotamia War during [[World War I]], and managed the Carmichael Medical College & Hospital, Calcutta (now R.G. Kar Medical College & Hospital) with [[Dr. Radha Gobinda Kar]]<ref name="Dadoo">{{cite journal|title=Suresh Prasad Sarbadhikari, B.A., M.D., C.I.E|journal=British Medical Journal|date=11 June 1921|volume=1 |issue=3154 |page=878|doi=10.1136/bmj.1.3154.878-a |pmc=2415221 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book|first=Heike|last=Liebau|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TgNh2MQu0R0C&pg=PA360|title=The World in World Wars|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160610161009/https://books.google.com/books?id=TgNh2MQu0R0C&pg=PA360|archive-date=10 June 2016|publisher=Brill Publishers|date=2010|isbn=978-90-04-18545-6 |access-date=9 October 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|first1=K. P.|last1=Thomas|url=https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B73V76n-xz5zSEM4QndJd2xwX1k|title=Dr. B. C. Roy|page=130|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220706165914/https://accounts.google.com/_/bscframe|archive-date=6 July 2022|first2=Atulya|last2=Ghosh|date=1955|access-date=9 October 2020}}</ref><ref name="ghosh461">{{cite book|first=Birendra|last=Ghosh|url=https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B73V76n-xz5zV3ZkeEZJUmJFU0E/view?usp=sharing|title=Suresh Prasad Sarbadhikari (Volume II, Issue 3)|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201010185953/https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B73V76n-xz5zV3ZkeEZJUmJFU0E/view?usp=sharing|archive-date=10 October 2020|publisher=Bharatbarsha – Bengali Magazine|date=1930|pages=461–466|access-date=9 October 2020}}</ref> can be mentioned.
Sarbadhikari was born on 27 August 1869 in [[Calcutta]] (now [[Kolkata]], [[West Bengal]]), [[India]] into the renowned ''[[Sarbadhikari]]'' family originally hailing from [[Radhanagore|Radhanagar]] ([[Khanakul]]) situated in [[Hooghly district]].<ref name="ghosh461" /><ref name="Abhidhan">Subal Chandra Mitra, [https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B73V76n-xz5zeE53cHJkU2NjTWc/view?usp=sharing "Saral Bangla Abhidhan" Bengali Encyclopaedia 7th ed, p1285-1286"], ''New Bengal Press'', 1936. Retrieved 9 Oct 2020.</ref> His father was Brigadier, Rai Bahadur Dr. Surya Coomar Sarbadhikari (1832–1904),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sangbadekalavya.in/2020/01/golondaj-footbal-bio-pic.html?m=1|title=প্রথম যে বাঙালি ফুটবলে 'কিক' মেরেছিলেন- তাঁর বায়োপিকে দেব}}</ref> a surgeon who served during the Sepoy Mutiny or [[Indian Rebellion of 1857]] against the rule of the [[East India Company]].<ref>Amrita Lal Sircar, [https://books.google.com/books?id=CdlXAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA63&lpg=PA63&dq=rai+surya+kumar+sarbadhikari&source=bl&ots=7XYxqk5Uh0&sig=bmCaMqH4GTjR1SoD24QGtFfu1Oo&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CCIQ6AEwAWoVChMIqYPplP7xxwIVx0WICh2gwA6h#v=onepage&q=rai%20surya%20kumar%20sarbadhikari&f=false "The Calcutta Journal of Medicine: Vol. 24 Issue 2"], ''P.Sircar'', 1905. Retrieved 9 Oct 2020.</ref>


The Sarbadhikari family was founded during the early 15th century by ''Sureshwar Bosu of Choa'' ("Choa" is a village situated in [[Murshidabad district]] of present-day [[West Bengal]]), who was appointed Governor of Orissa province with the hereditary title of "[[Sarbadhikari]]" by the Imperial Court of Delhi.<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/secondsupplement00luckrich#page/16/mode/2up "Second supplement to Who's who in India &#91;microform&#93; : brought up to 1914"], ''Newul Kishore Press'', June 1914. Retrieved 9 Oct 2020.</ref>
He was married to princess Krishnakamalini, daughter of Raja Ananda Krishna Deb, belonging to the [[Sovabazar Raj|Sovabazar Raj family]].<ref name="Radio Bangla"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://banglaamarpran.in/the-untold-story-of-father-of-indian-football-nagendra-prasad-sarbadhikari|title=ভারতীয় ফুটবলের জনক তিনি,আমরা কি মনে রেখেছি নগেন্দ্রপ্রসাদ সর্বাধিকারীকে?|website=banglaamarpran.in|access-date=4 April 2022|archive-date=27 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200827204223/https://banglaamarpran.in/the-untold-story-of-father-of-indian-football-nagendra-prasad-sarbadhikari/|language=bn|date=27 August 2020|first=Avik|last=Mondal}}</ref>


He had 7 brothers and 2 sisters. Of the brothers, the names of '''Sir Deb Prasad Sarbadhikari''' who became Vice Chancellor of [[Calcutta University]] (1914-1918),<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/secondsupplement00luckrich#page/122/mode/2up "Second supplement to Who's who in India &#91;microform&#93; : brought up to 1914"], ''Newul Kishore Press'', June 1914. Retrieved 9 Oct 2020.</ref> and [[Suresh Prasad Sarbadhikari]] (1866–1921), an eminent surgeon of British India who organized the Bengal Ambulance Corps to serve in the Mesopotamia War during World War I, and managed the Carmichael Medical College & Hospital, Calcutta (now R.G. Kar Medical College & Hospital) with [[Dr. Radha Gobinda Kar]]<ref name="Dadoo">[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2415221/?page=1 "Suresh Prasad Sarbadhikari, B.A., M.D., C.I.E"], ''British Medical Journal'', publication_June 11, 1921, p 878. Retrieved 9 Oct 2020.</ref><ref>Heike Liebau et al, [https://books.google.com/books?id=TgNh2MQu0R0C&pg=PA360# "The World in World Wars"], ''Brill Publishers'', publication_2010. Retrieved 9 Oct 2020.</ref><ref>K. P. Thomas, [https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B73V76n-xz5zSEM4QndJd2xwX1k "Dr. B. C. Roy" p130], ''Atulya Ghosh'', 1955. Retrieved 9 Oct, 2020.</ref><ref name="ghosh461">Birendra Ghosh, [https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B73V76n-xz5zV3ZkeEZJUmJFU0E/view?usp=sharing "Suresh Prasad Sarbadhikari"], ''Bharatbarsha - Bengali Magazine - Year 18, Volume II, Issue 3, p461-466'', pub.1930. Retrieved 9 Oct 2020.</ref> can be mentioned.
==Works and activities==
It was Nagendra Prasad who taught the game to his classmates at the Hare School compound in 1877,<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=History in Timeline of Indian Football|url=https://www.the-aiff.com/history|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200308124507/http://www.the-aiff.com/history|archive-date=8 March 2020|access-date=2021-02-15|website=All India Football Federation}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.chaseyoursport.com/Football/The-Golden-Years-of-Indian-Football/659|title=The Golden Years of Indian Football|website=www.chaseyoursport.com|publisher=Chase Your Sport|location=Kolkata|first=Rounak|last=Majumdar|date=22 April 2019|access-date=28 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201107230046/https://www.chaseyoursport.com/Football/The-Golden-Years-of-Indian-Football/659|archive-date=7 November 2020}}</ref> after he observed British soldiers playing the game in the ground of [[Calcutta FC]] while he's paasing near by road in a horse chariot.<ref name="sportycious.com"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://lifestyle.livemint.com/news/talking-point/how-football-kicked-off-in-india-111645287939737.html|title=How football kicked off in India {{!}} As with the English language, when the British transported the sport to India, they didn't expect the 'natives' to beat them at it|website=lifestyle.livemint.com|publisher=[[Mint (newspaper)|Livemint Delhi]]|date=8 June 2018|access-date=27 January 2022|first=Manu S|last=Pillai|location=Delhi, India|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220714153151/https://lifestyle.livemint.com/news/talking-point/how-football-kicked-off-in-india-111645287939737.html|archive-date=14 July 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/mad-about-football/articleshow/102933485.cms|title=Mad about football|access-date=22 February 2024|date=22 August 2023|agency=TNN|website=timesofindia.indiatimes.com|publisher=[[The Times of India]]|location=Kolkata|first1=Nilesh|last1=Bhattacharya|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230823180930/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/mad-about-football/articleshow/102933485.cms|archive-date=23 August 2023}}</ref> He then convinced his friends about the game and bought a ball from Messrs Manton & Co. in [[Bowbazar]], and was later assisted and guided by professor of the [[Presidency College, Kolkata|Presidency College]], G. A. Stack.<ref name="The Bridge">{{cite web|url=https://thebridge.in/featured/nagendra-prasad-the-father-indian-football-removed-prejudice-indian-sports/|title=Nagendra Prasad — The father of Indian football who removed prejudice from the sport|website=thebridge.in|publisher=The Bridge|date=25 January 2020|access-date=24 October 2022|first=Sarah|last=Waris|location=Kolkata|archive-date=24 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221024082132/https://thebridge.in/amp/featured/nagendra-prasad-the-father-indian-football-removed-prejudice-indian-sports/}}</ref> Thus, attracted by the enthusiasm of the boys, the European teachers of the school and adjacent colleges encouraged Nagendra Prasad and his companions to promote the game among other students in and around [[Kolkata|Calcutta]]. The very next day Nagendra and his friends started playing football on school premises. The Boys' Club, founded by Nagendra Prasad in 1880,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://m.thewire.in/article/history/a-cricket-match-in-bengals-chinsurah-and-its-fascinating-connection-to-the-1857-revolt|title=A Cricket Match in Bengal's Chinsurah and its Fascinating Connection to the 1857 Revolt|first1=Sarbajit|last1=Mitra|website=thewire.in|publisher=The Wire|location=Kolkata|date=22 October 2023|access-date=24 October 2023|archive-date=22 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231022083154/https://m.thewire.in/article/history/a-cricket-match-in-bengals-chinsurah-and-its-fascinating-connection-to-the-1857-revolt}}</ref> along with his royal friend Nagendra Mullick around this time, was the first Indian initiative to create a football organization.<ref>Dutta, P. L., ''Memoir of 'Father of Indian Football' Nagendraprasad Sarbadhikary'' (Calcutta: N. P. Sarbadhikary Memorial Committee, 1944) (hereafter Memoir)<br />Ghosh, Saurindra Kumar. ''Krira Samrat Nagendraprasad Sarbadhikary 1869–1940'' (Calcutta: N. P. Sarbadhikary Memorial Committee, 1963) (hereafter Krira Samrat).</ref>


He was married to the daughter of ''Ananda Krishna Deb'' belonging to the [[Sovabazar Raj|Sovabazar Raj family]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://banglaamarpran.in/the-untold-story-of-father-of-indian-football-nagendra-prasad-sarbadhikari|title=ভারতীয় ফুটবলের জনক তিনি,আমরা কি মনে রেখেছি নগেন্দ্রপ্রসাদ সর্বাধিকারীকে?}}</ref>
Later, he formed a string of sporting clubs in Calcutta in the 1880s, one of the first being the Wellington Club in 1884.<ref name="breathingroots.co.in">{{cite web |last1=Mukherjee |first1=Anita |title=MOHUN BAGAN VILLA – GONE, BUT NOT FORGOTTEN |url=https://breathingroots.co.in/2020/10/10/mohun-bagan-villa-gone-but-not-forgotten/ |website=Breathing Roots |date=10 July 2021 |access-date=5 May 2022 |archive-date=3 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221003050014/https://breathingroots.co.in/2020/10/10/mohun-bagan-villa-gone-but-not-forgotten/ }}</ref><ref name="thehardtackle.com">{{cite web |last1=Sengupta |first1=Somnath |title=History Of Mohun Bagan (Part 1): The Success That Changed Indian Football |url=http://www.thehardtackle.com/2010/history-of-mohun-bagan-chapter-1-the-origin-and-the-success-that-changed-indian-football/ |website=The Hard Tackle |date=2 May 2010 |access-date=5 May 2022 |archive-date=25 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211025110131/http://www.thehardtackle.com/2010/history-of-mohun-bagan-chapter-1-the-origin-and-the-success-that-changed-indian-football/ }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://icetoday.net/2018/07/kick-score-scream-the-history-of-football-in-dhaka/|title=Kick, Score, Scream! The History of Football in Dhaka|first=Dhrubo|last=Alam|location=Dhaka|date=16 July 2018|publisher=Ice Today|access-date=6 October 2022|archive-date=1 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191101015051/http://icetoday.net/2018/07/kick-score-scream-the-history-of-football-in-dhaka/}}</ref> Wellington Club was formed as merger of all three of his own clubs: Boys Club, Friends Club, and Presidency Club.<ref name="Radio Bangla">{{Cite web|url=https://radiobanglanet.com/golondaaj-dev-dhrubo-banerjee-director/|title=বাঙালির ফুটবল প্রেমকে উস্কে দিয়ে|trans-title=By inciting Bengali's love of football|website=radiobanglanet.com|publisher=Radio Bangla Net|date=10 October 2021|access-date=21 October 2022|first=Swati|location=Kolkata|language=bn|last=Chatterjee|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211019024354/https://radiobanglanet.com/golondaaj-dev-dhrubo-banerjee-director/|archive-date=19 October 2021}}</ref> India's first football coach [[Dukhiram Majumder]] also played for his club.<ref name="Radio Bangla"/> Moni Das was one of the first members to be inducted by Nagendra Prasad to the Wellington Club, but the other members of the club protested about playing with this man as he was from the lower caste.<ref name="Radio Bangla"/> Sarbadhikary said that a sporting ground is beyond any prejudice, but after the members' continued protest, he chose to dismantle the Wellington Club. Soon after, 500 members left and Nagendra Prasad founded the Sovabazar Club in 1887, which would become one of the leading sports institutions of colonial India.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.prothomalo.com/sports/football/%E0%A6%AD%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%A4-%E0%A6%AF%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%A6%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A8-%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%9B%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B2-%E0%A6%96%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BF-%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%BE%E0%A7%9F%E0%A7%87|title=ভারত যেদিন নেমেছিল খালি পায়ে... [The day India landed barefoot ...]|website=www.prothomalo.com|publisher=[[Prothom Alo]]|date=1 August 2018|access-date=4 April 2022|first=Mehedi|last=Hassan|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220404094319/https://www.prothomalo.com/sports/football/%E0%A6%AD%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%A4-%E0%A6%AF%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%A6%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A8-%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%9B%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B2-%E0%A6%96%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BF-%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%BE%E0%A7%9F%E0%A7%87|archive-date=4 April 2022|language=bn}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.themohunbaganac.com/timeline/the-beginning-of-the-journey-1889-1903/|title=The first "Home Ground" of the Club on the spacious ground of Mohun Bagan Villa: 1889–1903|website=themohunbaganac.com|publisher=Mohun Bagan Athletic Club|access-date=26 October 2022|location=Kolkata|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221026104426/https://www.themohunbaganac.com/timeline/the-beginning-of-the-journey-1889-1903/|archive-date=26 October 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://wbsportsandyouth.gov.in/chronology|title=Chronology of Important Sports Events — West Bengal|website=wbsportsandyouth.gov.in|publisher=Government of West Bengal – Department of youth services and sports|date=2017|access-date=25 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221013092944/https://wbsportsandyouth.gov.in/chronology|archive-date=13 October 2022|location=Kolkata}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=When Swami Vivekananda claimed seven wickets and other Eden Gardens tales|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/sport/cricket/2019/may/04/when-swami-vivekananda-claimed-seven-wickets-and-other-eden-gardens-tales-1972482.html|access-date=17 November 2021|website=newindianexpress.com|agency=Express News Service|date=4 May 2019|location=Kolkata|first1=Atreyo|last1=Mukhopadhyay|publisher=The New Indian Express|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230416020605/https://www.newindianexpress.com/sport/cricket/2019/may/04/when-swami-vivekananda-claimed-seven-wickets-and-other-eden-gardens-tales-1972482.html|archive-date=16 April 2023}}</ref> The club was later patronized by both the Shobhabazar Raj and [[Cooch Behar State]], and participated in tournaments like [[Trades Cup]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://samakal.com/opinion/article/2207124048/%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%82%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%9C%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B7%E0%A7%87-%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%99%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BF-%E0%A6%AB%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%B2-%E0%A6%A6%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%A5%E0%A6%AE-%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%9C%E0%A7%9F|title=ইংরেজের বিপক্ষে বাঙালি ফুটবল দলের প্রথম বিজয়|trans-title=The first victory of Bengali football team against Britishers|website=samakal.com|publisher=সমকাল বাংলা|date=29 July 2022|access-date=21 October 2022|location=Dhaka|author=Ikramujjaman|language=bn|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220729112358/https://samakal.com/opinion/article/2207124048/%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%82%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%9C%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B7%E0%A7%87-%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%99%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BF-%E0%A6%AB%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%B2-%E0%A6%A6%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%A5%E0%A6%AE-%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%9C%E0%A7%9F|archive-date=29 July 2022}}</ref> The first member of this new club was Moni Das. Das later captained the [[Mohun Bagan AC]], yet another legendary institution of sports in India, in colonial and post-colonial era. Sarbadhikari's close friend Kalicharan Mittir (also 'Mitra') later captained as well as became an official of Sovabazar Club.<ref name="The Pioneers"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://inscript.me/how-east-bengal-mohun-bagan-became-rival-history-of-west-bengal-club-football-by-ayan-bhattacharya-robibarer-royak|title=বাংলা ভাগের ক্ষত কিভাবে বিষিয়ে দিল মোহনবাগান আর ইস্টবেঙ্গলকে?|trans-title=How did the wound of the partition of Bengal poisoned both Mohun Bagan and East Bengal?|first1=Ayan|last1=Bhattacharya|archive-date=7 November 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231107163804/https://inscript.me/how-east-bengal-mohun-bagan-became-rival-history-of-west-bengal-club-football-by-ayan-bhattacharya-robibarer-royak|website=inscript.me|publisher=ইনস্ক্রিপ্ট বাংলা নিউজ|location=Kolkata|language=bn|date=10 September 2023|access-date=7 November 2023}}</ref> Thus a man from the lower caste, through footballing process and sport broke into the upper echelons of the Hindu society.<ref name="The Pioneers"/> He also founded the Howrah Sporting Club in [[Howrah]] in association with Bama Charan Kundu.<ref name="The Bridge"/>
 
In 1892, his team Sovabazar emerged as the first Indian side to win a match against a British team, when they defeated the [[East Surrey Regiment]] with the score of 2–1 in the opening match of 1892 Trades Cup.<ref>{{cite book |title=India's Football Dream |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-V6HDwAAQBAJ&q=national+association+manmatha+ganguly |publisher=SAGE Publications India |last1=Sharma |first1=Nikhil Paramjit |last2=Gupta |first2=Shantanu |date=4 February 2019 |access-date=4 October 2022 |archive-date=4 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221004041830/https://books.google.com/books?id=-V6HDwAAQBAJ&dq=national+association+manmatha+ganguly&source=gbs_navlinks_s |isbn=9789353283063 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Nagendra Prasad Sarbadhikari – The first visionary of Indian football|url=https://www.footballparadise.com/nagendra-prasad-sarbadhikari-the-first-visionary-of-indian-football/|website=Football Paradise|last=Sengupta|first=Somnath|date=25 November 2019|access-date=26 September 2022|archive-date=22 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220922065949/https://www.footballparadise.com/nagendra-prasad-sarbadhikari-the-first-visionary-of-indian-football/}}</ref> The club thus became the first Indian team to win a match in Trades Cup. They again (then managed by Manmatha Ganguly) defeated a British side Shibpur Engineering College on 11 August 1900 at their home ground.<ref>{{Cite journal|title=From recreation to competition: Early history of Indian football|url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14660970500106295?journalCode=fsas20|journal=Soccer & Society|date=6 August 2006| volume=6 | issue=2–3 | pages=124–141 | doi=10.1080/14660970500106295 | s2cid=216817948 |access-date=26 September 2022|archive-date=9 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709181632/https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14660970500106295?journalCode=fsas20|url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Football as an instrument of Nationalism in colonial Bengal- Part 2|url=https://www.footballcounter.com/2015/football-as-an-instrument-of-nationalism-in-colonial-bengal/|website=Football Counter|last=Banerjee|first=Ankan|date=15 April 2015|access-date=26 September 2022|archive-date=16 February 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160216042218/http://www.footballcounter.com/2015/football-as-an-instrument-of-nationalism-in-colonial-bengal/}}</ref> His proposals to both the British representatives and club officials of Calcutta for arranging tournaments in organized manner, was one of the driving forces behind the foundation of [[Indian Football Association]] (IFA) in 1892.<ref name="The Bridge"/> His Sovabazar Club later won Asanullah Cup in Decca in 1916, beating star-studded [[Mohun Bagan AC|Mohun Bagan]] in final.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mohunbagangorbo.com/mohun-bagan-ac/legends-corner/indian-players/umapati-kumar/|title=Mohun Bagan Athletic Club: Umapati Kumar|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160428162211/http://mohunbagangorbo.com/mohun-bagan-ac/legends-corner/indian-players/umapati-kumar/|archive-date=28 April 2016|access-date=26 January 2015|website=mohunbagangorbo.com|location=Kolkata}}</ref>
 
Sarbadhikari's contributions to the game during the age of associations in [[Bengal]] in late 19th century, influenced others like [[Dukhiram Majumder]], Haridas Seal, Manmatha Ganguly involving in football and popularizing it among the masses.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ifawb.org/nagendra-prasad-sarbadhikari/|title=IFAWB: Nagendra Prasad Sarbadhikari|access-date=23 October 2022|location=Kolkata|publisher=[[Indian Football Association]]|website=ifawb.org|archive-date=22 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220922044307/https://ifawb.org/nagendra-prasad-sarbadhikari/}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://meghbangla.com/2020/07/mohunbagan/|title=মোহনবাগান এবং ভারতীয় ফুটবলের শুরুর কথা|trans-title=Mohun Bagan and the beginning of Indian football|website=meghbangla.com|publisher=Megh Bangla Internet Magazine|date=29 July 2020|access-date=24 October 2022|first=Goutamranjan|last=Basu|language=bn|location=Kolkata|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220405175744/https://meghbangla.com/2020/07/mohunbagan/|archive-date=5 April 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=The Beginning – 1889 to 1909 |url=http://www.mohunbaganclub.com/history/history-1889-1909/ |website=Mohun Bagan Athletic Club |access-date=5 May 2022 |archive-date=5 May 2015 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20150505103851/http://www.mohunbaganclub.com/history/history-1889-1909/ }}</ref><ref name="breathingroots.co.in"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sillypoint.co.in/post/%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%82%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%AB%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%87-%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%A5%E0%A6%AE-'%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%89%E0%A6%9F'--%E0%A6%AB%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%97%E0%A7%9C%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%97%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%96%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AE-%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%9C%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%A6%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0/id/kOpqLOAmVzO0ia7T0rhE|title=বাংলার ফুটবলে প্রথম 'স্কাউট': ফুটবলার গড়ার কারিগর দুখীরাম মজুমদার|trans-title=Bengal's first 'scout' in football: Dukhiram Majumdar, the craftsman of making footballers|website=www.sillypoint.co.in|publisher=Silly Point|date=24 August 2022|access-date=21 October 2022|first=Mrinalini|location=Kolkata|language=bn|last=Ghoshal|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221021175746/https://www.sillypoint.co.in/post/%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%82%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%AB%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%87-%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%A5%E0%A6%AE-%27%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%89%E0%A6%9F%27--%E0%A6%AB%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%97%E0%A7%9C%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%97%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%96%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AE-%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%9C%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%A6%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0/id/kOpqLOAmVzO0ia7T0rhE|archive-date=21 October 2022}}</ref><ref name="thehardtackle.com"/>


==In popular culture==
==In popular culture==
A Bengali film titled ''[[Golondaaj]]'' directed by Dhrubo Banerjee and produced by [[Shree Venkatesh Films]] was released on 10th October, 2021, based on the life of Nagendra Prasad Sarbadhikari, with Bengali film superstar [[Dev (Bengali actor)| Dev]] playing the part of Sarbadhikari.<ref name=an>{{Cite web|title=সামনে এলেন নগেন্দ্রপ্রসাদ|url=https://www.anandabazar.com/entertainment/dev-s-new-look-as-nagendraprasad-in-upcoming-movie-golondaj-1.1104579|access-date=20 February 2021|website=Abandabazar Patrika}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=‘Golondaaj’ Nagendra Prasad Sarbadhikari: the father of Indian football|url=https://olympics.com/en/featured-news/nagendra-prasad-sarbadhikari-father-of-indian-football|access-date=2021-08-06|website=Olympics.com}}</ref> [[The Times of India]] gave the movie a 4.5 out of 5-star rating.<ref>{{Cite web|title=নগেন্দ্র প্রসাদ সর্বাধিকারীর জীবনের জানা-অজানা কাহিনী লেন্সবন্দি|url=https://eisamay.com/entertainment/film-review/golondaaj-movie-review-superstar-dev-gives-brilliant-performance-as-father-of-indian-football-nagendra-prasad-sarbadhikari/moviereview/86925875.cms|access-date=21 October 2021|website=Times of India Bengali}}</ref>
 
Based on Sarbadhikari's life, a Bengali biographical film titled ''[[Golondaaj]]'' (Goal is the target), directed by Dhrubo Banerjee and produced by [[Shree Venkatesh Films]], was released on October 10, 2021, in which Bengali actor [[Dev (Bengali actor)|Dev]] appeared in the lead role of The Father Of Indian Football. The football league [[LaLiga]] shared a poster of Golandaaj featuring [[Robert Lewandowski]] honoring the legend.<ref>{{cite news |author1=Akriti Anand |title=Golondaaj: First Look Of Dev Adhikari As Nagendra Prasad Sarbadhikari Released; Shoot Starts Today |url=https://www.spotboye.com/bengali/bengali-news/golondaaj-first-look-of-dev-adhikari-as-nagendra-prasad-sarbadhikari-released-shoot-starts-today/5e3a86af8ee95c626732c733 |accessdate=5 February 2020 |publisher=spotboye.com |date=5 February 2020 |archive-date=5 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200205190521/https://www.spotboye.com/bengali/bengali-news/golondaaj-first-look-of-dev-adhikari-as-nagendra-prasad-sarbadhikari-released-shoot-starts-today/5e3a86af8ee95c626732c733 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://zeenews.india.com/bengali/entertainment/devs-golondaj-motion-poster-is-out-now_297929.html|title='গোলন্দাজ' দেব, প্রকাশ্যে ছবির মোশন পোস্টার|date=26 January 2020|trans-title='Golandaj' Dev, Film's Motion Poster Revealed|website=Zee24Ghanta.com|language=bn|access-date=5 February 2020|archive-date=5 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200205195443/https://zeenews.india.com/bengali/entertainment/devs-golondaj-motion-poster-is-out-now_297929.html}}</ref><ref name=an>{{Cite web|last1=সংবাদদাতা |first1=নিজস্ব |title=সামনে এলেন নগেন্দ্রপ্রসাদ|url=https://www.anandabazar.com/entertainment/dev-s-new-look-as-nagendraprasad-in-upcoming-movie-golondaj-1.1104579|trans-title=New Nagendraprasad unveiled|access-date=20 February 2021|website=abandabazar.com|publisher=আনন্দবাজার পত্রিকা|archive-date=20 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210220060932/https://www.anandabazar.com/entertainment/dev-s-new-look-as-nagendraprasad-in-upcoming-movie-golondaj-1.1104579|language=bn|location=Kolkata}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|first1=Utathya|last1=Nag|title='Golondaaj' Nagendra Prasad Sarbadhikari: the father of Indian football|url=https://olympics.com/en/featured-news/nagendra-prasad-sarbadhikari-father-of-indian-football|date=1 November 2021|access-date=6 September 2021|website=Olympics.com|archive-date=6 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210806144939/https://olympics.com/en/featured-news/nagendra-prasad-sarbadhikari-father-of-indian-football}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=নগেন্দ্র প্রসাদ সর্বাধিকারীর জীবনের জানা-অজানা কাহিনী লেন্সবন্দি|url=https://eisamay.com/entertainment/film-review/golondaaj-movie-review-superstar-dev-gives-brilliant-performance-as-father-of-indian-football-nagendra-prasad-sarbadhikari/moviereview/86925875.cms|access-date=21 October 2021|trans-title=Nagendra Prasad Sarbadhikari's known-and-unknown life stories captured by lens|website=eisamay.com|date=11 October 2021 |publisher=এই সময়|language=bn|archive-date=11 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211011133317/https://eisamay.com/entertainment/film-review/golondaaj-movie-review-superstar-dev-gives-brilliant-performance-as-father-of-indian-football-nagendra-prasad-sarbadhikari/moviereview/86925875.cms}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Ishaa Saha's picnic misadventure |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movies/news/ishaa-sahas-picnic-misadventure/articleshow/73694566.cms |access-date=5 February 2020 |website=timesofindia.indiatimes.com |publisher=[[The Times of India]] |date=28 January 2020 |first1=Ruman |last1=Ganguly |archive-date=4 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201204221502/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movies/news/ishaa-sahas-picnic-misadventure/articleshow/73694566.cms |location=Kolkata }}</ref>
 
==See also==
{{Portal|India|Biography|Association football}}
*[[Football in India]]
*[[History of Indian football]]
*[[Football in Kolkata]]


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==Further reading==
*{{cite web|url=https://ifawb.org/footballs-passage/|title=The passage of football in India|website=ifawb.org|publisher=[[Indian Football Association]]|location=Kolkata|access-date=11 September 2022|archive-date=29 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210129163914/https://ifawb.org/footballs-passage/}}
*{{Cite web |title=The Introduction of Football in Colonial Calcutta- Part 1 |url=https://www.footballcounter.com/2015/the-introduction-of-football-in-colonial-calcutta/ |date=25 March 2015 |first=Ankan |last=Banerjee |access-date=25 March 2015 |website=footballcounter.com |publisher=Football Counter |location=Kolkata |archive-date=23 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160123195412/http://www.footballcounter.com/2015/the-introduction-of-football-in-colonial-calcutta/ }}
*{{cite web|title=Football — the passion play in Kolkata|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/football--the-passion-play-in-kolkata/211371-55.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120111155154/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/football--the-passion-play-in-kolkata/211371-55.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=11 January 2012|website=ibnlive.in|publisher=IBN Live|date=13 December 2011|access-date=11 August 2014}}
*{{cite news|url=https://olympics.com/en/news/calcutta-football-league-history-winners-list |title=Calcutta Football League: East Bengal kings of Asia's oldest league competition — full winners list |website=olympics.com |publisher=The Olympics Football |last1=Nag |first1=Utathya |date=19 April 2023 |access-date=25 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230505071647/https://olympics.com/en/news/calcutta-football-league-history-winners-list |archive-date=5 May 2023 }}
*{{cite web|url=http://www.mohunbaganclub.com/history/history-1889-1909/ |title=History of Mohun Bagan – Presented by MohunBaganClub.com {{*}} The Beginning: 1889–1909 |website=mohunbaganclub.com |access-date=12 May 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150505103851/http://www.mohunbaganclub.com/history/history-1889-1909/ |archive-date=5 May 2015 |location=Kolkata }}
*{{cite web|url=https://digital.la84.org/digital/api/collection/p17103coll10/id/8849/download|work=digital.la84.org|title=Football and the Big Fight in Kolkata|format=PDF|first1=Amitabha|last1=Das Sharma|access-date=31 October 2023|archive-date=3 November 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231103082722/https://digital.la84.org/digital/api/collection/p17103coll10/id/8849/download}}
*{{cite web|url=https://www.prohor.in/robbaranda-prasenjit-datta-paye-paye-maidane-12|title=ময়দানের তৃতীয় নয়ন|trans-title=The Third Eye of Kolkata Maidan|website=prohor.in|publisher=Prohor News|first1=Prasenjit|last1=Dutta|language=bn|location=Kolkata|date=22 May 2022|access-date=21 October 2022|archive-date=5 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230205002504/https://www.prohor.in/robbaranda-prasenjit-datta-paye-paye-maidane-12}}


==External links==
==External links==
* [https://ifawb.org/nagendra-prasad-sarbadhikari/ Nagendra Prasad Sarbadhikari - IFAWB]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20220922044307/https://ifawb.org/nagendra-prasad-sarbadhikari/ Nagendra Prasad Sarbadhikari] – IFAWB (archived on 22 September 2022)
* [https://archive.org/details/sp-sarbadhikari/mode/2up?view=theater/ SP Sarbadhikari]
* [https://archive.org/details/sp-sarbadhikari/mode/2up?view=theater/ SP Sarbadhikari] by Hemotpaul Chaudhuri (archived)
* Suresh Prasad Sarbadhikari [https://store.pothi.com/book/hemotpaul-chaudhuri-suresh-prasad-sarbadhikari/]
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Nagendra Prasad Sarbadhikari
নাগেন্দ্র প্রসাদ সর্বাধিকারী
Born(1869-08-27)27 August 1869
Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India
(present-day Kolkata, West Bengal, India)
Died17 January 1940(1940-01-17) (aged 70)
Other namesFather Of Indian Football
Alma materHare School[1]

Nagendra Prasad Sarbadhikary[2][3] (also Sarbadhikari; Script error: The function "langx" does not exist.; 1869–1940) was an Indian educationist, sports administrator and football pioneer. He is widely regarded as the "Father of Indian Football"[4][5] for his role in founding the first Indian football organisations after introducing the sport to his classmates at Hare School.[6][7][8]

Early life and family[edit | edit source]

Sarbadhikari was born on 27 August 1869 in Calcutta (now Kolkata, West Bengal), India into the renowned Sarbadhikari family, Kulin Kayastha (Bose) family originally hailing from Radhanagar (Khanakul) situated in Hooghly district.[9][10] His father was Brigadier, Rai Bahadur Dr. Surya Kumar Sarbadhikari (1832–1904),[11] a surgeon who served during the Sepoy Mutiny or Indian Rebellion of 1857 against the rule of the East India Company.[12]

The Sarbadhikari family was founded during the early 15th century by Sureshwar Bosu of Choa ("Choa" is a village situated in Murshidabad district of present-day West Bengal), who was appointed Governor of Orissa province with the hereditary title of "Sarbadhikari" by the Imperial Court of Delhi.[13]

He had 7 brothers and 2 sisters. Of the brothers, the names of Sir Deb Prasad Sarbadhikari who became Vice Chancellor of the University of Calcutta (1914–1918),[14] and Suresh Prasad Sarbadhikari (1866–1921), an eminent surgeon of British India who organized the Bengal Ambulance Corps to serve in the Mesopotamia War during World War I, and managed the Carmichael Medical College & Hospital, Calcutta (now R.G. Kar Medical College & Hospital) with Dr. Radha Gobinda Kar[15][16][17][9] can be mentioned.

He was married to princess Krishnakamalini, daughter of Raja Ananda Krishna Deb, belonging to the Sovabazar Raj family.[18][19]

Works and activities[edit | edit source]

It was Nagendra Prasad who taught the game to his classmates at the Hare School compound in 1877,[20][21] after he observed British soldiers playing the game in the ground of Calcutta FC while he's paasing near by road in a horse chariot.[1][22][23] He then convinced his friends about the game and bought a ball from Messrs Manton & Co. in Bowbazar, and was later assisted and guided by professor of the Presidency College, G. A. Stack.[24] Thus, attracted by the enthusiasm of the boys, the European teachers of the school and adjacent colleges encouraged Nagendra Prasad and his companions to promote the game among other students in and around Calcutta. The very next day Nagendra and his friends started playing football on school premises. The Boys' Club, founded by Nagendra Prasad in 1880,[25] along with his royal friend Nagendra Mullick around this time, was the first Indian initiative to create a football organization.[26]

Later, he formed a string of sporting clubs in Calcutta in the 1880s, one of the first being the Wellington Club in 1884.[27][28][29] Wellington Club was formed as merger of all three of his own clubs: Boys Club, Friends Club, and Presidency Club.[18] India's first football coach Dukhiram Majumder also played for his club.[18] Moni Das was one of the first members to be inducted by Nagendra Prasad to the Wellington Club, but the other members of the club protested about playing with this man as he was from the lower caste.[18] Sarbadhikary said that a sporting ground is beyond any prejudice, but after the members' continued protest, he chose to dismantle the Wellington Club. Soon after, 500 members left and Nagendra Prasad founded the Sovabazar Club in 1887, which would become one of the leading sports institutions of colonial India.[30][31][32][33] The club was later patronized by both the Shobhabazar Raj and Cooch Behar State, and participated in tournaments like Trades Cup.[34] The first member of this new club was Moni Das. Das later captained the Mohun Bagan AC, yet another legendary institution of sports in India, in colonial and post-colonial era. Sarbadhikari's close friend Kalicharan Mittir (also 'Mitra') later captained as well as became an official of Sovabazar Club.[2][35] Thus a man from the lower caste, through footballing process and sport broke into the upper echelons of the Hindu society.[2] He also founded the Howrah Sporting Club in Howrah in association with Bama Charan Kundu.[24]

In 1892, his team Sovabazar emerged as the first Indian side to win a match against a British team, when they defeated the East Surrey Regiment with the score of 2–1 in the opening match of 1892 Trades Cup.[36][37] The club thus became the first Indian team to win a match in Trades Cup. They again (then managed by Manmatha Ganguly) defeated a British side Shibpur Engineering College on 11 August 1900 at their home ground.[38][39] His proposals to both the British representatives and club officials of Calcutta for arranging tournaments in organized manner, was one of the driving forces behind the foundation of Indian Football Association (IFA) in 1892.[24] His Sovabazar Club later won Asanullah Cup in Decca in 1916, beating star-studded Mohun Bagan in final.[40]

Sarbadhikari's contributions to the game during the age of associations in Bengal in late 19th century, influenced others like Dukhiram Majumder, Haridas Seal, Manmatha Ganguly involving in football and popularizing it among the masses.[41][42][43][27][44][28]

In popular culture[edit | edit source]

Based on Sarbadhikari's life, a Bengali biographical film titled Golondaaj (Goal is the target), directed by Dhrubo Banerjee and produced by Shree Venkatesh Films, was released on October 10, 2021, in which Bengali actor Dev appeared in the lead role of The Father Of Indian Football. The football league LaLiga shared a poster of Golandaaj featuring Robert Lewandowski honoring the legend.[45][46][47][48][49][50]

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