Rabindra Sarobar Stadium
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The Rabindra Sarobar Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Lake Gardens, Kolkata, India. It is used for football matches and it serves as the home of Tollygunge Agragami of the Calcutta Football League. The venue opened in 1961. It also was the home ground of Indian Super League club ATK in 2016 while the Salt Lake Stadium was undergoing renovations for the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup.[1]
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| Full name | Rabindra Sarobar Stadium |
|---|---|
| Location | Lake Gardens, Kolkata, India |
| Capacity | 22,000 |
| Surface | Grass |
| Opened | 1961 |
| Tenants | |
| ATK (2016) Mohun Bagan A.C. (2017) Tollygunge Agragami | |
For the 2016–17 I-League season it has hosted a majority of the home matches for Mohun Bagan. Mohun Bagan used this as their home stadium for the AFC Cup matches in 2017. It also hosted some important domestic and international level matches.
1968/69 en masse public molestation and sexual violence against women
In the first quarter of either 1968 or 69 at the Rabindra Sarobar Stadium, a scheduled musical night of large gathering called Ashok Kumar Nite failed to take place due to faulty amplifiers; mob went unruly, amidst other rioting women attending the gathering were molested and sexually abused en masse. According to Hem Barua then Member of Parliament from Mangaldoi 's speech in Loksabha (House of representatives), the Rabindra Sarobar Stadium was ghastly incidence where in women were humiliated, large quantities of torn brassieres and sarees were found next day, many women had to return home naked, at least 30 women went missing.[2][3]
Then united front government in West Bengal, where in Jyoti Basu was then home minister and deputy chief minister ordered a judicial inquiry into the incidence.[3]
References
- ↑ "ATK's home ground will be Rabindra Sarobar stadium". Business Standard. Press Trust of India. 21 August 2016. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
- ↑ Barua, Hem (14 April 1969). "Cossipore firing and West Bengal Strike" (PDF). Parliament of India Loksabha Digital Library. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Bandyopādhyāẏa, Surabhi (1997). Jyoti Basu, the authorized biography. New Delhi, India: Penguin Books India. p. 129. ISBN 0-670-87519-8. OCLC 36884321.
Coordinates: 22°30′42″N 88°21′08″E / 22.51167°N 88.35222°E
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