The Durand Cup which is an annual domestic football tournament will be held for the first time in Assam

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A total of 10 football matches of Durand Cup are scheduled to be held at Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium in Guwahati from August 17, 2022 to September 4, 2022

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The 134-year-old historic football tournament was started in Shimla in 1888

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The Durand Cup has been named after its founder Mortimer Durand who was the foreign secretary of British India from 1884 to 1894

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It was initially conducted as a football tournament for different departments and regiments of armed forces of British India and was opened to civilians much later

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After India gained Independence, the Indian Army took the responsibility of conducting this oldest football tournament

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The most unique feature of Durand Cup is that the winning team is presented with three trophies unlike other tournaments where the winner gets only one trophy

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The three trophies includes the President’s Cup, Shimla Cup and the Durand Cup

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The Durand Cup is the original prize of the football tournament

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The President’s Cup came to be given traditionally after it was handed for the first time to the winners by India’s first president Dr. Rajendra Prasad post independence

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The Shimla Cup was first awarded in 1903 by the residents of Shimla and since 1965 it came to be presented regularly to the winners

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Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma who unveiled the three trophies of Durand Cup urged the people of the state to enjoy the matches

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He said that the government is arranging special buses for spectators of the Durand Cup

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