East Bengal celebrated its 103rd foundation day by honouring its highest decoration of ‘Bharat Gaurav’ to tennis legend Leander Paes and former Indian women’s cricket captain Jhulan Goswami, in a glittering awards ceremony on Monday.
The club also felicitated its former captains Gautam Sarkar and Swapan Sengupta with lifetime achievement awards.
The two directors – Aditya Agarwal and Manish Goenka – of the club’s new investor, the Emami Group were also present on the function.
The Emami Group will sign the official agreement with the East Bengal club on Tuesday.
