Indian Tennis legend Leander Paes and Indian Women’s Cricket Legend Jhulan Goswami will be felicitated with “Bharat Gourav” Award by East Bengal club on 103rd Foundation day.
East Bengal club secretary Kalyan Majumder informed this news on Friday.
East Bengal Club had constituted the ‘Bharat Gourav Award’ in 2011 to honour outstanding sports personalities who had made India proud in the field of sports. Three times Olympic Champion and Indian Hockey legend Leslie Claudius was the first recipient of the award in 2011. In 2012 Ahmed Khan won while in 2013 Arun Ghosh was awarded. Bachendri Pal was awarded in 2014, Mohammed Habib in 2015, Milkha Singh in 2016, Dhanraj Pillay in 2017, Gurbux Singh in 2018 and Kapil Dev in 2019.
