Question

The first Indian club, the Calcutta Cricket Club was established in the year __________.

Answer 1

Hint: In India, football was introduced by British soldiers during the mid-nineteenth century. It was spread a lot at that time due to their efforts. They have established the first cricket club in Calcutta, India.

Complete answer: The first Indian club was founded as the Calcutta Cricket Club Clippers by the British immigrants. They had come over with the British East India Company at that time. It is known to have been in existence by the year 1792.
Additional Information:
This Club was founded as the Calcutta Cricket Club Clippers by British expatriates. They started football in India who had come over with the British East India Company. During its first years of existence, this Club played its home games near the river Hooghly. But it was not until the year 1841 when the institution got land to establish its own proper venue. Further, it was merged with the Calcutta Football Club where both footballs, rugby and association were practised. And then the Ballygunge Cricket Club over the years was renamed as Calcutta Cricket and Football Club in the year1965.
A large number of notable athletes are associated with this club and played football with a great name. Some of these players are Punya B. Datta, Ashok Gandotra, Devang Gandhi, Sourav Ganguly, Saba Karim, Arun Lal, Pranab Roy and Biswajit Bhowmic.

Note: Mohun Bagan Athletic Club was founded in the year 1889. It is the oldest Indian club which is still in operation and is also among the oldest in Asia. In the year 1888, the Durand Cup was founded by then India's Foreign Secretary, Mortimer Durand at Shimla.