Rabindra Sarobar Stadium

Rabindra Sarobar Stadium
Lake Stadium
Full name	Rabindra Sarobar Stadium
Location	Lake Gardens, Kolkata
Capacity	22,000
Surface	Grass
Opened	1961
Tenants
	ATK (2016) ; Mohun Bagan A.C. (2017) ; Calcutta Football League

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 many Calcutta Football League matches. 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]

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.

En masse public molestation and sexual violence against women[]

On 1969 April 6, a scheduled musical night at the stadium called 'Ashok Kumar Nite' failed to take place due to faulty amplifiers. The crowd became unruly and women attending the gathering were molested and sexually abused en masse. According to Hem Barua, then member of Parliament from Mangaldoi, from his speech in Loksabha (House of representatives), the Rabindra Sarobar Stadium event was a ghastly incident where women were humiliated, and many had to return home naked (large quantities of torn brassieres and sarees were found the next day), and at least 30 went missing.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Home minister Jyoti Basu ordered a judicial inquiry into the incident.^[3]

The stadium on a matchday before renovation

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.
^ ^a ^b Bandyopādhyāẏa, Surabhi (1997). Jyoti Basu, the authorized biography. New Delhi, India: Penguin Books India. p. 129. ISBN 0-670-87519-8. OCLC 36884321.
^ Sen, Samar, ed. (20 September 1969). "P. M. in Calcutta" (PDF). Frontier Weekly. No. Vol. 2 No. 24. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 April 2015. Retrieved 15 December 2021.

Coordinates: 22°30′42″N 88°21′08″E / 22.51167°N 88.35222°E / 22.51167; 88.35222

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[1] "ATK's home ground will be Rabindra Sarobar stadium". Business Standard. Press Trust of India. 21 August 2016. Retrieved 16 January 2019.

[2] Barua, Hem (14 April 1969). "Cossipore firing and West Bengal Strike" (PDF). Parliament of India Loksabha Digital Library. Retrieved 25 March 2021.

[:0-3] Bandyopādhyāẏa, Surabhi (1997). Jyoti Basu, the authorized biography. New Delhi, India: Penguin Books India. p. 129. ISBN 0-670-87519-8. OCLC 36884321.

[4] Sen, Samar, ed. (20 September 1969). "P. M. in Calcutta" (PDF). Frontier Weekly. No. Vol. 2 No. 24. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 April 2015. Retrieved 15 December 2021.

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