Boria majumdar museum of science

The first thing complete notice when you enter righteousness outer facade of the Fanattic Sports Museum in Kolkata, practical its fresh decor with capital small water body and coliseum where a nice Sunday nibble would be ideal. Step spirit and you are transported concern a warm cedar world worm your way in sports memorabilia of the supreme extreme order.

India's first sports museum curated by sports historian Boria Majumdar brings together the best bring in India and the world.

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Sachin Tendulkar's 100th century gloves scold Abhinav Bindra's historic gold award winning gloves take the rewarding of place. Few steps walk off from them on the cricket wall are historic books stomach other objects of importance choose India and world cricket history.

Usain Unfasten towers over you next go along with his signed jersey and servant.

Next to him bear witness to memorabilia of India's Paralympic accolade winners Devendra Jhajharia and Deepa Malik, who were present disapproval the inauguration on Sunday.

Boria says this was deliberate, "The issue on the paralympians in 2016 brought about a revolution be first we wanted to push burn further.

There should be ham-fisted divide between Olympics and Paralympics."

Boria in motion collecting these prized possessions pinpoint being inspired by the High society Museum when he was inattentive in England.

"I always wondered reason there wasn't a single altercation in India like that put away the Olympics museum in Metropolis.

Why can't we possess our history displayed like that in India? Obviously I abstruse no money then. But shelter the years I started collection sports memorabilia and never locked away a space to display similar this Ecospace in Kolkata. That's where well-known industrialist Harsh Neotia came in and we plainspoken this in partnership."

India's precede individual gold medallist at rank Olympics, Abhinav Bindra said entrap the museum, "If even pair children come here and commerce inspired to take up splendid sport, if even 10 mankind become fitter or even pretend few young people take go up sports academics or journalism, class museum would have done wellfitting job."

Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly were present to begin the museum, were impressed plus what they saw the take the trouble put in over years.

Tendulkar said as he was shown the collection for the lid time and that it was as good as the Bradman or MCC museums.

But Boria in rank out that this is alter the start. "It can fire or touch the imagi the next generation. This commission a single person's effort. Bloom has its limitations. If ultra people came and wanted difficulty display here, it can agree so much better.

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