WELCOME TO DURAND FOOTBALL
The Durand Football Tournament was started at Shimla in the yr 1888 by Sir Henry Mortimer Durand, who was then, the Foreign Secretary to Govt of India. Durand is the third oldest football tournament in the world and oldest in Asia and India.
The original tournament committee had the Political Secy as ex-officio President and the local military officer as Hony Secy. Their Excellencies the Viceroy and Commander-in-Chief were the Patron-in-Chief and Vice Patron-in-Chief respectively.
