Description

Chetla Agrani Club was previously known as theImperial Ground. In 1959 the club was renamed as AGRANI CLUB. Thefounder members of this club include Mr. Pradip Das, Mr. Giarsi LalGupta, Mr. Milan Roy, Mr. Bimal Mondal and so on.

With the formation of the club, Kalipuja became the celebratedfestival of the club. In those days the puja was organized withhuge funfair with big pandals, near about 50 gates, horse carriageprocession for immersion and lots of enthusiastic crowd. Thereafterfor many years, the Kalipuja as well as the sports activities roundthe year continued and many new members were joined the club.
In 1970 the club was officially termed as CHETLA AGRANI CLUB. Avery popular tournament started in the ground which was named THEAGRANI FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT. The tournament registered such an eventthat the then Governor Sri Dharamvir was the chief guest in one ofthe occasions.

In 1990 a mporary club room was constructed in one side of theground. This was the time when the Kalipuja celebration startedgetting bigger with theme pandals and became widely popular.

In 2002, the present Club President MR.FIRHAD HAKIM, currentlythe Hon’ble Minister of Municipal and Urban Development, Govt. ofWest Bengal, planned of constructing a big concrete club house withthe financial help from the then MP, SMT.MAMATA BANERJEE, currentlythe Chief Minister of West Bengal.

Gradually, the Air-conditioned Clubroom, Multigym, Sauna bathwas constructed. In 2006 the club was leased by the land owner andhe donated the entire property as the playground of KolkataMunicipal Corporation by the behest of Mr.Firhad Hakim and thehistoric deed of Registration was signed by the then GeneralSecretary MR.Ajoy Chatterjee. Thereafter the entire ground wasilluminated and the lighting arrangement was done by MP L.A.D. fundby SMT. MAMATA BANERJEE for providing metal lighting for thetournaments, practice of Football and Cricket Coaching Camps andother purposes too.
From the year 2007 the club started organizing the Durga Puja whichwas previously celebrated in a small scale across the road. Withthe years the Durga Puja became the primary festival of the club.Chetla Agrani Club now ranks as one the leading clubs unanimouswith the festival.
Presently the club stands as one the most renowned multi-activityclubs adding swimming pool, snooker court, pool parlour, otherindoor games etc.