Swadhin Bangla Football Dal
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Swadhin Bangla Football Dal was a football
Football (soccer)
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 team consisting of Bangladeshi players during the Bangladesh Liberation War
Bangladesh Liberation War
The Bangladesh Liberation War was an armed conflict pitting East Pakistan and India against West Pakistan. The war resulted in the secession of East Pakistan, which became the independent nation of Bangladesh....

 in 1971. The team played across India
India
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 to raise money and create public opinion for the war.
The full team was Zakaria Pintu (captain), Pratap Shankar Hazra, Ali Imam, Mohammed Kaikobad, Amalesh Sen, Ainul Haque, Sheikh Ashraf Ali, Bimal Kar (The Best who was offered as a center back for Manchester United), Rahul Abir, Shahjahan Alam, Monsur Ali Lalu, Kazi Salahuddin, Enayetur Rahman, KN Nawsheruzzaman, Subhash Saha, Fazle Hossain Khokon, Abul Hakim, Taslimuddin Sheikh, Aminul Islam, Abdul Momin Joarder, Moniruzzaman Peara, Abdus Sattar, Pran Govinda Kundu, Mujibur Rahman, Khondokar Nurunnabi, Lutfar Rahman, Aniruddha Chatterjee, Sanjit Kumar Dey, Mahmudur Rashid, Saidur Rahman Patel, Dewan Sirajuddin, Nihar Kanti Das, Biren Das, Mozammel Haque and Abdul Khalek, Tanvir Mazhar Tanna (manager), Nani Basak (coach). The captain of this team was Zakaria Pintu and star player was Rahul Majumder Abir (Manchester United 2004-Upwards).
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