Lammual

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Lammual Stadium
Panoramic view of the stadium
Interactive map of Lammual Stadium
Full name
Lammual Stadium
Former names
Assam Rifles Ground
LocationAizawl, Mizoram, India
Capacity5,000
SurfaceAstroturf
Construction
Built1928
Renovated2011
Tenants
Aizawl F.C. (2015—)
Chhinga Veng F.C.(2018—)

Lammual Stadium is a football stadium located in Aizawl, Mizoram, India.[1] It is used mainly for football matches.[2] It was one of the venues for the Northeast Games 2012.[3] The stadium serves as the venue for Mizoram Premier League matches.[4]

Stadium

The ground is a single tier stadium. The stadium has a seating capacity of about 5,000 spectators, which costed around 190 crores.[5]

History

Lammual was started in the 1920s due to lack of level ground in Mizoram for troops to practice and it was decided to flatten a knoll to create a Parade ground. It took 5 years of Military labor by the Silchar Military Police battalion, under the command of Captain Granville Henry Loch (1859–1929), commandant. The cost of leveling the ground at that time was Rs 1,200. When the work was completed, the parade ground had a sheer cliff of 60 feet on side and 150 feet of filling in on the other. The cliff face of this field.[6]

Modern

The stadium has a historical and cultural significance for the Mizo people. It has been used for addressing the people of Mizoram by politicians like Jawaharlal Nehru who visited Aizawl in 1965.[7] Lammual has also been the place where a helicopter landed for the first time in Mizoram in 1962.[8] It is the venue for Chapchar Kut festival, a festival of Mizo people.[9] There was initially a plan to construct the Rajiv Gandhi Stadium in Lammual ground[10] before it was shifted to Mualpui as Assam Rifle could not give clearance for construction.[11] The Chief Minister of Mizoram, Lal Thanhawla officially inaugurated the artificial turf (grass) laid at Aizawl Lammual, also known as the Assam Rifles (AR) Ground in Aizawl city on Monday, 28 February 2011.[12]

References

  1. Forbes India; Xavier, Mexy; Thaker, Naini (17 December 2022). "Photo Essay: Mizoram and Its Unparalleled Passion for Football" (business magazine since May 2009). Photos by Mexy Xavier. Network18 Group. ISSN 2278-0440; OCLC 1458713602 (all editions).
    1. Mexy Xavier & Naini Thaker at Forbes India.
  2. "Mizoram's inter-village football tournament sees a crowd like never before". East Mojo. 19 July 2022. Retrieved 20 January 2023.
  3. "NE Games-ah infiammi 1,200 vel beisei". Vanglaini. Retrieved 16 August 2012.
  4. Zothansanga, John (1 September 2018). "Mizoram Premier League kicks off for the 2018 season". indianexpress.com. The Indian Express. Archived from the original on 20 December 2021. Retrieved 27 November 2018.
  5. "Lammual-ah Gallery sak hna tan dawn ta". The Zozam Times. Retrieved 16 August 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  6. Pachuau, Joy L.K. (born 1969); Schendel, Willem van [in German] (2015) [re-printed 2016]. The Camera as Witness – A Social History of Mizoram, Northeast India. Cambridge University Press. pp. 134–135.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) LCCN 2014-30968; ISBN 978-1-1070-7339-5, 1-1070-7339-1 (hardback), ISBN 978-1-1396-8347-0, 1-1396-8347-0; OCLC 890011366 (all editions).
  7. dultea. "Pu Nehru Aizawl ah". Retrieved 16 August 2012.
  8. "Aizawla Helicopter Tum Hmasa Ber-1962" [Aizawl's First Helicopter Landing (1962)] (in Mizo). Dawrpui Veng. March 2012. Archived from the original on 10 December 2012. Retrieved 16 August 2012. Community news blog for the Dawrpui neighborhood of Aizawl
  9. Mizoram DIPR Press Release; Zoliani, Mina, MIS, IPRO (16 February 2012). "Chapchar Kut 2012 Tan Inpuahchahna Kal Zel" [Preparations Continue for Chapchar Kut 2012] (in Mizo). DIPR Mizoram (Directorate of Information & Public Relations, Government of Mizoram). Archived from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 16 August 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) (See Chapchar Kut).
  10. DIPR. "Stadium sak tur khaihlak chungchang sawiho a ni". misual. Retrieved 16 August 2012.
  11. "Supplement to Memorandum". Finance Dept, Govt of Mizoram. Retrieved 16 August 2012.
  12. "Aizawl Lammual (AR Ground) Artificial Grass inaugurated". Samaw. Archived from the original on 3 March 2011. Retrieved 14 August 2012.

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