Gorkha Military Inter College & Junior Subroto Cup
The Junior Subroto Cup was started in 1960 and Dehra Dun junior teams reached the finals of this national school football tournament seven times from its inception to 1972. "Keeping this winning streak at the junior level, local Gorkha Military School gave memorable performances by lifting the Subroto Cup title in 1964 and 65. While, the Gorkha Boys Company claimed the Subroto Cup three times in 1969, 70 and 72." (10) The Gorkha Military School incepted history by securing runners up spot in the 1961 Subroto Cup. The school team from Dehra Dun lost to Rani Rashmani High School (Calcutta) in the final 2-0.In 1964 the Gorkha Military School hogged limelight once again for winning the Subroto Cup. Next year the same school shared the Subroto trophy with the Shri KAB Vidyalaya (Hazaribagh). In 1969 the Gorkha Boys Company (Dehra Dun) made its mark in the Subroto cup by winning it. No local football lover will forget 1970 as the Subroto Cup final turned out to be an all Dehra Dun affair. The Gorkha Boys Company edged out Gorkha Military School 2-1 to annex the trophy. The overall standards of football at the school level was simply outstanding with public schools like the St Joseph's Academy, The Doon School, St Georges College (Mussoorie), etc giving top priority to football.
1964 - Gorkha Military High School (Dehra Dun) won the Subroto Mukherjee Cup for the first time by beating Anjuman-i-Islam(Bombay) by a solitary goal.
1965 - Gorkha Military High School (Dehra Dun) and Shri KAB Vidyalaya(Hazaribagh) were declared joint winners of the Subroto Mukherjee Cup
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