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423: 342: 27: 476:, the East Pakistan team was knocked out by Punjab Reds, a team they had faced in the previous year's final. In the game held on 15 November 1958, East Pakistan lost 1–3, with vice-captain Ranjit's lack of height being blamed for conceding the first two goals. In the tenth National Football Championship held in 624:
team and won the Dhaka First Division League in both 1963 and 1965. In 1967, he got a chance to play for the East Pakistan hockey team and was eventually appointed as the team's captain the following year. He represented the team in the Pakistan National Hockey Championship. Ranijit retired from the
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players at the time. He captained the team in both 1957 and 1958, and during the latter year, he led them to their sole First Division title. The team, which included notable players such as S. A. Jamman Mukta, Tajul Islam Manna, Khandoker Abul Hasan, and other representatives of the East Pakistan
741: 309:. His team won the game 1–0, with Ranjit's performance against the opposing team's striker, Balai Das, a member of the East Pakistan football team, standing out. Following the game, he was offered a position to play for Merchant Club and crossed the border to 438:. His team exited the tournament from the quarter-finals after suffering a 1–3 defeat to Baluchistan on 21 November 1955. He was also an integral part of the East Pakistan Whites, the eventual runners-up at the eighth National Football Championship held in 409:
In 1960, Ranjit returned to Azad Sporting Club. He represented the club in the Aga Khan Gold Cup that same year and went on to spend the following four years as a player-cum-coach. In 1963 and 1964, Ranjit coached
487:. The team eventually went on to win their maiden title by defeating Karachi White 1–0 in the final held on 27 November 1960. Ranjit later represented East Pakistan XI in an exhibition game against the touring 480:, East Pakistan lost the final to Baluchistan on 7 November 1959. Ranjit was again blamed for the team's defeat, misjudging an aerial clearance that ended up being the only goal scored in the game. 716: 503:
In 1968, Ranjit coached the East Pakistan Youth football team to a runners-up place in the Pakistan National Youth Football Championship (East Zone). In the final held at
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player and coach. He represented the East Pakistan football team from 1955 to 1962, and also served as captain of the team.
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On 7 August 1954, Ranjit represented Town Club in the final of a local tournament against United Friends Club in
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Ranjit was made second choice goalkeeper to Siddique at the eleventh National Football Championship held in
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On 15 December 1957, Ranjit represented East Pakistan Sports Federation XI in an exhibition match against
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on 25 January 1961. The game ended in a 1–9 defeat, with winger Liton scoring the home team's only goal.
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Ranjit (standing fourth from right in the front row) with East Pakistan at the 1955 National Championship
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on numerous occasions. On 5 April 1958, Ranjit was among six players from East Pakistan selected by the
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in Dhaka. He produced a man of the match performance in a 1–1 draw, denying the likes of
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Ranjit (sitting third from the left) with Azad Sporting Club, champions of the 1958
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Ranjit first represented the East Pakistan football team at the sixth
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and played four games before the league was suspended due to a flood.
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as an officer in 1959. He also played as a goalkeeper for the bank's
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for Town Club. Nonetheless, his cricket career ended following the
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Grameenphone - Prothom Alo Sports Lifetime award of the Year
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game after representing the Sylhet hockey team in 1979.
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football team, managed to outperform traditional giants
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In the ninth National Football Championship held in
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In 1958, Ranjit represented Dhaka Mohammedan at the
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Nonetheless, he failed to make the final squad. 709:"āĻļāĻšā§€āĻ¨ āĻĻā§‡āĻŦ āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻŖ āĻ¯ā§‡āĻ¨ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻ¸ā§‡āĻ°āĻž āĻ—ā§‹āĻ˛āĻ°āĻ•ā§āĻˇāĻ• āĻĻā§‡āĻ–ā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛ā§‡āĻ¨" 1169: 965:"āĻĢā§āĻŸāĻŦāĻ˛āĻžāĻ° āĻ‡āĻ•āĻŦāĻžāĻ˛ā§‡āĻ° āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§āĻ¨ āĻ­ā§‡āĻ™ā§‡āĻ›ā§‡ āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ°āĻžāĻĢ āĻŸā§‡āĻ•āĻ˛āĻŋāĻ‚" 736: 734: 1218:Bangladeshi expatriate sportspeople in India 731: 465:for a training camp in preparation for the 240:*Club domestic league appearances and goals 272:Ranjit Das was born on 29 October 1932 in 115: 25: 1213:Bangladeshi expatriate men's footballers 421: 340: 1149: Liberation war in the playground 991:"āĻ¸ā§‡āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¨ āĻ˛āĻžāĻ˛-āĻ¸āĻŦā§āĻœ āĻĒāĻ¤āĻžāĻ•āĻž āĻ‰āĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛ āĻĢā§āĻŸāĻŦāĻ˛" 417: 356:, a team that was composed entirely of 1198:Men's association football goalkeepers 1170: 1141: 1128:āĻĒāĻžāĻ•āĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻ¨ āĻœāĻžāĻ¤ā§€āĻ¯āĻŧ āĻĻāĻ˛ āĻŦāĻžāĻ™āĻžāĻ˛āĻŋ āĻ–ā§‡āĻ˛ā§‹āĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻĄāĻŧ ( 1125: 666: 664: 1228:Bangladeshi male field hockey players 1223:Expatriate men's footballers in India 1153:(in Bengali). 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The team captained by 1142:Mahmud, Dulal (2020). 1126:Mahmud, Dulal (2014). 352:In 1956, Ranjit joined 427: 349: 286:1947 Sylhet referendum 16:Bangladeshi footballer 1100:Alam, Masud (2017). 600:National Sports Award 586:National Championship 425: 344: 818:"Organisers wake up" 459:Mohammed Rahmatullah 418:International career 194:International career 37:Personal information 527:in 1973, alongside 489:Burma national team 223:East Pakistan Youth 21: 1233:Bangladeshi Hindus 616:Ranjit joined the 548:Azad Sporting Club 537:Manzur Hasan Mintu 509:Azad Sporting Club 505:Mymensingh Stadium 451:Kolkata Mohammedan 428: 387:Kolkata Mohammedan 354:Azad Sporting Club 350: 337:Azad Sporting Club 234:Azad Sporting Club 184:Azad Sporting Club 152:Azad Sporting Club 19: 1160:978-984-8218-31-0 746:en.prothomalo.com 713:shokalshondha.com 647:en.prothomalo.com 573:Aga Khan Gold Cup 533:Sheikh Shaheb Ali 467:Tokyo Asian Games 399:Aga Khan Gold Cup 244: 243: 213:Managerial career 1245: 1164: 1150: 1147: 1138: 1134: 1131: 1122: 1108: 1105: 1087: 1086: 1084: 1082: 1067: 1061: 1060: 1059: 1057: 1042: 1036: 1035: 1034: 1032: 1017: 1011: 1010: 1008: 1006: 987: 981: 980: 978: 976: 961: 955: 954: 948: 947: 936: 930: 929: 923: 922: 911: 905: 904: 898: 897: 886: 880: 879: 873: 872: 861: 855: 854: 848: 847: 836: 830: 829: 814: 808: 807: 801: 800: 789: 783: 782: 776: 775: 764: 758: 757: 755: 753: 738: 729: 728: 726: 724: 705: 688: 687: 685: 683: 668: 659: 658: 656: 654: 639: 561:Dhaka Mohammedan 373:Dhaka Mohammedan 363:Dhaka Mohammedan 319:East Bengal Club 256: 230: 220: 201: 180: 168:Dhaka Mohammedan 164: 148: 134: 125: 117: 55: 51: 49: 29: 22: 18: 1253: 1252: 1248: 1247: 1246: 1244: 1243: 1242: 1168: 1167: 1161: 1152: 1148: 1136: 1132: 1119: 1110: 1106: 1096: 1091: 1090: 1080: 1078: 1069: 1068: 1064: 1055: 1053: 1043: 1039: 1030: 1028: 1019: 1018: 1014: 1004: 1002: 989: 988: 984: 974: 972: 963: 962: 958: 945: 943: 938: 937: 933: 920: 918: 913: 912: 908: 895: 893: 888: 887: 883: 870: 868: 863: 862: 858: 845: 843: 838: 837: 833: 816: 815: 811: 798: 796: 791: 790: 786: 773: 771: 766: 765: 761: 751: 749: 740: 739: 732: 722: 720: 707: 706: 691: 681: 679: 670: 669: 662: 652: 650: 641: 640: 636: 631: 614: 545: 517: 515:Post-retirement 501: 499:Coaching career 420: 407: 375: 367:Dhaka Wanderers 339: 303: 298: 270: 228: 218: 199: 178: 162: 146: 132: 53: 52:29 October 1932 47: 45: 32: 17: 12: 11: 5: 1251: 1241: 1240: 1235: 1230: 1225: 1220: 1215: 1210: 1205: 1200: 1195: 1190: 1185: 1180: 1166: 1165: 1159: 1139: 1123: 1117: 1095: 1092: 1089: 1088: 1075:The Daily Star 1062: 1051:The Daily Star 1037: 1027:, 8 April 2008 1025:The Daily Star 1012: 982: 956: 931: 906: 881: 856: 831: 809: 784: 759: 730: 689: 660: 649:. 1 April 2022 633: 632: 630: 627: 613: 610: 609: 608: 602: 590: 589: 577: 576: 570: 558: 557: 544: 541: 529:Nabi Chowdhury 516: 513: 511:in the 1970s. 500: 497: 444:Mari Chowdhury 419: 416: 406: 403: 374: 371: 338: 335: 302: 299: 297: 294: 269: 266: 242: 241: 237: 236: 231: 225: 224: 221: 215: 214: 210: 209: 207: 205: 202: 196: 195: 191: 190: 188: 186: 181: 175: 174: 172: 170: 165: 159: 158: 156: 154: 149: 143: 142: 140: 138: 135: 129: 128: 119: 112: 107: 103: 102: 101:Senior career* 98: 97: 92: 88: 87: 84: 80: 79: 61: 60:Place of birth 57: 56: 43: 39: 38: 34: 33: 31:Ranjit in 1955 30: 15: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 1250: 1239: 1236: 1234: 1231: 1229: 1226: 1224: 1221: 1219: 1216: 1214: 1211: 1209: 1206: 1204: 1201: 1199: 1196: 1194: 1191: 1189: 1186: 1184: 1181: 1179: 1178:Living people 1176: 1175: 1173: 1162: 1156: 1140: 1124: 1120: 1118:9789849134688 1114: 1098: 1097: 1077:. 18 May 2009 1076: 1072: 1066: 1052: 1048: 1041: 1026: 1022: 1016: 1000: 996: 992: 986: 970: 966: 960: 952: 941: 935: 927: 916: 910: 902: 891: 885: 877: 866: 860: 852: 841: 835: 827: 823: 819: 813: 805: 794: 788: 780: 769: 763: 747: 743: 737: 735: 718: 714: 710: 704: 702: 700: 698: 696: 694: 677: 673: 667: 665: 648: 644: 638: 634: 626: 623: 619: 612:Hockey career 607: 603: 601: 597: 596: 595: 594: 587: 584: 583: 582: 581: 580:East Pakistan 574: 571: 568: 565: 564: 563: 562: 555: 552: 551: 550: 549: 540: 538: 534: 530: 526: 522: 512: 510: 506: 496: 494: 490: 486: 481: 479: 475: 470: 468: 464: 460: 456: 452: 447: 445: 441: 437: 433: 424: 415: 413: 402: 400: 396: 392: 388: 384: 380: 370: 368: 364: 359: 355: 348: 343: 334: 332: 328: 324: 320: 316: 312: 308: 293: 291: 287: 283: 279: 278:British India 275: 265: 263: 260: 252: 248: 238: 235: 226: 216: 211: 208: 206: 204:East Pakistan 203: 197: 192: 189: 187: 185: 182: 176: 173: 171: 169: 166: 160: 157: 155: 153: 150: 144: 141: 139: 137:Ispahani Club 136: 130: 127: 120: 118: 113: 111: 108: 104: 99: 96: 89: 81: 77: 74:(present-day 73: 72:British India 69: 65: 58: 54:(age 91) 42:Date of birth 40: 35: 28: 23: 1094:Bibliography 1079:. 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Bangladesh
Goalkeeper
Azad Sporting Club
Dhaka Mohammedan
Azad Sporting Club
Azad Sporting Club
Bengali
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football
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British India
cricket
1947 Sylhet referendum
India
Habiganj
Agartala
S. D. Burman
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Azad Sporting Club
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