Kohima, December 17 (MExN): Governor of Nagaland PB Acharya has taken initiative to celebrate birth centenary of great Indian Olympic footballer Dr. Talimeren Ao, popularly known as Dr. T Ao in a befitting manner.
The contribution of late Dr.T Ao to the Nation as a whole and Nagas in particular needs to be acknowledged appropriately, Governor said. He has made nation proud and proved that Nagas are second to none.
A portrait of late football legend and Olympic captain has already been put in Raj Bhavan along with other prominent personalities. Moreover, Governor has already instituted several awards in various colleges and schools in Nagaland in honour of and in the name of late Dr. T. Ao.
Born on January 28, 1918, late Dr. Ao joined Mohan Bagan Football Club in 1943 and led the Indian team to London in the Summer Olympics and in 1950 he captained Bagan in the Durand Cup. After retiring from football, he graduated with medical degree from R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital, Calcutta and in 1963 he has become the Assistant Civil Surgeon and was later appointed as the Director of Health Services from which he retired in 1978.
The Governor has written to the State Government to take up the proposal with Government of India to chalk out a year-long programme to observe the birth centenary celebration which may include bringing out a Postal stamp, commemorative coin etc.
The PRO Raj Bhavan in a press release stated that Shyamal Datta, former Governor of Nagaland has also requested to the Hon’ble Governor Shri P.B. Acharya to take initiatives to commemorate late Dr. T.Ao’s birth centenary as a mark of permanent symbolic acknowledgement.
