Nehru trophy boat race 2015
63rd edition
2nd saturday august 8th 2015
winner 2015 jawahar
tayangiri chundan rowed by kumarakom vembanad boat club
Schedule Chundan Vallam snake boat Heats 1 st george
Devas Mahadevan Kattil thekkethil Heats 2
Vellamkulangara Cheruthana St pious anari
heats 3
Payipadan Sree ganesh Karichal Karuvatta Heats 4
Jawahar Champakulam Illikalam Nadumbhagam
History : In 1952 the then prime minister of India Shri Jawaharlal Nehru on his visit to kerala
took the water route from Kottayam to Alappuzha. A race was organised in his honour. The victor
of the race was Nadumbaghom chundan. Nehru was so excited seeing the race that he leapt on to
the boat and congratulated the winners.
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The Trophy: Later that year he send a token of his appreciation - a miniature silver chundan
mounted on a ebony case. The plaque on the trophy bears the following inscription above his
signature " To the winners of the boat race which is a unique feature of community life in
Travancore - Cochin "
There after the event became an annual feature named prime minister's trophy boat race and is
held on the second saturday of August every year. After nehru's death it was renamed as Nehru Trophy
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convener nehru trophy publiity committee
district information officecivil station alappuzha 688 001,
phone: 0477 2251349
Convener, Nehru Trophy Publicity Committee, District Information Office, Civil Station, Alappuzha, PIN – 688 001
+ 91 477-2251349
Nehru trophy boat race 2015 schedule
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