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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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