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MINI- An untold story of a great Indian footballer  Our region ,the hills of Darjeeling and Sikkim has over the years produced plenty of talented footballers, but most of us are not aware of them, especially the players from yester years. Late Chandan Singh Rawat’s name comes first to my mind. He was a great player born in Darjeeling and went on to play for India .Then it was Late Pem Dorjee who was a talented Stopper who played for almost all the big clubs and even captained the Indian National team. He was from Kalimpong but later on settled in Sikkim. I know the names of other players too but have very limited details about them. But I could meet one of them in my recent visit to Kalimpong, He was an exceptional forward of his times. The details are as follows- It was in 2007 when I had gone to Kalimpong and played in the league there that I had first heard about this Gentleman from my friend. He had told me that this man was like a legend there and people used to flock th