On August 15, 1889, the Mohun Bagan Athletic Club came into being. Some two decades later, in 1911, when the word of the British Raj was the law, the club had managed to gain an esteemed place in Indian football. That same year, the club received an opportunity to fight the British at their own game.

This match, held on July 29, went down in folklore after the Mohun Bagan team became the first in Asia to beat Europeans in a major football tournament. Two days later, The Englishman (predecessor to The Statesman) editorialised, "What the Congress has failed to achieve, Mohun Bagan has. In other words, they have succeeded in degrading the English." And now, almost a century later, the club has launched its official YouTube channel and rebuilt its website, so that the next generation never forgets the start of this momentous journey.