Television visuals showed at least two such banners being held up during the match that Mohun Bagan won. During an I-League derby match in Kolkata’s Salt Lake stadium on Sunday between East Bengal and Mohun Bagan, East Bengal fans held a tifo that said, “Rokto diye kena mati kagoj diye noy”, which loosely translates to “This land was bough with blood, not documents”. Yeah, our East Bengal ( @eastbengalfc ) lost the #KolkataDerby . Traditionally, majority of the fan base of East Bengal comes from the immigrant population from Bangladesh who were forced to leave their home during the partition of 1947. The next Kolkata derby of the I-League, the last one between the two sides, will played here on March 15.

Source: Huffington Post January 20, 2020 09:00 UTC