New Delhi, Jan 16 (UNI) Chuni Goswami, Football stalwart who led India to win the gold medal in the 1962 Asian Games in Bangkok was honoured by the Indian Postal Department, who issued a postal stamp on his 82nd birthday.
Chuni-da, as the Arjuna awardee and Padma Shri is fondly known amongst the football supporters is the third Indian footballer after the late Gostho Paul (1998), and late Dr Talimeren Ao (2018) on whose name a postal stamp has been issued by the largest postal network in the world.
"It was a completely unexpected gesture. I'm really humbled with this honour shown to me. It'll further inspire me to live a longer life,” Goswami said.