<P> Several clubs were founded, more Cup competitions were introduced and Indian players became more common . The major event that showed a rise in Indian Football was in 1911 when Mohun Bagan AC defeated East Yorkshire Regiment 2--1 in the final of the IFA Shield . This was the first time an Indian team won a major national tournament . The Durand Cup, first held in Shimla in 1888, was the first Indian football competition and is incidentally the third oldest surviving competition the World over . It was started by Sir Mortimer Durand . </P> <P> In 1940's "Aurora Football Club" the second oldest club in southern India is formed in Kerala.It was formed by the football loving fans of Ollur, Thrissur . Which is started its football journey from Thrissur . </P> <P> Indian teams started touring Australia, Japan, Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand in the late 1930s . The All India Football Federation (AIFF) was formed in 1937 . The 1948 London Olympics was India's first major international tournament, where a predominately barefooted Indian team lost 2--1 to France in the opening match, failing to convert two penalties . Sarangapani Raman scored the only goal for India in that match and thus the first Indian international goal ever in the Olympics . </P> <P> India qualified by default for the 1950 FIFA World Cup finals as a result of the withdrawal of all of their scheduled opponents . But the governing body AIFF decided against going to the World Cup, being unable to understand the importance of the event at that time . Reason shown by AIFF was that there was the cost of travel, although FIFA agreed to bear a major part of the travel expenses, lack of practice time, team selection issues and valuing Olympics over FIFA World cup . </P>

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