It was instituted in 1955 by Naval Tata, the then President of the Bombay Hockey Association.

The Cup was donated by the then Chief Minister of Maharashtra Morarji Desai in 1955.

MHA organises this All India Hockey Tournament as an annual feature and is held every year at Mumbai, Maharashtra.

[1] The matches are held at Mahindra Hockey Stadium.

The teams which participates in the tournament consists of public sector teams from across the country, such as Air India, Border Security Force, Central Railway, Bharat Petroleum, Punjab and Sind Bank etc.