He did so after the club sent out their starting eleven with the notable exclusion of defender Sailesh Bose, who was dropped from the squad for undisclosed reasons when they were about to face Mohun Bagan in the Coochbehar Cup semi-final on 28 July 1920.
He, along with Raja Manmatha Nath Chaudhuri, Ramesh Chandra Sen and Aurobinda Ghosh, formed East Bengal on 1 August 1920.
East Bengal started playing in the Calcutta Football League, 2nd division, in 1921.
In 1925, they qualified for the first division for the first time and since then they have won many Indian football titles.
This chronological list comprises the East Bengal captains since their foundation in 1920.