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[caption id="attachment_19324" align="alignnone" width="580"] East Bengal Annual day celebrated at Kshudiram Anushilan Kendra today. Xtra Time[/caption] Internet Desk: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has already given Rs.7.5 crores earlier but now she will give Rs. 2 crores more to re-innovate Aryan gallery along with the other works which are pending, Mamata Banerjee mentioned in the 97th Foundation Day of East Bengal today at Kshudiram Anushilan Kendra. Not only this, she also said , "The 100 years celebration of East Bengal club will be celebrated in a grand style and the West Bengal Government will set up the plan of action of the whole ceremony." Apart from East Bengal, Mohun Bagan the other 20 Premier Division clubs of CFL will also be given an amount of Rs 50 lakhs each in the next two years, said CM Mamata Banerjee today. Apart from financial announcements, Mamata Banerjee handed over the "Bharat Gaurav" award to Milkha Singh's secretary Dwigraj Singh along with a cheque of Rs.2 lakhs and a memento. As Milkha Singh could not be present today due to illness but he had send a letter through the hands of his secretary and it was read in front of the whole audience present. Do-Dong-Hyun was awarded with the Best Player of the year last season and he was given a Golden Boot and a memento from the East Bengal club. Lifetime Achievements award was awarded to the duo of Shyam Thapa and Shyamal Ghosh and a cheque of Rs. 1 lakh was handed over to them by the CM. Apart from these awards, some other awards were also given to the following awardees: Shri Debashis Datta – Journalist – Ajay Bose Memorial Trophy, Shri Ronny Roy – Journalist – Pushpen Sarkar Memorial Trophy, Shri Minangshu Bhattacharya -Referee – Pratul Chakraborty Memorial Trophy, Smt Anamika Sen  – Referee – Pankaj Gupta Memorial Trophy. Former East Bengal footballer Baichung Bhutia was present on this big occasion along with the current footballers of this season and the coaching staff as well. Mamata Banerjee had called up on stage Former PWD Minister of state Kshiti Goswami.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfW43WI0eio