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Location | Alwar, Rajasthan | ||
Establishment | 1993 (first recorded match) | ||
Capacity | 40,000 | ||
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As of 10 August 2015 Source: Ground profile |
Indira Gandhi Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium used mostly for association football and field hockey and also for athletics in Alwar, Rajasthan, India. The ground first held a first-class match in December 1993 when Rajasthan played the Vidarbha in the 1993/94 Ranji Trophy.[1] The ground has held 4 further first-class matches, the last of which came in the 1995/96 Ranji Trophy when South Zone and the West Zone.[2]
In October 2012, over 6,000 youths mobbed into the stadium while taking part in Army recruitment drive which on the rampage for four hours.[3]