Chandan Singh Rawat was probably a household name in Darjeeling. An ex-Olympian and international football player, Chandan Singh Rawat was a prominent and regular player in the Indian National team - post independence. The following is reproduced from the interaction Barun Roy had with Chandan Singh Rawat when he was still alive. Though the ‘Greatest of the Living Legends of the Indian Gorkhas’ is now no more with us, he shall live with us, in our memories and heart. "I was born on 6 July 1926 in Dehradun Cantonment in the 9th Gorkha Regimental Centre.
