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MUMBAI CITY FOOTBALL CLUB

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MUMBAI CITY FOOTBALL CLUB Mumbai City Football Club is an Indian professional football club based in Mumbai, Maharashtra, that competes in the Indian Super League. The club was founded in August 2014, during the inaugural season of the Indian Super League (ISL). Mumbai City is the first club to win both the ISL title and League Winners Shield in the 2020–21 season. The crest of Mumbai City FC has a shield with a fort and suburban local train coach and seven stars in blue and orange outline. The fort represents the forts of erstwhile Maratha kingdoms symbolising valour and the train coach represents the common man of Mumbai, who the team represents. The three lines at the bottom represents the Arabian Sea of Mumbai.

VELLORE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

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VELLORE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT) was established under Section 3 of the University Grants Commission (UGC) Act, 1956 and in 1984 as a self-financing institution called the Vellore Engineering College. The Union Ministry of Human Resources Development conferred University status on Vellore Engineering College in 2001. The emblem of VIT is the Sri Jalakandeswarar temple, located within Vellore Fort. Its gopuram and walls are prominent in this circular emblem with ‘VIT’ written above. This is ensconced in a circular border on which the name is written. At the bottom on a banner, its motto in Tamil ‘உழைப்பே உயர்வுதரும்’ meaning ‘Only Labour shall Elevate’ is written.

CORPS OF ENGINEERS

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CORPS OF ENGINEERS The Corps of Engineers is one of the oldest arms of the Indian Army and consists of three Presidency Army (Madras, Bengal, Bombay) Sapper Groups. The origin of the Corps dates back to 1780 when the two regular pioneer companies of the Madras Sappers were raised. Subsequently, the Group of Madras, Bengal and Bombay Sappers were formed and later merged on 18 November 1932 to form the Corps of Engineers in its present form. The Regimental Centre for the Madras Engineer Group is Bangalore, Karnataka. The Regimental Centre for the Bengal Engineer Group is Roorkee, Uttar Pradesh. The Regimental Centre for the Bombay Engineer Group is Kirkee, Maharashtra. Personnel of this Corps are called Sappers, though the units are known as Engineers. The College of Military Engineering in Pune, is the premier training institution for the Corps of Engineers. Its insignia has fort  surrounded by a circular wreath and cresed by National Emblem, below which in a bord