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The '''All India Carrom Federation''', aka '''AICF''', is [[India]]'s national [[Sports governing body|sport federation]] for the indigenous game of [[carrom]], sanctioning six to seven national-level tournaments per year. It is India's representative body in the [[International Carrom Federation]]. The AICF has 15 regional and 28 state subnational affiliate institutions, the largest of which is the Maharashtra Carrom Association, further subdivided into local organisations.

As of 2007, the federation's president is Rakibul Hussain and its general secretary is Bharti Narayan. Recent national champions include [[R. M. Shankra]], Ravinder Goud and [[A. Maria Irudayam]].

==History==
The state associations as its member. Shri C. Cunnaiah of [[Tamil Nadu]] was the General Secretary and Shri Hedvekar of [[Maharashtra]] was elected as its President. It got itself registered under the Societies Registration Act XXI of 1860 at [[Madras]] on 7 July 1977. The Federation was recognized by the Sports Council of India on 26 October 1970. It became the member of the [[International Carrom Federation]] on 15 October 1988 and played a pivotal role in the formation of the International Federation. In 1991, the Government of India included the game of carrom in its list for the purpose of recruitment under sports quota in Government offices/ organizations. The Asian Carrom Confederation became affiliated with the AICF in September 1995.

The All-India Carrom Federation and the game of carrom was recognized{{Clarify|date=February 2008}}<!--"Recognized" as what/in what way?--> by the [[Indian Olympic Association]] on 26 October 1997. The game of carrom was also recognized by the School Games Federation of India in 1996.

The organisation at present has 31 Indian state/UT{{Clarify|date=February 2008}}<!--What does "UT" mean?--> associations and 15 Institutions as its affiliates. The Working Committee of the Federation is elected for a term of four years. The last elections to the Federation were held in August 2003 at [[Goa]]. AICF regularly conducts national championships for sub-junior, junior, and senior (older adult) divisions. It also conducts institutional national championships.{{Clarify|date=February 2008}}<!--What does that mean? How are these different from the other national championships?-->, the All-India Federation Cup, and various other all-India ranking and prize-money tournaments every year. It has so far conducted 96 national championships for sub-junior, junior and senior players, and has introduced  cadet (under 12 years of age) and youth (under 21 years of age) national championships.{{Clarify|date=February 2008}}<!--Huh? If "cadet" and "youth" are under 21, then what on earth do "sub-junior" and "junior" mean?-->

The Federation has also made bilateral arrangements with various countries for organizing "Test Series"{{Clarify|date=February 2008}}<!--What is that supposed to mean?--> competitions. [[India]] and [[Sri Lanka]] are playing Test Series on regular basis. The Federation hosted two World Championships in Delhi: the 1st World Carrom Championship in 1991 and the 3rd World Carrom Championship in 2000.{{Clarify|date=February 2008}}<!--So what happened to the 2nd one? This is very confusing to readers.-->

===List of National Sports award recipients in Carrom, showing the year, award, and gender===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="width:73%"
! scope="col" style="width:10%" | Year
! scope="col" style="width:30%" | Recipient
! scope="col" style="width:19%" | Award
! scope="col" style="width:16%" | Gender
|- {{anchor|CarromAA}}
| style="text-align:center;" |1996
! scope="row" | {{sortname|A. Maria |Irudayam}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|}

==Officials==
* President: [[Rakibul Hussain]], [[Member of Parliament]], [[Dhubri Lok Sabha constituency]]
* Executive President: S.K. Sharma
* Vice-Presidents: P. K. Hazarika (Assam), Bharat bhushan (Bihar), B. K. Harnath (Hyderabad), M. Shekhri (Chandigarh), S. P. Verekar (Goa)
* Assistant Vice-Presidents: D. B. Gupta, Ratan Singh, Ashok Mittal, Rajiv Shrivastav, Vijay Tulpule
* General Secretary: P.S. Bachher (Vidarbha Carrom Association)
* Asstistant General Secretary: P. Raveendran (Kerala)
* Treasurer: P Raveendran (Kerala State Carrom Association)
* Joint Secretaries: North Zone &ndash; Gurinder Singh (Punjab); South Zone &ndash; S. Uday Kumar (Pondicherry); West Zone &ndash; Kunja Phanse (Gujarat); North East &ndash; Rupak Debroy (Tripura), East Zone &ndash; Mukul Jha (Jharkhand)

==All India Panel Umpires==
# S. K. Abdul Jaleel, Andhra
# S.K. Ajmatullah, Andhra
# K. Ramesh, Andhra
# T. Srinivasa Rao, Andhra
# D.S.R. Murthy, Andhra
# S.Madhusudanarao, Andhra
# Manoj Kumar Das, Assam
# Rana Sharma, Assam
# Mridul Talukdar, Assam 
# Prasanta Neog, Assam
# Pinto Mukherjee, Bengal
# Debabrata Ghoshal, Bengal
# Hussain Irshad, Bihar
# Rajneesh Sinha, Bihar
# Sanmir Verenkar, Goa
# Dinanath, Goa
# Ms. Nirmala Mahant, Gujarat
# Ms Kamna Yadav, Haryana
# J.S. Saroha, Haryana
# Shashwat, Haryana
# Zaheeruddin Khan, Hyderabad
# Srinivasa Rao, Hyderabad
# S. Shobhanraj, Hyderabad
# Karoda Singh, Hyderabad
# H. Shivaji Rao, Karnataka
# G. Jayakumar, Karnataka
# B. Rama, Karnataka
# B.C. Krishna Swamy, Karnataka
# Dutta Salagare, Maharashtra
# Shekhar S Chavan, Maharashtra
# Ramesh S Chavan, Maharashtra
# Ketan Chikale, Maharashtra
# Suhas Karbhari, Maharashtra
# Ashish Bagkar, Maharashtra
# S K Abdula, Orissa
# Probodh Patnaik, Orissa
# R. Srinivasan, Tamil Nadu
# G. Jayakumar, Tamil Nadu
# A.K. Asthana, U.P
# Ajay Kumar Sharma, U.P
# Mukund Nagpurkar, Maharashtra
# Ramteke, Maharashtra
# C. Senthamizh Kumaran, Puducherry
# I. Ilansezhiyan, Puducherry
# Arjun Kumar Yadav, Chandigarh

==State/regional associations==

===North===
* [[Punjab State Carrom Association]]
* Haryana Carrom Association
* Delhi Carrom Association
* Jammu & Kashmir Carrom Association
* Chandigarh Carrom Association
* Himachal Pradesh Carrom Association
* Uttarakhand Carrom Association

===South===
* Tamil Nadu Carrom Association
* Hyderabad Carrom Association
* Andhra Pradesh Carrom Association
* Karnataka Carrom Association
* Kerala Carrom Association.
* Puducherry Carrom Association
* Andaman & Nicobar Carrom Association
* Kakinada Carrom Association

===West===
* Rajasthan Carrom Association
* Maharashtra Carrom Association
* Vidharba Carrom Association
* Gujarat Carrom Association
* Goa Carrom Association
* My Carrom Association

===East===
* Carrom Association of Assam, Guwahati. Kharghuli
* Odisha State Carrom Association
* Sikkim Carrom Association

===Center===
* Uttar Pradesh Carrom Association affiliated by AICF
* Bihar Carrom Association
* Chhattisgarh Carrom Association
* Jharkhand Carrom Association
* Madhya Pradesh Carrom Association

==Institutional members==
* Banks Sports Board
* Life Insurance Corporation of India Sports Board
* Reserve Bank of India sports board
* Petroleum Sports Promotion Board
* All India Electricity Sports Board
* BSNL Sports board & Cultural Board
* Central Civil Services Cultural & Sports Control Board
* Defense Accounts Sports Control Board
* Indian Accounts & Audit Dept. Sports Board
* Indian Medical Association Sports Board
* ISRO sports & Recreation Club
* Major Ports Sports Control Board
* Postal Sports Control Board
* United India Sports & Cultural Council

==References==
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==External links==
* https://web.archive.org/web/20070813125050/http://sportal.nic.in/index.asp%7B%7BClarify%7Cdate%3DFebruary 2008}}<!--What is this source? Use {{Cite web}} to provide source details.-->
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070314033527/http://pscamohali.googlepages.com/ Punjab State Carrom Association]
* Souvenir 2004, AICF, New Delhi{{Clarify|date=February 2008}}<!--What the heck is this? Is this a reliable source?-->

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