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India were in the draw for the 1950 World Cup in Brazil after their qualifying rivals withdrew — and then withdrew themselves. The enduring legend says FIFA's insistence on boots kept India's barefoot masters away; historians point instead to cost, the ocean journey, and the AIFF's priorities in an Olympic-minded era. Whatever the truth, it remains Indian football's great what-if: the World Cup that never was.

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