Foundation Chogyal nicknamed the stadium around 1943 because
Britishers and a few members of the aristocratic family of Sikkim played at the
Polo Ground. The old timers recall this flat piece of land being used by the
Tibetan traders to station their herds of
sheep en route to Sikkim and India. Around 1939 one of the political officers, Sir
Basil Gould had sanctioned Rs.3000 (approx $75.2634) to the forest department and ordered that the grass demonstration farm be set up there. The whole task was completed in April 1941. Later Paljor Stadium proved to be a major venue of all public meetings, including those of Prime ministers and religious leaders.
Renovation It was on 24 July 1998 that a High power state committee constituted by the government took a decision to upgrade and renovate the existing Paljor Stadium. The project of redesigning and modernizing cost was around 30 Crores, out of which 15.36 Crores was from DONER contribution and remaining from the State coffer. The actual work started off in 2001. The modern look of the stadium was designed by M/S Architect Consultant Pvt. Ltd., Kolkata and its execution was assigned to Civil Engineers Enterprise Ltd.
Kolkata. Initially the project was scheduled to be completed by March 2004, but owning the additional work the date was shifted to April 2005. ==Upgradation of the stadium==