Accordingly on the 2nd of October 1952 under of N L Daulagupu ,District Sports Association (DSA) was born ,people came out voluntarily in great numbers to make the DSA ground also known as the Roman Field and even Nawka Field because it looked like a boat then. The SDO(C) was the ex-officio President , DEN ( Rlys) ex officio Vice-President and N L Daulagupu the Secretary were selected as the office bearers of the committee. The other members of the committee were Gopesh Chandra Deb ( Asst Secretary) ,Chunilal Mahajan ( Treasurer) ,D Hojai, N N Daulagupu , Yusuf Khan, Sudhir Mukherjee and one representative from participating clubs like GRP, SDO( C ) X1 , Town Club etc .

The Association then and now organises big tournaments like the Kalooram Shield, Chunilal shield , Zaman shield , CEM,s Cup , N.C Kemprai Memorial, P K Daulagupu First Div Football etc . Also DSA has produced many greats sports person. Lt Abhijit Debroy ( Basu) , Lt Hermon Hmar, Thomson Langthasa , Baoringdao Bodo , Mathew Thangjom ,Jerry Pulamte to name just a few.

Mention must be made of the Sub Junior Football team of the year 1990,which lifted the Sati Dev Trophy and marked the first in the history of DHSA Haflong in terms of winning an Inter District Tournament.

The DHSA now is a body of 37 clubs and is actively organises and supports many sports like football, cricket,athletics, badminton , table tennis etc. From its birth in 1952, the DHSA now boasts of very modern facilities like floodlights, an indoor stadium to name a few. In fact it is one of the most picturesque ground in Assam with the mighty Barail Hills in the background.