Till 1990s the Indian Women National Team was controlled by the Women Football Federation of India (WFFI) which was affiliated to Asian Ladies' Football Confederation (ALFC) neither of which were affiliated to AFC or FIFA for which the international matches played by the team from 1975 till 1994 were refused to be recognised by FIFA but are considered as full A matches by AIFF.[3]
At 1979 AFC Asia Cup India placed two teams. In the original fixture list, the two Indian teams were labelled "India A" and "India B". They were relabelled as India Senior (India S) and India Novice (India N), other version called as India North and India South.