List of gentlemen's clubs in India

Bengal United Service Club, c. 1905

Gentlemen's clubs in India were primarily created by the British during the British Raj, however several were created after the independence of India mainly as a legacy of the empire. They were mostly built in urban cities, like Bangalore, Calcutta, Bombay, Delhi, Karachi, Lahore, Madras etc; where British Army/Civil officers went to rest after long hours of work.

Clubs

List of Gentlemen's club in India established before partition 1947; during British Raj:

Name Est. Location Ref.
Bengal Club 1827 Calcutta
Royal Calcutta Golf Club 1829 Calcutta
Madras Club 1832 Madras
Byculla Club 1833 Bombay
Royal Bombay Yacht Club 1846 Bombay
Calcutta Rowing Club 1858 Calcutta
Dalhousie Institute 1859 Calcutta
Punjab Club 1863 Lahore
Peshawar Services Club 1863 Peshawar
Bankipore Club 1865 Patna
Bangalore Club 1868 Bangalore
Bowring Institute 1868 Bangalore
Trichinopoly Club 1868 Trichy
Sind Club 1871 Karachi
Bombay Gymkhana 1875 Bombay
Saturday Club 1875 Calcutta
Mangalore Club 1876 Mangalore
Lahore Gymkhana 1878 Lahore
Dehradun Club 1878 Dehradun
Secunderabad Club 1878 Secunderabad
Waltair Club 1883 Visakhapatnam [1]
Madras Gymkhana Club 1884 Madras [1]
Nizam Club 1884 Hyderabad
Karachi Gymkhana 1886 Karachi
The Calcutta Swimming Club 1887 Calcutta
Chikmagalur Club 1889 Chikkamagaluru
Quetta Club 1891 Quetta
Karachi Parsi Institute 1893 Karachi
Tollygunge Club 1895 Calcutta
Rama Varma Club 1897 Kochi
Jiwaji Club 1898 Gwalior
PYC Hindu Gymkhana 1900 Pune
Deccan Gymkhana Club 1906 Pune
Calcutta Club 1907 Calcutta
Chenab Club 1910 Faisalabad
Delhi Gymkhana 1913 New Delhi
Banerjee Memorial Club 1914 Trichur
New Patna Club 1918 Patna
Willingdon Sports Club 1918 Bombay
Tumkur Club 1921 Tumkur
Roshanara Club 1922 Delhi
Veera Kerala Gymkhana 1924 Thiruvananthapuram [2]
Hindu Gymkhana, Karachi 1925 Karachi
Lotus Club 1931 Kochi
Outram Club 1934 Calcutta
Yeshwant Club 1934 Indore
Catholic Club 1947 Bangalore

See also

Further reading

  • Thévoz, Seth Alexander (2022). Behind Closed Doors: The Secret Life of London Private Members' Clubs. London: Robinson/Little, Brown. ISBN 978-1-47214-646-5.

References

  1. ^ "Book records Gymkhana Club's glorious years". The Hindu. 6 September 2009. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
  2. ^ V. N., Aswin (1 February 2017). "Working out since 1924". The Hindu. Retrieved 24 June 2019.