Gentlemen's clubs in India were created during the British Raj, where British Indian Army/Indian Civil Service officers went to rest after long hours of work, however several have also been created since the end of the Raj. They are mostly located in urban cities, like Bengaluru, Kolkata, Mumbai, Delhi and Chennai.
Clubs List of gentlemen's club in India established during the British Raj include: NameLocationThe Bengal Club1827CalcuttaRoyal Calcutta Golf Club1829CalcuttaMadras Club1832MadrasByculla Club1833BombayOotacamund Club1841OotacamundRoyal Bombay Yacht Club1846BombayCalcutta Rowing Club1858CalcuttaDalhousie Institute1859CalcuttaBankipore Club1865PatnaBangalore Club1868BangaloreBowring Institute1868BangaloreTrichinopoly Club1868TrichyPoona Club1868PuneRoyal Connaught Boat Club1868PuneWellington Gymkhana Club1873WellingtonBombay Gymkhana1875BombaySaturday Club1875CalcuttaMangalore Club1876MangaloreDehradun Club1878DehradunSecunderabad Club1878SecunderabadWaltair Club1883VisakhapatnamMadras Gymkhana Club1884MadrasNizam Club1884HyderabadCoonoor Club1885CoonoorCalcutta Swimming Club1887CalcuttaChikmagalur Club1889ChikkamagaluruTrivandrum Club1890ThiruvananthapuramTollygunge Club1895CalcuttaRama Varma Club1897KochiJiwaji Club 1898Gwalior The Calicut Cosmopolitan Club 1898KozhikodePYC Hindu Gymkhana1900PuneCentral Provinces Club1901NagpurDeccan Gymkhana Club1906PuneCalcutta Club1907CalcuttaDelhi Gymkhana1913New DelhiBanerjee Memorial Club1914TrichurNew Patna Club1918PatnaWillingdon Sports Club1917BombayTumkur Club1921TumkurRoshanara Club1922DelhiVeera Kerala Gymkhana1924ThiruvananthapuramLotus Club1931KochiGondwana Club1932NagpurOutram Club1934CalcuttaYeshwant Club1934IndoreCatholic Club1947BangaloreRanchi Club Ltd1886Ranchi
See also Gymkhana List of gentlemen's clubs in Sri Lanka List of members' clubs in London List of gentlemen's clubs in Canada List of gentlemen's clubs in the United States
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References
External links 'The Clubland Database: Asia', Seth Thévoz's Clubland Substack (2024)