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Calcutta Rowing Club

Calcutta Rowing Club

The Calcutta Rowing Club as its crest suggests, was founded by a small number of enthusiastic oarsmen in 1858. This makes it one year older than the club founded at Shanghai and probably, the oldest club in the east. The club lost its history soon after initiation in...
Royal Calcutta Turf Club

Royal Calcutta Turf Club

Pride of place in organised racing in India belongs very rightly, to the Royal Calcutta Turf club. Although the first race meetings, such as they were, and about which there is any authentic record were held in Madras in 1795 where enthusiastic owners, mainly army...
Royal Calcutta Golf Club

Royal Calcutta Golf Club

Royal Calcutta Golf Club affectionately known as the “Royal” is synonymous with the game of golf in this country. Founded in 1829, Royal is the oldest golf club outside the British Isles. The oldest being the Royal and Ancient, St. Andrews in Scotland, the...
The Bengal Club Limited

The Bengal Club Limited

The history of The Bengal Club dates back to 1827. Epitomizing elegance and class, it is one of the social clubs in the world that outlasted its colonial founders and yet retained its majestic legacy- blending in modernity with tradition. Set up by a group of East...
The Calcutta Racket Club

The Calcutta Racket Club

THE CALCUTTA RACKET CLUB IS A SQUASH AND RACQUET CLUB IN KOLKATA, INDIA. IT WAS FOUNDED IN 1793, MAKING IT ONE OF THE OLDEST RACKETS CLUBS IN THE WORLD, AND THE FIRST IN THE SUBCONTINENT OF ITS SEVEN SQUASH COURTS, TWO ARE GLASS-BACKED INTERNATIONAL STANDARD...