Calcutta Club

Calcutta Club (Template:Lang-bn) is a social club located on Lower Circular Road in Kolkata (formerly Calcutta), India. It was established in 1907 and the first president of the club was the Maharajah of Cooch Behar, Sir Nripendra Narayan.

History

Although not the oldest private members club in the city, it is notable because it was formed at a time when the existing Bengal Club only admitted whites as members. Lord Minto, the Viceroy of India at the time, had wished to invite Rajen Mookerjee to dine at the Bengal Club and, when the discriminatory policy was thus exposed, a decision was taken to form a club with a membership policy not dictated by race.

The club had historically restricted membership to men. However, this was changed in 2007 and the club started admitting women members.^[1]

The club also has reviewed it child policy and has started admitting children above the age of twelve years of age at all times since very recently.

References

^ Sunder, Kalpana (12 September 2020). "At India's colonial-era clubs, allure of elite membership trumps archaic rules". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 26 October 2021.

External links

Calcutta Club Ltd Official Website Archived 27 February 2021 at the Wayback Machine
Background story on formation of Calcutta Club from The Tribune

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[1] Sunder, Kalpana (12 September 2020). "At India's colonial-era clubs, allure of elite membership trumps archaic rules". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 26 October 2021.

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