Bangalore Club

Bangalore Club
Formation1868; 156 years ago (1868)
Typegentlemen's club
Location
Websitewww.bangaloreclub.com
Formerly called
Bangalore United Services Club
United Services Club, Bangalore, from the Macnabb Collection (Col James Henry Erskine Reid): Album of Indian views, taken in 1902[1]
United Services Club at Bangalore (1883), founded by Albert Thomas Watson Penn (1849–1924.

The Bangalore Club, located in Bangalore, Karnataka, is the oldest club in the city. Founded in 1868, it counts among its previous members the Maharajah of Mysore and Winston Churchill.[2] A ledger on display in the main building of the club is open to a page that has a list of "irrecoverable debts" that were written off by the club. One of these is the sum Rs.13, owed by Winston Churchill.[3] Membership at present for the category of new permanent members is closed, but last when open, had a waiting list of over 30 years. The club is spread across 11 acres and located on Cariappa Road, near Richmond Circle.[2]

  1. ^ Reid, James Henry Erskine (1902). Album of Indian views. Macnabb Collection. Retrieved 18 February 2015.
  2. ^ a b Kushalappa, Mookonda (21 July 2018). "A club with colonial charm". Deccan Herald. The Printers Mysore Ltd. Retrieved 7 September 2024.
  3. ^ "Winston Churchill owes Rs 13 to Bangalore Club".