The Saturday Club is an old and heritage club in
Kolkata
Kolkata (, or , ; also known as Calcutta , the official name until 2001) is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal, on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River west of the border with Bangladesh. It is the primary business, comme ...
,
India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...
.
History
The Saturday Club was established in 1875 in
British India
The provinces of India, earlier presidencies of British India and still earlier, presidency towns, were the administrative divisions of British governance on the Indian subcontinent. Collectively, they have been called British India. In one ...
by the officers of the
Calcutta Light Horse
The Calcutta Light Horse was raised in 1872 and formed part of the Cavalry Reserve in the British Indian Army. The regiment was disbanded following India's independence in 1947.
Operation Creek
On reserve since the Boer War, they are most note ...
Regiment of
British Indian Army. The Club was started at this time by Louis Jackson, a civilian Judge of the
Calcutta High Court. It was moved into the present premises at Wood Street, near Mullick Bazar, Kolkata in 1900. It is stated that, for a token sum of Rs 5, one John Carapiet Galstaun allocated the present premises at 7 Wood Street to this Club. The owner of the entire property at 7 Wood Street, Calcutta is the trustees of the
Marble Palace
Marble Palace (Мраморный дворец) is one of the first Neoclassical palaces in Saint Petersburg, Russia. It is situated between the Field of Mars and Palace Quay, slightly to the east from New Michael Palace.
Design and pre-1917 o ...
of
Rajendra Mullick.
References
External links
Official website of the Saturday Club
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Clubs and societies in India
1875 establishments in India
Culture of Kolkata
Organizations established in 1875