Cosmopolitan Club (Coimbatore)

Coimbatore Cosmopolitan Club
Formation	1891
Type	Private club
Headquarters	Race Course, Coimbatore
Location	India;

The Cosmopolitan Club in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India is a club started in 1891 by a group of local citizens. It is located in Race Course Road, in the city of Coimbatore.

History[]

The land for the club was purchased from Jayashree V.Murthy of Sulur on 25 July 1891. To an existing small shed, a clubhouse, a billiards room, card rooms and tennis courts were added. The front Porch was called Verandah club. A large tree in the vicinity was main meeting place of its members’ also called as Wisdom Tree.^[1]

Facilities[]

Notable members[]

C. S. Rathinasabapathy Mudaliar - Industrialist, often regarded as Father of Coimbatore.
C. Subramaniam - Former Union Minister and former Governor of Maharashtra
R. K. Shanmugam Chettiar - India's first Finance Minister and Industrialist
Nirupama Vaidyanathan - Tennis player

References[]

^ "- History of the club". Archived from the original on 3 September 2009. Retrieved 24 November 2007.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

[1] "- History of the club". Archived from the original on 3 September 2009. Retrieved 24 November 2007.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

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