Cosmopolitan Club 1873


Cosmopolitan Club  1873

       This  Club was started in the year 1873 as a gathering place for  high and mighty Indians of the City of  Madras with the English.  Intially  it had its premises at Moors Road, (Garden)Nungambakkam and shifted to the present place at Mount Road in 1882.

        The  Office bearers of the  Club in 1881 below shows a mix of Royalty the  Maharaja of Travancore and Prince of Arcor being patrons, English men the President and Vice President  and Miller of Christian College, George Town along with the  Who's who  of Madras of 1880s including  Justice  Muthuswamy Iyer, P.Vijayaranga  Moodelliar of Thiruneermalai  Temple  Dharmakarta Clan, P.Venkatachalam Chetty , Bashyam Iyengar and  W.S.Venkataramanjulu  Naidu.

           It became only  Indian Club in the  last decade of 19th century.  If you have to be somebody in Madras you need to be a member of the club  then.  The  Justice Party and Dravidian movements leaders originated from the Club. Now its members are mostly from the serving and retired members of Judiciary, Bureaucracy and Industrialists.

Photo : The Hindu

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