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Dhaka
Club originally
an
all-white
association
and
now
a
premier
elitist
social
association.
After
the partition
of
bengal in
1905, dhaka was
made
the
capital
of
the
new
province
of
Eastern
Bengal
and
Assam.
The
British
civilians,
who
came
to
govern
the
new
province,
felt
the
need
of
a
social
club
in
the
model
of
the
Bengal
Club
of
Calcutta.
Dhaka
Club
was
thus
founded
on
19
August
1911.
The
club
is
located
at
Shahbag
and
surrounded
by university
of
dhaka, bangladesh
national
museum,
Hotel
Sheraton, birdem Hospital,
Ramna
Garden
and
the
Suhrawardy
Uddyan.

Dhaka
Club
The
founding
members
were
Lt.
Col.
E
A
Hall
(Civil
Surgeon,
Dhaka),
C
R
Bryan,
H
G
Bally
(Commandant,
Military
Police
Battalion,
Dhaka),
J
O
Rennie
(PWD,
Dhaka),
and
J
S
Wilson
and
A
T
Halliday
of
Indian
Police,
Dhaka.
The
club
was
granted
legal
status
on
14
September1911
under
the
Indian
Companies
Act
of
1882.
Soon
after
its
establishment,
it
became
a
club
of
both
local
and
foreign
elite,
though
white
dominance
continued
down
to
1947.
The
land
of
the
club
was
leased
out
from
the dhaka
nawab
estate.
The
membership
of
the
club
grew
quickly
in
the
1920s
and
'30s
when
many
Europeans
came
to
Dhaka
in
connection
with
the jute trade,
steam
navigation,
the railway,
and
estate
management.
In
1941,
the
Governor
of
Bengal
leased
out
a
tract
of
land
comprising
524
bighas
(173
acres)
to
the
Dhaka
Club.
The
club
used
the
land
to
develop
a
racecourse
(known
as ramna
racecourse,
now
converted
into
Ramna
Garden),
a
golf
course,
the
club
buildings
and
playgrounds.
At
present,
the
club
has
only
about
5
acres
of
land
in
its
control.
On
this
space,
it
has
facilities
for
meetings
and
seminars,
as
well
as
hall
rooms,
guest-rooms,
kitchens
and
dining
rooms,
playing
courts
and
rooms
for
table
tennis,
billiards,
cards,
squash,
and
lawn
tennis,
and
a
swimming
pool.