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{{short description|Gymkhana in Mumbai, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2018}}
[[File:Hindu Gymkhana.jpg|thumb|Hindu Gymkhana as seen from the road]]
'''Parmananddas Jivandas Hindu Gymkhana''', known as Hindu Gymkhana is a [[gymkhana]] (social and sporting club) located along [[Marine Drive, Mumbai|Marine Drive]] in [[Mumbai]].<ref name=dna11>{{cite news|title=Dandiya fun moves to suburbs|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report_dandiya-fun-moves-to-suburbs_1594766|accessdate=16 April 2012|newspaper=[[Daily News and Analysis]]|date=4 October 2011}}</ref> It was originally started as Hindu Cricket Club in 1878.<ref name=jsp01>{{cite book|last=Palsetia|first=Jesse S.|title=The Parsis of India: Preservation of Identity in Bombay City|year=2001|publisher=BRILL|isbn=9004121145|pages=153}}</ref><ref name=mahgaz>{{cite book|title=Maharashtra State Gazetteers: Greater Bombay District. (3 v.)|year=1986|publisher=Directorate of Govt. Print., Stationery and Publications, Maharashtra State|pages=386}}</ref> The gymkhana itself was inaugurated by then [[Governor of Bombay]], [[Lord Harris]] on 5 May 1894. At that time it was located on [[Marine Lines]], which was the only access as Marine Drive was yet to be reclaimed.<ref name=mahgaz/> Until 1942, membership of the gymkhana was restricted to people of [[Hindu]] religion. In 1942, when the government occupied the adjacent premises of the [[Islam Gymkhana, Mumbai|Islam Gymkhana]] and [[Parsi Gymkhana (Marine Drive)|Parsi Gymkhana]] in Bombay during [[World War II]], the gymkhana threw its membership open to [[Parsi]]s and [[Muslim]]s as well as an "emergency measure".<ref name=ie42>{{cite news|title=BOMBAY HINDU GYMKHANA: Membership thrown open to Non-Hindus|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=N88-AAAAIBAJ&sjid=aEwMAAAAIBAJ&pg=3355,2943364&dq=|accessdate=16 April 2012|newspaper=[[The Indian Express]]|date=13 May 1942}}</ref> Hindu Gymkhana was responsible for fielding the ''Hindu XI'' in the [[Bombay Quadrangular]] and its successor [[Bombay Pentangular]] cricket tournaments.<ref name=bm06>{{cite book|last=Majumdar|first=Boria|title=Lost Histories of Indian Cricket: Battles Off the Pitch|url=https://archive.org/details/losthistoriesind00maju|url-access=limited|year=2006|publisher=Routledge|isbn=0415358868|pages=[https://archive.org/details/losthistoriesind00maju/page/n140 122]}}</ref><ref name=atat06>{{cite book|last=Aruṇa Ṭikekara|first=Aroon Tikekar|title=The Cloister's Pale: A Biography of the University of Mumbai|year=2006|publisher=Popular Prakashan|isbn=8179912930|pages=74}}</ref> The gymkhana is one of the founder members of the [[Bombay Cricket Association]].<ref name=islamwebsite>{{cite web|title=History of Gymkhana|url=http://islamgymkhana.org/history.php|accessdate=16 April 2012}}{{dead link|date=November 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Hindu Gymkhana organises several tournaments such as ''Purshottam Shield Cricket Tournament'', which is the oldest tournament started in 1912 that it organises.<ref name=jamfh03>{{cite book|last=Fan Hong|first=J. A. Mangan|title=Sport in Asian Society: Past and Present|year=2003|publisher=Routledge|isbn=071465342X|pages=186}}</ref>

The Gymkhana has been identified as a [[Grade II|Heritage Grade IIA]] structure.<ref name=dna08>{{cite news|title=Dilip Kumar's Pali bungalow delisted|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report_dilip-kumars-pali-bungalow-delisted_1167154|accessdate=16 April 2012|newspaper=[[Daily News and Analysis]]|date=29 May 2008}}</ref> As the gymkhana land belongs to the collector, one of its lease conditions is that the grounds should be accessible by the general public and non-sporting activities such as weddings are allowed to be held at the ground for up to 30 days in the year. In 2010, the local residents association moved court to ban non-sporting activities at the ground, since the general public was being denied access to it, something which the gymkhana denied.<ref name=toi10>{{cite news|title=Marine Drive gyms face legal battle with locals|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-10-26/mumbai/28216775_1_hindu-gymkhana-weddings-grounds|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203002837/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-10-26/mumbai/28216775_1_hindu-gymkhana-weddings-grounds|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 February 2014|accessdate=16 April 2012|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|date=26 October 2010}}</ref> In 2011, the collector restricted non-sport events to 25 days a year only on weekdays.<ref name=dnad11>{{cite news|title=Gymkhana weddings may be limited to 25 days a year, never on weekends|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report_gymkhana-weddings-may-be-limited-to-25-days-a-year-never-on-weekends_1628283|accessdate=16 April 2012|newspaper=[[Daily News and Analysis]]|date=21 December 2011}}</ref>

[[Sachin Tendulkar]] gave his first television interview to [[Tom Alter]] at the Hindu Gymkhana grounds.<ref name=toi11>{{cite news|title=Tendulkar, entertainer par excellence|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/7688402.cms|accessdate=16 April 2012|newspaper=[[Times of India]]|date=12 March 2011}}</ref> Indian Batsman [[Eknath Solkar]] was the son of a groundsman at Hindu Gymkana.<ref name=tt05>{{cite news|title=Solkar passes away|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1050627/asp/sports/story_4919831.asp|accessdate=16 April 2012|newspaper=[[The Telegraph (Calcutta)|The Telegraph]]|date=27 June 2005}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[Hindu Gymkhana, Karachi]]
==References==
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