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'''Trichinopoly Club''' was a [[gentleman's club]] in the city of [[Tiruchirappalli]] in [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]]. It functioned from 1869 till 1972 when it closed down due to lack of patronage.<br />
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== History ==<br />
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The Trichinopoly Club, or Trichy Club, was founded in 1869 as a Europeans-only club.<ref name="toidirectoryp309">{{cite book|title=The Times of India directory and year book including who's who|page=309|editor=Sir Stanley Reed|publisher=Bennett, Coleman & Co|year=1954}}</ref> A [[gymkhana]] club was also founded in association with it.<ref name="sirailwayp73">{{cite book|title=Illustrated guide to the South Indian Railway (Incorporated in England): including the Tanjore District Board, Pondicherry, Peralam-Karaikkal, Travancore State, Cochin State, Coimbatore District Board, Tinnevelly-Tiruchendur, and the Nilgiri Railways|pages=58, 73|publisher=South Indian Railway Co. Ltd.|year=1926}}</ref> After flourishing in its early days, the club gradually began to run out of members. The numbers declined from about 50 in the early 1900s<ref name="sirailwayp73" /> to 6 in 1955 and 3 in 1957.<ref name="thehindu_20041115">{{cite news|title=Back to the hills|first=S.|last=Muthiah|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=15 November 2004|url=http://www.hindu.com/mp/2004/11/15/stories/2004111500240300.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121110153637/http://www.hindu.com/mp/2004/11/15/stories/2004111500240300.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=10 November 2012}}</ref> The decline was partly attributed to the club's policy to give membership only to Europeans.<ref name="thehindu_20041115" /> Eventually, H. C. Boas, the then President of the club, requested the [[Madras Club]] to bail it out.<ref name="thehindu_20041115" /> Down to one or two members, the club was closed down in 1972, three years after celebrating its centenary.<ref name="thehindu_20041115" /> Its assets were taken over by the Madras Club.<ref name="thehindu_20041115" /><br />
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== Notes ==<br />
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[[Category:Gentlemen's clubs in India]]<br />
[[Category:Defunct clubs and societies]]<br />
[[Category:Organisations based in Tamil Nadu]]<br />
[[Category:1869 establishments in British India]]<br />
[[Category:1972 disestablishments in India]]<br />
[[Category:Organizations established in 1869]]<br />
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