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| | #REDIRECT [[Calcutta Swimming Club]] |
| | clubname = Calcutta Swim Club
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| | fullname = The Calcutta Swimming Club
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| | short name = Swim Club
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| | founded = 1887
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| | city = [[Kolkata]]
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| | home pool = 1, Strand Rd, B.B.D. Bagh, Kolkata, West Bengal 700001 | |
| | chairman = Alok Sethia<ref>{{cite web |title=Committee |url=https://www.calcuttaswimmingclub.com/committee_members/}}</ref>
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| | swimheadcoach = Siddharth Jhunjhunwala
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| '''The Calcutta Swimming Club''' (mainly known by its acronym '''CSC'''), located on the [[Strand Road, Kolkata|Strand Road]] near [[Babughat]] in [[Kolkata]], is the oldest swim club in India.<ref name=a>[http://www.calcuttaswimmingclub.com/index.php/pages/club_history The Calcutta Swimming Club-History]</ref><ref>{{cite book |year=2000 |title=Students' Britannica India |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DPP7O3nb3g0C&pg=PA94 |location=New Delhi |publisher=Encyclopædia Britannica (India) |volume=Five (S to Z) |pages=94– |isbn=978-0-85229-760-5}}</ref>
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| The club was built in 1887 under the name Calcutta Swimming Bath by order of the [[List_of_governors_of_Bengal#Lieutenant-Governors,_1854%E2%80%931912|Lieutenant Governor of Bengal]]. The present structure and club were founded by Walter Davis, a partner of Hamilton & Company, who was also the first Secretary of the Club. The Lieutenant Governor of Bengal was the Head of the Club from its inception until 1923 when Mr. N. Hamilton was elected as its first President.<ref name=a/>
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| The famous Olympian swimmer D.D. Mulji trained at this club.<ref>{{cite web|title=Swimming in Kolkata|url=http://swimminginkolkata.weebly.com/college-square-swimming-club.html#/|website=swimminginkolkata.weebly.com|accessdate=4 January 2018}}</ref>
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| The club celebrated its Golden Jubilee in 1937. It was renamed the Calcutta Swimming Club in 1941, in appreciation of its contribution to the war efforts.<ref>[http://cbi-theater-1.home.comcast.net/~cbi-theater-1/calcuttakey/calcutta_key.html Calcutta-1945] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101025031326/http://cbi-theater-1.home.comcast.net/~cbi-theater-1/calcuttakey/calcutta_key.html |date=25 October 2010 }}</ref>
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| The club would not accept Indians as members even after independence. This changed in 1964, when [[Jagaddipendra Narayan|Maharaja of Cooch Behar]] was inducted as its first Indian member. In 1976, PT Basu was elected as the First Indian President of the Club.<ref name=a/>
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| The club has indoor swimming pools, other indoor sports, a discothèque, health parlor, bar, and banquet hall. The club also boasts an open-air swimming pool that is one of the largest not only in India but also in Asia.<ref>[http://swimminginkolkata.weebly.com/the-calcutta-swimming-club.html#/ The Calcutta Swimming Club]</ref> CSC organizes colorful Christmas and New Year parties every year.<ref>{{cite news|title=The Calcutta Swimming Club in association with t2 presents Christmas Eve 2011|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1111227/jsp/entertainment/story_14929472.jsp#.ULL-1ux4pr4|accessdate=26 November 2012|newspaper=The Telegraph, Kolkata|date=27 December 2011}}</ref><ref>http://www.calcuttaswimmingclub.com/index.php/pages/games_ficilities</ref>
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