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[[File:U.S. Club, Bangalore, 1902..jpg|thumb|United Services Club, Bangalore, from the Macnabb Collection (Col James Henry Erskine Reid): Album of Indian views, taken in 1902<ref name=Reid>{{cite book|last1=Reid|first1=James Henry Erskine|title=Album of Indian views|date=1902|publisher=Macnabb Collection|url=http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/apac/photocoll/u/019pho0000752s5u00006000.html|accessdate=18 February 2015}}</ref>]] | [[File:U.S. Club, Bangalore, 1902..jpg|thumb|United Services Club, Bangalore, from the Macnabb Collection (Col James Henry Erskine Reid): Album of Indian views, taken in 1902<ref name=Reid>{{cite book|last1=Reid|first1=James Henry Erskine|title=Album of Indian views|date=1902|publisher=Macnabb Collection|url=http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/apac/photocoll/u/019pho0000752s5u00006000.html|accessdate=18 February 2015}}</ref>]] | ||
[[File:OLDBangaloreClubWinstonChurchillPHOTO 1024x1024.jpg|thumb|United Services Club at Bangalore (1883), by [[Albert Thomas Watson Penn]] ( | [[File:OLDBangaloreClubWinstonChurchillPHOTO 1024x1024.jpg|thumb|United Services Club at Bangalore (1883), founded by [[Albert Thomas Watson Penn]] (1849–1924.]] | ||
'''The Bangalore Club''', located in [[Bangalore]], [[Karnataka]], is the oldest [[gentlemen's club|club]] in the city. Founded in 1868, it counts among its previous members the [[Maharajah]] of [[Mysore]] and [[Winston Churchill]]. A ledger on display in the main building of the club is open to a page that has a list of "irrecoverable debts" that were written off by the club. One of these is the sum Rs.13, owed by Winston Churchill.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.rediff.com/report/2009/dec/21/winston-churchill-owes-rs-13-to-bangalore-club.htm|title=Winston Churchill owes Rs 13 to Bangalore Club|publisher=}}</ref> | |||
Membership at present for the category of new permanent members is closed, but last when open, had a waiting list of over 30 years. | Membership at present for the category of new permanent members is closed, but last when open, had a waiting list of over 30 years. | ||