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Calcutta Swimming Club
The Calcutta Swimming Club (often known by the abbreviation CSC), is a social club in Kolkata (formerly Calcutta), India. The club is located on the Strand Road, Kolkata, Strand Road near Babughat. The club is the oldest swimming club in India. History In 1886, the ''The Times of India, Times of India'' reproduced a report from ''The Statesman (India), The Statesman'' the on a meeting held by a group of Englishmen to establish a "Swimming Bath" in Kolkata. The report stated that a site "at the extreme north-easterly end of the Eden Gardens" had been finalised. The report identified the merchants GWF Buckland and AH Wallis as the key movers behind the initiative. Buckland and Wallis intended to provide amenities for their junior assistants, who lacked the social standing and financial means to gain admission to older and more expensive clubs. Accordingly, the Calcutta Swimming Bath was established in 1887, by order of the List of governors of Bengal#Lieutenant-Governors, 1854†...
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Kolkata
Kolkata, also known as Calcutta ( its official name until 2001), is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of West Bengal. It lies on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River, west of the border with Bangladesh. It is the primary financial and commercial centre of eastern and northeastern India. Kolkata is the seventh most populous city in India with an estimated city proper population of 4.5 million (0.45 crore) while its metropolitan region Kolkata Metropolitan Area is the third most populous metropolitan region of India with a metro population of over 15 million (1.5 crore). Kolkata is regarded by many sources as the cultural capital of India and a historically and culturally significant city in the historic region of Bengal.————— The three villages that predated Calcutta were ruled by the Nawab of Bengal under Mughal suzerainty. After the Nawab granted the East India Company a trading license in 1690, the area was developed by ...
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