Lahore Gymkhana Club
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Lahore Gymkhana Club is a sports club in Lahore
, Pakistan
. It offers sports including golf, swimming and squash, and organizes social activities for the members. It is situated on Upper Mall Shahrah-e-Quaid-e-Azam
Lahore Gymkhana club was formed in 1st May 1878 with the objective of providing social and intellectual recreation to the residents of Lahore and Lahore Cantonment. The Club is spread over an area of 117.03 acre (0.4736040258 km²) on the land leased from Punjab Government.
There are multiple facilities which the members can avail. These can be categorized into sports, leisure, parties/events etc. The club has an existing membership of above five thousand.
Gymkhana Club was established before the Partition of India
in 1947. After independence its control came in the hands of local people, and the club now run by a committee of elected members. It was the first of its type in Pakistan, and later opened branches in Karachi
and Gawader as well.
Lahore
Lahore is the capital of the Pakistani province of Punjab and the second largest city in the country. With a rich and fabulous history dating back to over a thousand years ago, Lahore is no doubt Pakistan's cultural capital. One of the most densely populated cities in the world, Lahore remains a...
, Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
. It offers sports including golf, swimming and squash, and organizes social activities for the members. It is situated on Upper Mall Shahrah-e-Quaid-e-Azam
Lahore Gymkhana club was formed in 1st May 1878 with the objective of providing social and intellectual recreation to the residents of Lahore and Lahore Cantonment. The Club is spread over an area of 117.03 acre (0.4736040258 km²) on the land leased from Punjab Government.
There are multiple facilities which the members can avail. These can be categorized into sports, leisure, parties/events etc. The club has an existing membership of above five thousand.
Gymkhana Club was established before the Partition of India
Partition of India
The Partition of India was the partition of British India on the basis of religious demographics that led to the creation of the sovereign states of the Dominion of Pakistan and the Union of India on 14 and 15...
in 1947. After independence its control came in the hands of local people, and the club now run by a committee of elected members. It was the first of its type in Pakistan, and later opened branches in Karachi
Karachi
Karachi is the largest city, main seaport and the main financial centre of Pakistan, as well as the capital of the province of Sindh. The city has an estimated population of 13 to 15 million, while the total metropolitan area has a population of over 18 million...
and Gawader as well.