History

Nearly six years after the partition of Bengal in 1905, the Dhaka Club was founded on 19th August, 1911.

The following were the individuals who took the foremost initiative and were the club’s founder members;

• Lt Col E.A.W.Hall, Civil Surgeon of Dhaka & Superintendent of Mitford Hospital.
• C.R.W.Bryan, Merchant, Narayanganj.
• H.G.Bally, Commandant, Military Police Battalion, Dhaka.
• J.O.Rennie, Executive Officer, Public Works Department, Dhaka.
• J.S.Wilson, Indian Police, Dhaka.
• A.T.Halliday, Indian Police, Dhaka.

The club obtained its legal status on September 14, 1911 under the Indian Companies Act of 1882. The founder members were all British, either bureaucrat or commercial persons. As was expected in the colonial period, Dhaka Club (like other similar clubs in India) primarily served the cultural and recreational needs of the Europeans. It created a home away from home where members and their families could socialize, play and dine in a style reminding them of their original abode.