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| name = '''Calcutta Rowing Club''' <br> '''ক্যালকাটা রোয়িং ক্লাব'''<br />
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| location = 15 Rabindra Sarobar, Calcutta-700029, [[Kolkata]], [[India]]<br />
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| founded = {{Start date|1858}}<br />
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The '''Calcutta Rowing Club''' (CRC), located in [[Kolkata]], India, was founded in 1858<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.calcuttarowingclub.org/ |website=Calcutta Rowing Club |access-date=23 June 2020 |title=Homepage}}</ref> and is one of the oldest rowing clubs of its kind outside the [[United Kingdom]].<br />
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== History ==<br />
The club's early history was lost in the great cyclone which hit [[Calcutta]] in 1864, during which the boat house and the boats, together with the minute books and records, disappeared. The only things preserved were the accounts of 1858-59 signed by John Cowle, as the Honorary Secretary and Treasurer, and he goes down in history as the first officer on record. In these records it is noted that a six oared boat was purchased for [[rupee|Rs.]] 300 and the following year a ‘Four’ was imported from Hong Kong for a sum of Rs. 448. After the cyclone, a temporary thatched roof boat house was built in 1861, on the banks of the Hooghly near [[Chand pal Ghat]], the Regatta course was 1 mile from Fort Point to [[Shalimar Bagh, Delhi|Shalimar]] or from Shalimar to Botanical Gardens. In 1864 the Club colours of Blue and White were adopted.<br />
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The club competed at the Head of the Lake Regatta, an annual rowing competition that began in 1933.<ref>{{cite web |title=History CRC |url=http://www.calcuttarowingclub.org/history |website=calcuttarowingclub.org |access-date=29 June 2019}}</ref> At the 1950 All-India Regatta, the CRC won trophies in all three events — [[Single scull|sculls]], pairs and fours. The feat was previously achieved only by the [[Royal Connaught Boat Club]] in 1936.<ref>{{cite news |title=Calcutta Rowing Club Win All Trophies |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=gLw-AAAAIBAJ&sjid=O0wMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2080%2C1125501 |access-date=29 June 2019 |newspaper=The Indian Express |date=10 April 1950 |page=7}}</ref><br />
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== Present location ==<br />
With the construction of the [[Dhakuria Lake]] in 1928, the club moved to its present location- 15 Rabindra Sarobar, Calcutta-700029. CRC has maintained its outstanding position in the rowing scene and from 1979 won the ARAE, the WBRA and the Head of Lake trophies - a stream of unique successes which no rowing club in the East has yet been able to achieve.<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Rowing Federation of India]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
*[http://www.calcuttarowingclub.org Calcutta Rowing Club homepage]<br />
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[[Category:Rowing clubs in India]]<br />
[[Category:Sports clubs in Kolkata]]<br />
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