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[[File:The Adyar Club 1905.jpeg|thumb|The Adyar Club, c. 1905]]<br />
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'''Madras Club''', or '''Adyar Club''', is a [[Gentlemen's club|gentleman's club]] in the city of [[Chennai]], [[India]]. Founded in 1832, it is the second oldest of its kind in India.<ref name="muthiah">{{cite book | title=Madras Rediscovered| last=Muthiah| first=S.| year=2004| authorlink=S. Muthiah| publisher=East West Books (Madras) Pvt Ltd| isbn=81-88661-24-4|pages=76–79}}</ref><br />
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== History ==<br />
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The Madras Club was founded on 15 May 1832 as a European men-only club.<ref name="muthiah" /> Its first President was one H. Chamier.<ref name="muthiah" /> The Adyar Club was founded in 1890.<ref name="muthiah" /> In contrast to the Madras Club, the Adyar Club gave membership to women.<ref name="muthiah" /> Originally started as a Europeans-only club, the Adyar Club started admitting Indians as members in 1960.<ref name="muthiah" /> The two clubs merged in 1963 under the name "Madras Club".<ref name="muthiah" /> Since the merger, the Madras Club has been admitting Indians as its members.<ref name="muthiah" /><br />
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The ''Civilian's South India'', in its 1921 issue, considered the Madras Club to be the best of its kind in the country<br />
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{{quotation|Madras being the Headquarter of Headquarters, the Madras Club is naturally the Ace of Clubs. It is said to be the best Club in India, and the Civilian can well believe that it is; you can lose yourself in it three or four times running, and parts of it are still believed by some to be unexplored. The Civilian thinks it is the only Club in the Presidency which is a convenience and not an institution or a duty; and that is only because it is so large that nobody knows or cares whether you are there or not|''Civilian's South India'', pp 51-52, 1921.<ref name="srinivasacharip227">{{cite book | title=History of the city of Madras written for the Tercentenary Celebration Committee| first=C. S.|last=Srinivasachari| year=1939| page=227| publisher=P. Varadachary & Co.|place=Madras}}</ref>}}<br />
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== Headquarters ==<br />
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The ''Express Estate'', which now houses the [[Express Avenue]] [[shopping mall]], was till 1947, the original home of the Madras Club.<ref name="muthiah" /> The club moved to [[Adyar (Chennai)|Adyar]] in 1963 and is still based there.{{fact|date=October 2018}}<br />
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== Notes ==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* [http://www.madrasclub.org/ Official website]<br />
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[[Category:Clubs and societies in India]]<br />
[[Category:Organisations based in Chennai]]<br />
[[Category:1832 establishments in British India]]<br />
[[Category:Organizations established in 1832]]</div>->BrownHairedGirl