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Lahore Gymkhana Club
Sports club in Lahore, Pakistan From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Lahore Gymkhana Club is a gentleman's and sports club, founded in 1878 in Lahore, Pakistan.
It offers sports facilities, including golf, swimming, cricket, squash, tennis, billiards, and a gymnasium, and organizes family concerts, lectures, and seminars for its members. The club is spread over 117.03 acres (0.4736 km2).[1][2][3][4]
It also has the second oldest cricket ground in the Indian subcontinent, founded in 1878 under the name Lahore and Mian Mir Institute. The name was changed to Lahore Gymkhana in 1906. Lahore Gymkhana was moved to its present location at The Upper Mall in January 1972.[1] It has a very auspicious library consisting almost 100,000 books on different topics.[5]
After Pakistan's independence, the management of the club was taken over by local residents. It is presently managed by an elected twelve members executive committee. It is affiliated with Karachi Gymkhana, Islamabad Club and Chenab Club in Faisalabad, Pakistan.
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Past Prominent Club Officeholders
- Nawab Muzaffar Ali Khan Qizilbash [Chairman] (1950 - 1953), (1955 - 1958), (1963 - 1973)[1]
- Justice Muhammad Yaqub Ali [Chairman] (1959 - 1962)[1]
- Syed Fida Hassan [Chairman] (1962 - 1963)[1]
- Sardar Ahmad Ali [Chairman] (1979 - 1981)
- Khawaja Tariq Rahim [Chairman] (1981 - 1983)
- Pervez Masood [Chairman] (1989 - 1990), (1996 - 1997), (2001 - 2002)
- Farid Ul Din Ahmad [Chairman] (1991 - 1992), (2003 - 2004)
- Misbah ul Rehman [Chairman] (1998 - 1999), (2008 - 2009), (2010 - 2011), (2011 - 12), (2014 - 2017)
- Tasneem Noorani [Chairman] (1999 - 2000), (2009 - 2010)
- Salman Siddique [Chairman] (2005 - 2006), (2008 - 2009), (2013 - 2014), (2020 - 2023), (2023 - 2024), (2024 - 2025), (2025 -2026)
- Zia Ul Rehman [Chairman] (2006 - 2007), (2012 - 2013)
- Kamran Lashari [Chairman] (2017 - 2020)[1]
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See also
- Punjab Club
- Karachi Gymkhana
- Hindu Gymkhana, Karachi
- Karachi Parsi Institute (formerly Parsi Gymkhana)
- Sind Club
- List of India's gentlemen's clubs
References
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