Cosmopolitan Club (Coimbatore)
# Cosmopolitan Club (Coimbatore)

The Cosmopolitan Club in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India is a club started in 1891 by a group of local citizens. It is located in Race Course Road, in the city of Coimbatore.

## History

The land for the club was purchased from Jayashree V.Murthy of Sulur on 25 July 1891. To an existing small shed, a clubhouse, a billiards room, card rooms and tennis courts were added. The front Porch was called Verandah club. A large tree in the vicinity was main meeting place of its members’ also called as Wisdom Tree.

## Facilities

* Tennis courts
* Badminton court
* Billiards and Bridge room
* Library
* Bar, Party halls and Accommodation

## Notable members

* C. S. Rathinasabapathy Mudaliar - Industrialist, often regarded as Father of Coimbatore.
* C. Subramaniam - Former Union Minister and former Governor of Maharashtra
* R. K. Shanmugam Chettiar - India's first Finance Minister and Industrialist
* Nirupama Vaidyanathan - Tennis player
