Club History
Clubs are an integral part of Delhi`s life. Delhites have a passion for outdoors, Clubs are the outlets for social recreation, since they provide integrated services in the realm of leisure.
The Chelmsford Club was founded in 1917-18. The Club was raised with the purpose of affording its Members for all the usual facilities. The Club has a rich historical tapestry that boasts of having hosted the First Prime Minister of India, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, the First Commander-in-Chief Field Marshall K.M. Cariappa, the Club has felicitated the victorious Indian Hockey Team that won the Olympic Gold, Michael Ferreira, Wilson Jones, have played Billiards in this Club. Manchandas and Vikas Kapur, National Squash champion Played Squash in Chelmsford Club Courts. Artists like Lata Mangeshkar, Gulam Ali, Jagjit Singh, Mahender Kapur, Mohammad Rafi, have performed here. Foreign visiting Cricket Teams from 1950 to 1970 have been felicitated here. The Club enjoys a premier location at Lutyen’s Delhi at 1, Raisina Road,New Delhi and remains one of the oldest Clubs in the Capital.
The Membership base of the Club is an healthy mix of Bureaucrats, Industrialists, Businessmen and Entrepreneurs.