The India Club in London, which was set up in the 1950s, is set to close in September.
BBC News, Mumbai
It was set up in the 1950s as a place for early Indian immigrants to meet and connect, but now the India Club is set to shut down as the owners of the building it is housed in want to demolish a part of the structure to set up a more modernised hotel. The news has come as a blow to many as the place is steeped in history. Located on the first floor of the Hotel Strand Continental, the India Club was started by the members of the India League - a Britain-based organisation that campaigned for India's independence in the 1900s. India's first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru is said to have been among the Club's founding members. The Markers bought the lease to the property in the 1990s.
Even the interiors of the Club were designed to mimic the coffee shops of pre-independence India, where people met to chat about culture and politics over cigarettes and cups of chai. The chandeliers, Formica tables and straight-backed chairs of the Club have remained largely unchanged since it was set up more than 70 years ago.
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