Rowing clubs in India are affiliated to various rowing association of India, which in turn is affiliated to the Rowing Federation of India. Some of these clubs have long history attached to it as they were set up during the times of British Colonial rule in India.
Bengal Rowing Club
Bengal Rowing Club (BRC) is located in Kolkata in West Bengal. This rowing club is one of the most famous rowing clubs in India. GD Birla, on the site of a former lakeside bank of Rabindra Sarobar, founded the club on 25th August 1929. BRC Students Rowing Championship is the biggest sporting event of Bengal Rowing Club (BRC). It is organized annually in mid May. The championship is organized in several categories, which include `Junior Girls, Fours", `Senior Girls, Fours`, `Junior Boys, Fours` and `Senior Boys, Fours`.
Calcutta Rowing Club
Calcutta Rowing Club is situated in the city of Kolkata in the Indian state of West Bengal and founded in the year 1858 and is also one of the oldest rowing clubs of its kinds outside UK. History of Calcutta Rowing Club has not been known. The exact history has been wiped out of Kolkata, after the city experienced the great cyclone in the year 1864. The boat and boat house, along with minute books and all the records have been disappeared. Out of the catastrophe, the only thing that could be preserved were the Accounts of 1858-59 signed by Mr.John Cowle, as the Honorary Secretary and Treasurer, and he goes down in history as the first officer on record. Currently the club is located at the 15 Rabindra Sarobar, Kolkata-700029, after the construction of the Dhakuria Lake in 1928. Ever since 1979, the CRC has been able to maintain its position and status in the rowing scene.
Madras Rowing Club
Madras Rowing Club is situated in the South India, in the city of Chennai in Indian stateof Tamil Nadu. This club was founded in the year 1867, and there is evidence to prove that this club was first set up in the back waters of Ennore. And pictures are also available of rowing course lying alongside the sailing course are still available in the club`s archive. Later on, in the year 1892, with the increase in the number of members, the club was shifted to its current location- on the banks of Adyar River. The previous records of club show that in 1874 and 1875 the total memberships were 32 rowing members and 24 non-rowing members. In the year 1898, the club coat with dark blue with brass buttons and the club monogram that is used even today without any changes, was adopted by the then committee. During those days inter club competitions were held quite regularly. And one name that figures quite often in the records is that of F. H. Wilson for his sculling prowess.
Over the years the club has come a long way and one of the main reasons for the success has been dedication and perseverance. Enthusiasm has never been lacking for the Madras Rowing Club. This club means different things for different people. For many this place has been the abode of learning where one came to harness his skill and absorb the best of the game.
Royal Connaught Boat Club
The Royal Connaught Boat Club (RCBC) was set up in the year 1868 in Pune, in the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is situated on Boat Club Road. This club provides all the facilities for water sport which includes rowing, with the boathouse and also slipway down to the southern side of Mula-Mutha river, juts below the confluence of Mula River and Mutha River.
