The Eastern India region covers a vast area of more than 680,000 square kilometres, where an estimated population of 270 million people live within thirteen states and territories. Kolkata, which changed back to its original name from Calcutta in 2001, is the main educational, cultural and commercial centre in the region and it’s here that golf first took root outside of the United Kingdom.
Eastern India, India
Royal Calcutta Golf Club is older than any club in the world beyond the British Isles – older, indeed, than most of those in Britain itself.
Eastern India, India
Just across the road from the Royal Calcutta Golf Club is Tollygunge. The extensive grounds of the club were originally an indigo plantation, laid out in 1781.
Laid out within the Sangsua and Gartoonga tea estates near Jorhat in Assam, the course at Kaziranga Golf Resort is a Ranjit Nanda design that opened for play in 2011. There are 8 Cottages with 16 Superior Cottage Rooms located next to the clubhouse.
It’s not known who fashioned the course at Digboi Golf Club when it moved to its present location in 1943. Since then, it’s been redesigned by “Tiger Kapoor, Lord JP, Sir Larry, Duke Deka and Baron Ahmed” – quite a list!
East Point Golf Club was formed in 1884 but the club’s present day course is of more modern vintage. Built in two stages, the first nine holes were ready for play in 1964, with a second nine following a decade later.
