Sardar Club Jodhpur - Aerial View with Umaid Bhawan in distance

From the archive record

A club with fabulous historical antecedents, originally built with British era royal origins, but still alive and flourishing under a board of trustees, in Jodhpur, Rajasthan. Sardar Club was established in the beginning of the 20th century. Work on the Clubhouse started in 1901 under the instructions of H.H. Maharaja Sardar Singh ji (erstwhile Maharaja of Jodhpur after whom the Club is named). The site was chosen near the Chammi Polo ground and the Jodhpur Golf Club, which had started a few years earlier and was later amalgamated with the Sardar Club. The Sardar Club building is built in typical Indo-Colonial style and cost Rs. 15,000/- to build. The members of the club included the aristocracy of Jodhpur, British officers and prominent citizens of Marwar State. The club played a vital ro