Bengal Championships Explained

Bengal Championships
Type:	defunct
Location:	Calcutta, West Bengal, India
Surface:	Grass

The Bengal Championships was a combined men's and women's grass court tournament founded in 1887 as the Bengal Lawn Tennis Championships then the second oldest tournament in India.^[1] The tournament was played at the Calcutta Cricket Club grounds, Calcutta, West Bengal, India. The championships ran until 1979 before it was discontinued.

History

Tennis was introduced to India in the 1880s by British Army and Civilian Officers.^[2] In 1887 the Bengal Lawn Tennis Championships was inaugurated at Calcutta.^[3] British players initially dominated the tennis tournaments in India.^[4] In 1917 Mr. N.S. Nyer became the first Indian to win the men's singles championship.^[5] The championships ran until 1970 but were discontinued

Venue

The first edition of the championships was played at the Calcutta Cricket Club (founded in 1792)^[6] grounds.

Notes and References

1. Book: Majumdar . Boria . Mangan . J. A. . Sport in South Asian Society: Past and Present . 13 September 2013 . Routledge . Oxford . 978-1-317-99894-5 . 117 . en . 29 January 2023 . 3 November 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231103142845/https://books.google.com/books?id=sWfdAAAAQBAJ&dq=history+of+the+Bengal+Championships+tennis&pg=PA117#v=onepage&q=history%20of%20the%20Bengal%20Championships%20tennis&f=false . live .
2. Web site: History . aitatennis . All India Tennis Association . 11 January 2023 . New Delhi, India . 28 January 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230128000642/https://aitatennis.com/history/ . live .
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6. Web site: History:CCFC . ccfc1792.com . Calcutta Cricket and Football Club . 11 January 2023 . 10 January 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230110201738/https://ccfc1792.com/ . live .