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The Royal Connaught Boat Club 1.13
About Us The Royal Connaught Boat Club was established in the year1868 under the name “Poona Boat Club” on the bank of the riverMula-Mutha. Utilizing the lake waters of a Bund constructed in 1850for just upstream of the Fitzgerald bridge. Two existing boat clubsnamely Kirkee Boat Club & R. A. Boat Club assimilated in theyears 1883 & 1888 respectively. The Club was renamed as thePoona Royal Connaught Boat Club in 1889 to honour his Royalhighness the Duke of Connaught, the Commander-In Chief of theBombay Army. He took keen interest in the Club activities. Evenafter he left India, he visited the Club during his subsequentvisit to the subcontinent on 25th February 1921. Such was the bondbetween the Club & its Patrons. For the second time, the Clubname was changed to Royal Connaught Boat Club in 1928. The wordPoona was deleted permanently as by then the Club was well known inthe city.