Bowring Institute Club British Era Bangalore, 1900 Postcard

Bowring Institute Club British Era Bangalore, 1900 Postcard

This is a series of postcards of the Bowring Institute club during the British Era in Bangalore (Bengaluru). The postcard seems to have been mistitled as Bangalore Boarding Institution, the correct title should be Bangalore Bowring Institute. Perhaps, it may have had been converted into a temporary wartime boarding institute.

Since accomodation for soldiers and officers were inadequate at that time in Bangalore. This was to overcome the shortage of barracks for the soldiers in WWI. The military cantonment area, now Shivaji Nagar was located nearby where the British military and civil services workforce was based. The Bowring Institute is a private members-only club located in the heart of the city on a 12-acre plot of land.

The construction of the main building was completed in 1888. B L Rice, a European, was the founder, it was solely for social gathering and for sports and games recreation purposes. Banglore, became an important base for the British after the Anglo-Mysore wars defeating Tipu Sultan in 1799. The British had taken control of the Bangalore Fort and the summer palace of Tipu Sultan after a bloody battle.

Read more Grand Old Lady of the letters. See post Bowring Institute Club In Bengaluru – Old Postcard 1907.

Did you know- constructed in 1888 based Victorian architecture blended with tones of Indo-Saracenic style.

From the collection- Raja Ravi Varma’s “Birth of Shakuntala” Oleograph of c1894., Rare Advertisement Taj Palace Hotel Bombay 1907., Bombay Fort And Harbour – Old Map/Plan 1754., Antique Photo Bombay Colaba Coast 1890.