The Indian government is pushing to evict the Delhi Gymkhana Club, one of the country’s most storied and exclusive colonial-era social clubs, touching off a fierce fight among the city’s elite — even as it evokes a collective shrug among its young and newly wealthy.
India’s Housing Ministry canceled the club’s lease this month and ordered it to hand over the 27-acre site in the heart of the capital by June 5. The government says the land — situated next to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s residence — is located in a “sensitive and strategic area” that it needs to reclaim for public use.
