Question

There was a quarrel between the Bombay Gymkhana (a Whites only club) and the Parsi club, because

• A. The Parsis complained that the public park was left unfit for cricket because the polo ponies of the Gymkhana Club dug up the surface.
• B. The colonial authorities were prejudiced in favour of their own White compatriots.
• C. The White cricket elite in India offered no help to the enthusiastic Parsis.
• D. All the above.

Answer 1

Answer: (D)

All the above.

The first Indian community to start playing the game was the small community of Zoroastrians, the Parsis. The white cricket elite in India offered no help to the enthusiastic Parsis. In fact, there was a quarrel between the Bombay Gymkhana, a whites-only club, and Parsi cricketers over the use of a public park. The Parsis complained that the park was left unfit for cricket because the polo ponies of the Bombay Gymkhana dug up the surface. When it became clear that the colonial authorities were prejudiced in favour of their white compatriots, the Parsis built their own gymkhana to play cricket in.