North West India Championships

North West India Championships
Defunct tennis tournament
Founded1930; 95 years ago (1930)
Abolished1939; 86 years ago (1939)
LocationKarachi, India
SurfaceGrass

The North West India Championships [1] was a combined men's and women's international tennis tournament founded in 1930. The championships were played in Karachi, India. The championships ran until 1939 before they was discontinued due to World War II.

History

Tennis was introduced to India in the 1880s by British Army and Civilian Officers.[2] In 1930 the North West India Championships were founded in Karachi, then in the undivided India as an international tennis tournament. The championships ran until 1939 before they was discontinued due to World War Two. Following the partition of India in 1947 and the creation of Pakistan as a sovereign state this tournament was revived as the All-Pakistan Championships in 1949 held in Lahore.[3]

References

  1. ^ "KARACHI TENNIS The North-Western India Championships at Karachi, March 8 The following are the results of matches played in the North-Western India Tennis Championships this week". Civil & Military Gazette (Lahore). Lahore, Pakistan: British Newspaper Archive. 9 March 1938. p. 14. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
  2. ^ "History". aitatennis. New Delhi, India: All India Tennis Association. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
  3. ^ "ALL-PAKISTAN LAWN TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS: Canadian Contingent to Participate Apart from players of seven other countries who have agreed to participate in the All-Pakistan Lawn Tennis Championships to be held next week in Lahore" (Subscription). Civil & Military Gazette (Lahore). Lahore, Pakistan: British Newspaper Archive. 7 October 1949. p. 8. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
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