The Chenab Club was conceived and established on a 72 Kanal parcel of land purchased from the irrigation department – by its first President Lt. Col. M. W. Douglas, the then Deputy commissioner in the year 1910.

There are two distinct epochs in the century – old existence of the club viz. before partition (1910 – 1947) and the post partition (1947- to date). Regardless of this division, it has always been a centre of gravitation for a variety of social, cultural, sports and other recreational activities in town. Up to the year 1942, the membership of the club was restricted to the white members of the (crown) civil service. Afterwards the native elite began to be inducted on the club roll. Over the years, the club membership has assumed a distinctive group character with major groups being those of businessmen, doctors, professors, lawyers, intellectuals and government officers. Now there are 2675 permanent members of the club. The membership fee for private members is 1 million (1,000,000/-) and for the senior government officers is Rs.100,000/- 

After the independence in the 1960’s, literature, music, mushaira and intellectual moots became the focus of club activities besides sports, exhibitions and indoor chatting. Golf, polo, dancing and bar were gradually deleted from the charter of club activities and now lawn tennis, squash, billiards, badminton and swimming have become the official sports of the club instead of golf and polo.

Earlier expansion of the building had started in the mid 1950’s which continues to date to meet the requirements of an ever growing enrollment. Presently the club has beautiful club buildings including sports complex, restaurants, lounges, auditorium and 40 guest rooms. An important milestone in the recent club history is the raising of Sandal Block. Another significant event the reunion of the old presidents and secretaries was started in 2002.