|
|
Rotary District 3291 | ||
| HISTORY OF DIST 3291 | |||
| 1919-2009 |
|
See also: History of Rotary in India |
The Rotary movement started on 23rd February 1905 in Chicago, USA.
Rotary was
born in India with the first meeting of "Old Number One" the Rotary Club of
Calcutta, at Peliti's Restaurant, 11 Government Place, Calcutta on 26-Sep-1919
and the granting of its charter on 1st January 1920.
IBCMJS
Although Rotary Districts were established for the first time in 1912, clubs in
India, Burma, Ceylon, Malayasia, Java and Siam did not come under any District.
They were grouped together as the IBCMJS area and was placed in charge of
Hony.
Commissioner Sir Fredirick E. James, who was a Past President (1924-26) of
Rotary Club of Calcutta.
Provisional District A
In 1931 India, Burma and Ceylon were formed into Provisional District 'A' and
Commissioner F. E. James continued in charge.
Dist. 89
EXTENT
| 1936 - 39 | Afghanistan , Burma, Ceylon and India |
On July 1, 1936 Rotary International decided that India having 16 Rotary clubs -
the number increased to 24 in the following year - should be granted district
status. India became Rotary District No. 89. In 1937-38 the first Governor of
the District was Sir Pheroze Sethna of the Rotary Club of Bombay, while Sir
Frederick James of Madras continued to be the Commissioner. He later became the
Governor in 1938-39.
GOVERNORS
| 1936 - 37 | Commissioner Sir Frederick. E. James Calcutta |
| 1937 - 38 | 1st Dist. Governor Sir Phiroze Sethna Bombay |
| 1938 - 39 | Sir Frederick. E. James Calcutta |
Dist. 88
EXTENT
| 1939 - 42 | Afghanistan, Burma, and India (that portion which includes Baluchistan, North Western Frontier Province, Punjab, Kashmir, Sind. Rajputana and Central Indian States, United Provinces, Bihar, Orissa, Bengal, Assam and the Dist. of Jabalpur, situated in the Central Provinces ). |
In 1939, District 89 was bifurcated. Clubs in our region found themselves in
District 88 under
District Governor B. T. Thakur. At that time he was a member
of the Rotary Club of Karachi having previously been its President, but in 1943,
on coming to reside in Calcutta, he joined the Rotary Club of Calcutta.
He can
be described as one of the pioneers of Rotary particularly in what was in those
days Western and
North-Western India. Rotary International honoured him by
making him a Director and subsequently a
Vice-President of Rotary International.
He was the first Asian to receive that distinction and Rotarians throughout
India were rightly proud of the honour accorded to the movement in India and
also to be represented at Rotary headquarters by such a worthy ambassador.
District Governor Thakur called the first conference of District 88 in March
1940 when 16 clubs were represented. At that conference Rotarian C. Warren-Boulton,
Calcutta's President for 1939-40, was unanimously elected District Governor for
1940-41 but as he was held up in the U. S. A. it was recommended that Rtn. B. T.
Thakur should continue to serve for the second year viz. 1940-41.
GOVERNORS
| 1939 - 40 | B. T. Thakur (1st Dist. Conf. Calcutta1940) Calcutta |
| 1940 - 41 | Col. C. G. Warren - Boulton Calcutta |
| 1941 - 42 | B. T. Thakur Calcutta |
District 90
EXTENT
| 1942 - 46 | Burma and
India (that portion which includes Bengal, Assam, Bihar, Orissa, and the District of Jabalpur) |
From 1942-43 the District was again renumbered as a result of the increase of
the number of Rotary clubs in India, and became the 90th District. The Rotary
club of Calcutta was again honoured by the election of its Past President Dr. A.
C. Ukil as first Governor of the new District and he presided over its first
conference in Calcutta in 1943. At this conference Rotary International was
represented by Rtn. B. T. Thakur. The conference selected Rtn. W. Buchan of Calcutta as Governor for 1943-44.
GOVERNORS
| 1942 - 43 | Dr. A. C. Ukil, Calcutta |
| 1943 - 44 | W. Buchan Calcutta |
| 1944 - 46 | N. C. Laharry Calcutta |
District 91
EXTENT
| 1946 - 49 | Burma and India (that part comprising the provinces of Bengal , Assam, Bihar, Orissa and Central Provinces, east of 80 longitude including the District of Jabalpur, the Eastern States and the French possession of Chandannagar. |
The legendary Rtn Nitish Laharry (Past President of the Calcutta club) became
the District Governor of District 90 for two terms in 1944-45 and 1945-46. With
the renaming of the District to 91, he served as Governor for the third time in
1946-47.
GOVERNORS
| 1946 - 47 | N. C. Laharry Calcutta |
| 1947 - 48 | Sir Clifford M. Agarwalla Patna |
| 1948 - 49 | U Ba Win Rangoon |
Dist. 53
EXTENT
| 1949 - 52 | Bhutan, Burma, Chandernagar, India - that portion north of the
northern boundaries of Madras Presidency and Hyderabad and east of longitude 80
but including the District of Jabalpur in the Central Provinces and Berar, South
of the northern boundaries of the Central Provinces and Berar and Eastern
States, and east of the western boundaries of the Province of Bihar; Pakistan --
that portion including East Bengal and Sylhet ( a former district of Assam). |
| 1952 - 57 | Bhutan, Burma, India -- that portion north of the northern boundaries of Madras state and the States of Hyderabad, east of longitude 80 but including the province of Jabalpur in the State of Madhya Pradesh and east of the western boundary of the State of Bihar, Pakistan-that portion including the province of East Bengal. |
Rotary in India continued to be active forming new clubs and soon new Districts
had to be formed to prevent the old geographical areas becoming too unwieldy.
Calcutta found itself in Rotary District 53. The District was unique in that it
covered in those days 18 Rotary clubs located in no less than three countries
viz., India, East Pakistan and Burma. The Indian Territory included West Bengal,
Bihar, Orissa, Assam and a portion of Madhya Pradesh.
In May 1953 District Governor S. C. Chatterjee of Rangoon held a District
Assembly at Calcutta. The 53rd District's sixth conference gathered in Calcutta
in February 1954 under District Governor Major S. C. Dutt who was a Calcutta
Rotarian and was president of his club in 1951-52.. At this conference Rtn Lawly
Sen of Patna was elected District Governor 1954-55. Lawly was one of the most
popular Rotarians of the District and a founder member of the Patna Rotary club.
The most enjoyable feature of the conference was the visit of a very large
number of delegated from East Pakistan.
Following this conference an All-India Governors' conference was held at
Calcutta, the Convenor being Past Governor Dr. A. C. Ukil of Calcutta and the
Secretary, Past President J. K. Deb of Calcutta. A District assembly met at
Patna in April 1954 and a large contingent of Calcutta Rotarians attended. The
Assembly elected Rotarian J. F. Bartos, president of the Calcutta Club 1953-54,
as Chairman of the Rotary Golden Anniversary Committee at District level. The
District could not have selected a better man, as since he joined the Calcutta
Rotary Club, he set a fine example to others not only in his hard work for
Rotary, but also in his vocation. He and his colleagues from Batanagar, several
of whom were Rotarians, served Rotary truly and well.
GOVERNORS
| 1949 - 50 | Dr. H. K. Mitra Jamshedpur |
| 1950 - 51 | Dr. R. K. Bube Jabalpur |
| 1951 - 52 | Dr. Lalit Sen Asansol |
| 1952 - 53 | Subodh C Chatterjee Rangoon |
| 1953 - 54 | Major Sudhir C. Dutta Calcutta |
| 1954 - 55 | Lawley Sen Patna |
| 1955 - 56 | S. M. Hossain Dacca |
| 1956 - 57 | G. Basu Calcutta |
District 325
EXTENT
| 1957 - 58 | BURMA.
INDIA-that portion including Assam, Nagaland and West Bengal. NEPAL and SIKKIM
and that portion of BIHAR within the territorial limits of the Rotary Club
of Asansol, West Bengal. |
| 1958 - 59 | East of longitude 80 but including the province of Jabalpur in the
State of Madhya Pradesh and east of the western boundary of the State of Bihar,
Nepal, Pakistan - that portion including the province of East Bengal and Sikkim. |
| 1959 - 76 | Bhutan, Burma, India - the States of Bombay, that portion east of longitude 80, (including the district of Jabalpur) and south of the southern boundaries of the Districts of Panna, Satna, Shadol and Sidhi; Orissa, Bihar, West Bengal and Assam; and Manipur and Tripura , Nepal, Pakistan - that portion including East Pakistan; and Sikkim. |
At the end of the decade (1957) the District
was regrouped and renumbered with three digits into Districts 325 and 326. Our
district became District 325
GOVERNORS
| 1957 - 58 | Raj Kishore Prasad Patna |
| 1958 - 59 | B. H. Engineer Dhanbad |
| 1959 - 60 | M. A. Raschid Rangoon |
| 1960 - 61 | S. N. Bhattacharya Patna |
| 1961 - 62 | Saral Deb Calcutta |
| 1962 - 63 | A. Rahim Khan Dacca |
| 1963 - 64 | Hemen Ganguly Ranchi |
| 1964 - 65 | C. R. Bose Gopalpur -on-Sea |
| 1965 - 66 | P. N. Mookherjee Jamshedpur |
| 1966 - 67 | K. N. Mookherjee Calcutta |
| 1967 - 68 | H. Mahapatra Patna |
| 1968 - 69 | Rajendra Singh Jabalpur |
| 1969 - 70 | Mihir Roy South West Calcutta |
| 1970 | Dr. K. C. Sarbadhikari (expired 10-Oct-70) Calcutta |
| 1970 - 71 | P.N. Mookherjee (nominated by R. I.) Calcutta |
| 1970 - 71 | A. F. M. Abdul Haq (nominated by R.I.) Dacca |
| 1971 - 72 | K. N. Mookerjee (nominated by R.I.) Calcutta |
| 1972 - 73 | Vijay S. Bhandari, Kharagpur |
| 1973 | Sisir Ghosh Calcutta (Expired 24-Oct-73) |
| 1973 - 74 | Vijay S. Bhandari (nominated by R.I.) Kharagpur |
| 1974 - 75 | Motilal Gupta South West Calcutta |
| 1975 - 76 | Iftekharul Alam Dacca |
| 1976 - 77 | Ramesh Chaudhury Gauhati |
Dist 329
EXTENT
| 1977 - 84 | Bihar and Orissa was separated into a new District and Dist. 329 consisted of in India - West Bengal, Assam, and the adjacent areas ; the whole of Bangladesh and the whole of Nepal. |
In 1977 the District was renumbered to District 329 with Prabhat Kumar Sinha of
RC South Calcutta being its first Governor.
GOVERNORS
| 1977 - 78 | Probhat Kumar Sinha South Calcutta |
| 1978 - 79 | M. C. Poddar S. W. Calcutta |
| 1979 - 80 | Dr. G. C. Sen Asansol |
| 1980 - 81 | M. Masihur Rahman Dacca |
| 1981 - 82 | Ajit Kr. Prasad Darjeeling |
| 1982 - 83 | Amiya Sankar Gupta East Calcutta |
| 1983 - 84 | Om P. Oberoi Calcutta Midtow |
Reconstituted Dist. 329
EXTENT
| 1984 | India - Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Arunachal , Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, Tripura, West Bengal; and the whole of Nepal. |
1984 saw a major reorganization. Bangladesh and Pakistan were made separate
Districts and
our District 329 was reconstituted.
GOVERNORS
| 1984 - 85 | Dr. S. C. Nandy Calcutta |
| 1985 - 86 | A. K. Dutta Dum Dum |
| 1986 - 87 | K. K. Navada South Calcutta |
| 1987 - 88 | M. C. Tandon Dibrugarh |
| 1988 - 89 | Shyamal Datta Behala |
| 1989 - 90 | Kamal Seth Calcutta Midtown |
Renamed Dist. 3290
EXTENT
1990-1991 saw the formation of Dist 3240 which was formed taking a
part of our Dist 329.
The election of the DGE was conducted 1989-90 and the first DG of newly formed
Dist 3240
was Rtn Ramesh Agarwala.
| 1990 | 11 revenue districts of WEST BENGAL viz., Kolkata, 24-Parganas North, 24 Parganas South, Bankura, Hooghly, Howrah, Murshidabad, Nadia, Paschim Medinipur, Purba Medinipur and Purulia); ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ISLANDS and the Himalayan Kingdom of NEPAL. |
From 1990 Rotary International introduced 4
digits in its District numbering system and District
3290 as we know it today,
came into being.
GOVERNORS
| 1990 - 91 | Subimal Ghosh Calcutta |
| 1991 - 92 | Subimal Bhattacharya Dum Dum |
| 1992 - 93 | K. Chandramohan Budge Budge |
| 1993 - 94 | Amitava Bhattacharya Jadavpur |
| 1994 - 95 | Amit Chandra Majumdar Salt Lake City |
| 1995 - 96 | Aloke Chand Mitter East Calcutta |
| 1996 - 97 | Tehmas Manekshaw Kathmandu |
| 1997 - 98 | Anjan Kumar South Calcutta |
| 1998 - 99 | Prabhat Krishna Rohatgi Calcutta |
| 1999 - 00 | Shekhar Mehta Calcutta Burra Bazar |
| 2000 - 01 | Ravi Sehgal Belur |
| 2001 - 02 | Siddhartha Sadhan Bose Calcutta South West |
| 2002 - 03 | Amitava Mookerjee Calcutta South East |
| 2003 - 04 | Raj Kumar Rajgaria Central Calcutta |
| 2004 - 05 | Prabir Chakravarti, Calcutta |
| 2005 - 06 | Swapan Mukherjee, Narendrapur |
| 2006 - 07 | Debasish Mitra, Dhakuria |
| 2007 - 08 | Anirudha Roy Chowdhury, Calcutta Mega City |
Renamed Dist. 3291
2008-2009 saw the formation of Dist 3291 (old
District 3290 minus the clubs in Nepal
grouped under a separate Dist 3292).
| 2008 | 11 revenue
districts of WEST BENGAL viz., Kolkata, 24-Parganas North, 24 Parganas
South, Bankura, Hooghly, Howrah, Murshidabad, Nadia, Paschim
Medinipur, Purba Medinipur, Purulia) and the ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ISLANDS. |
From 1st July 2008, Nayantara Palchoudhuri will
become the first lady Governor of our
District 3291 while Tika Man Vaidya will take up the reins of the Nepal clubs.
GOVERNORS
| 2008 - 09 | Nayantara Pal Choudhuri, Calcutta Inner City |
| 2009 - 10 | Utpal Majumder, Calcutta South City |
- Source: Rotary Club of Calcutta Archives, rotarchives@gmail.com
|
Author:
Dr Dipak R Sarbadhikari Contact: Email  URL: www.rotacal.org/3290/disthistory.htm Updated: 17 Dec 2009 |
