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The Rotary Club of Calcutta affectionately referred to as the Old Number One was formed on 26th September, 1919 and received its charter on 1st January, 1920. Its unique  emblem  displayed on the  Presidential   collar with the  motto  Per  Ardua

Stabiles Esto, is illustrated. It is the first Rotary club in India - indeed at the time of its inception, it was the only club between the English Channel and the China Sea and can claim to be present even before Rotary International was formed in 1921. The Club has sponsored twenty-eight Rotary clubs including

the first clubs of Pakistan (Lahore) and Bangladesh (Dhaka). Nitish Chandra Laharry,

R. I. President 1962-63 was a member of this club. No less than thirteen of its members have gone on to become District Governors. Today the club functions through its own magnificent building, the Rotary Sadan (abode of Rotary) that houses a large Children's Library named after Nitish Laharry.

A Consumer Centre, and a Computer Training Centre for school children are also situated there. An auditorium hosts lively programmes. The Chaka, the club's magazine is one of the oldest Rotary bulletins. The pictures are of three icons of our city. the Victoria Memorial, the Vidyasagar Bridge and Mother Teresa.
We send  greetings to you and your Rotary club.