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Rotary
District 3290 |
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HISTORY OF DIST
3290 |
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1919-2005 |
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 were 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
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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
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1936 - 37 |
Commissioner Sir Frederick. E.
James Calcutta |
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1937 - 38 |
1st Dist. Governor Sir Phiroze
Sethna Bombay |
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1938 - 39 |
Sir Frederick. E. James
Calcutta |
Dist. 88
EXTENT
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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
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1939 - 40 |
B. T. Thakur (1st Dist. Conf.
Calcutta1940) Calcutta |
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1940 - 41 |
Col. C. G. Warren - Boulton
Calcutta |
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1941 - 42 |
B. T. Thakur Calcutta |
District
90
EXTENT
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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
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1942 - 43 |
Dr. A. C. Ukil, Calcutta |
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1943 - 44 |
W. Buchan Calcutta |
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1944 - 46 |
N. C. Laharry Calcutta |
District
91
EXTENT
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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.
RI President in 1962
GOVERNORS
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1946 - 47 |
N. C. Laharry Calcutta -
RI
President in 1962 |
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1947 - 48 |
Sir Clifford M. Agarwalla
Patna |
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1948 - 49 |
U Ba Win Rangoon |
Dist. 53
EXTENT
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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).
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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
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1949 - 50 |
Dr. H. K. Mitra Jamshedpur |
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1950 - 51 |
Dr. R. K. Bube Jabalpur |
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1951 - 52 |
Dr. Lalit Sen Asansol |
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1952 - 53 |
Subodh C Chatterjee Rangoon |
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1953 - 54 |
Major Sudhir C. Dutta Calcutta |
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1954 - 55 |
Lawley Sen Patna |
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1955 - 56 |
S. M. Hossain Dacca |
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1956 - 57 |
G. Basu Calcutta |
District
325
EXTENT
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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.
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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.
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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
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1957 - 58 |
Raj Kishore Prasad Patna |
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1958 - 59 |
B. H. Engineer Dhanbad |
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1959 - 60 |
M. A. Raschid Rangoon |
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1960 - 61 |
S. N. Bhattacharya Patna |
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1961 - 62 |
Saral Deb Calcutta |
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1962 - 63 |
A. Rahim Khan Dacca |
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1963 - 64 |
Hemen Ganguly Ranchi |
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1964 - 65 |
C. R. Bose Gopalpur -on-Sea |
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1965 - 66 |
P. N. Mookherjee Jamshedpur |
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1966 - 67 |
K. N. Mookherjee Calcutta |
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1967 - 68 |
H. Mahapatra Patna |
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1968 - 69 |
Rajendra Singh Jabalpur |
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1969 - 70 |
Mihir Roy South West Calcutta |
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1970 |
Dr. K. C. Sarbadhikari
(expired 10-Oct-70) Calcutta |
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1970 - 71 |
P.N. Mookherjee (nominated by
R. I.) Calcutta |
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1970 - 71 |
A. F. M. Abdul Haq (nominated
by R.I.) Dacca |
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1971 - 72 |
K. N. Mookerjee (nominated by
R.I.) Calcutta |
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1972 - 73 |
Vijay S. Bhandari, Kharagpur |
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1973 |
Sisir Ghosh Calcutta (Expired
24-Oct-73) |
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1973 - 74 |
Vijay S. Bhandari (nominated
by R.I.) Kharagpur |
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1974 - 75 |
Motilal Gupta South West
Calcutta |
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1975 - 76 |
Iftekharul Alam Dacca |
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1976 - 77 |
Ramesh Chaudhury Gauhati |
Dist 329
EXTENT
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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
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1977 - 78 |
Probhat Kumar Sinha South
Calcutta |
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1978 - 79 |
M. C. Poddar S. W. Calcutta |
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1979 - 80 |
Dr. G. C. Sen Asansol |
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1980 - 81 |
M. Masihur Rahman Dacca |
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1981 - 82 |
Ajit Kr. Prasad Darjeeling |
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1982 - 83 |
Amiya Sankar Gupta East
Calcutta |
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1983 - 84 |
Om P. Oberoi Calcutta Midtow |
Reconstituted Dist. 329
EXTENT
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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
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1984 - 85 |
Dr. S. C. Nandy Calcutta |
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1985 - 86 |
A. K. Dutta Dum Dum |
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1986 - 87 |
K. K. Navada South Calcutta |
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1987 - 88 |
M. C. Tandon Dibrugarh |
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1988 - 89 |
Shyamal Datta Behala
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1989 - 90 |
Kamal Seth Calcutta Midtown
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Renamed
Dist. 3290
EXTENT
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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
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1990 - 91 |
Subimal Ghosh Calcutta |
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1991 - 92 |
Subimal Bhattacharya Dum Dum
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1992 - 93 |
K. Chandramohan Budge Budge
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1993 - 94 |
Amitava Bhattacharya Jadavpur
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1994 - 95 |
Amit Chandra Majumdar Salt
Lake City |
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1995 - 96 |
Aloke Chand Mitter East
Calcutta |
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1996 - 97 |
Tehmas Manekshaw Kathmandu
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1997 - 98 |
Anjan Kumar South Calcutta
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1998 - 99 |
Prabhat Krishna Rohatgi
Calcutta |
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1999 - 00 |
Shekhar Mehta Calcutta Burra
Bazar |
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2000 - 01 |
Ravi Sehgal Belur |
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2001 - 02 |
Siddhartha Sadhan Bose
Calcutta South West |
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2002 - 03 |
Amitava Mookerjee Calcutta
South East |
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2003 - 04 |
Raj Kumar Rajgaria Central
Calcutta |
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2004 - 05 |
Prabir Chakravarti, Calcutta |
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2005 - 06 |
Swapan Mukherjee, Narendrapur |
- Source: Rotary Calcutta Archives,
Dist 3290 India
Dr Dipak R. Sarbadhikari
23 November 2005
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