History of Rotary India

Here is a piece of history.

Rotary officially began in India on January 1, 1920. From then on, until 1948, which is just after India became a Free Country, 69 Rotary clubs were chartered, whose names are as under, in the chronological order.

Hereunder, is the list…


Club NameYear
Calcutta1920
Bombay1929
Madras1929
Etah1930
Meerut1930
Amritsar1933
Bangalore1934
Ahmedabad1936
Baroda1936
Jamshedpur1936
Poona1936
Sholapur1936
Lucknow1937
Surat1937
Cochin1937
Asansol1938
Madurai1938
Rajkot1938
Delhi1939
Agra1939
Salem1939
Jabalpur1939
Dehradun1940
Dharwad1940
Bhopal1941
Mithapur1941
Belgaum1941
Nilgiris1941
Visakhapatnam 1942
Coimbatore1943
Patna1943
Navsari1943
Kakinada1943
Vijayawada1943
Bhuj1943
Kanpur1943
Patiala1943
Allahabad1943
Kolhapur1943
Tinnevely1943
Nagpur1944
Bharuch1944
Satara1944
Mysore1944
Bhavnagar1944
Guntur1945
Cuttack1946
Dhanbad1946
Akola1946
Nasik1946
Rutlam1946
Moradabad1946
Faizabad1946
Gadag1946
Indore1946
Jaipur1946
Gorakhpur1946
Tuticorin1946
Godhra1947
Gwalior1947
Palanpur1947
Nadiad1947
Ambala1947
Mussoorie1947
Lucknow1947
Ahmednagar1947
Hubli1947
Howrah1947
Vellore1948