A
Part of Our History of Rotary in
INDIA.
Prepared by the district and not verified
by Rotary Global History
There was no Rotary district in India till 1931 and the geographical
jurisdiction was termed as" Provisional District A" in 1931-32.
This provisional District 'A' covered the regions of India. Burma
and Ceylon. This continued till 1936 when it was regularly
constituted as district 89.
District 89 comprised of four geographical regions viz. Afghanistan,
Burma, Ceylon and India.
In the year 1938 the District 89 was bifurcated into two districts
viz. Districts 88 and 89.
District 88 covered the geographical regions of Afghanistan, Burma
and the whole of Northern India; District 89 retained Southern India
and Ceylon.
Thereafter there was periodical bifurcations such as 91, 54 and 55
before District 320 was formed in the year 1958.
District 320 covered the southern part of India and Ceylon. District
320 ceded some portions of Mysore and Andhra to create district 317.
During 1970 district 320 was further bifurcated into two districts
320 and 321 and the latter covered the clubs in the revenue
districts of Trichy and southwards in Tamil Nadu,
The Clubs in the revenue district of Kottayam and south of Kottaym
in Kerala and all the clubs in Ceylon.
When the district 321 was formed on the first of July 1970 it had
only 33 clubs and R.I. doubled the District form 6 to 12.
Soon district 321 had registered an impressive record of growth
within the span of 13 years and further bifurcation was very much
needed.
During 1983 84 district 321 was bifurcated into two districts viz.
321 and 322, the former covering the revenue districts of Ramand,
Pasumpon, Kamaraj, Chidambaranar, Tirunelveli Kattabomman and
Kanayakumari in Tamil Nadu and Trivandrum, Kollam, Alleppey,
Kottayam, Pathanamthitta.
The Districts in Kerala and latter retained the remaining revenue
districts viz Madurai, Trichy, Pudukottai in Tamil Nadu and all the
clubs in Ceylon.
When the district 3210 was formed on the first of July 1984, it had
only45 clubs.
In the year 1991-92 our District was numbered as 3210.
In the Year 2007 - 2008 , the district gets bifurcated into 3211 &
3212.
With 3211 having all the revenue Dist of Kerala and 3212 having all
the revenue Dist of Tamilnadu
