Rotary District 3140

Rotary District 3140

The first meeting of Rotary in India was held on 26th September 1919 at Calcutta due to efforts of Rtn. R.J. Combes. The new club i.e. Rotary Club of Calcutta was chartered on 1st January 1920.

Rtn. James Davidson planted Rotary in Bombay as well as Madras (now Chennai) in 1929

The Rotary Club of Bombay was launched on 19th March 1929

Of the 38 charter members of the club in Bombay, 37 were non-Indians. The only Indian was Sir Phiroz Sethna, a legislative member, who later served as District Governor (1937-'38).

After Rotary Club of Bombay was chartered, Rotary movement grew in Gujarat, Maharashtra and nearby areas. It also grew in Other Indian States as well as in neighboring countries. Between 1929 till 1970, these clubs were structured in various zones & districts several times to accommodate the growth of Rotary movement worldwide.

Then, RI District 314 came into existence on 1st July 1970 with a membership of 1702 in 34 clubs.

Previously, the clubs currently in District 3140 were in the District 890, 920, 540 and 315 according to the dates on which they were admitted to Rotary International.

At its February 1982 meeting, the Board of Directors of Rotary International reorganised the Rotary Clubs in India according to the revenue districts. District 314 comprised the revenue districts of Akola, Amravati, Bhandara, Bombay, Buldhana, Chandrapur, Jalgaon, Nasik, Thane, Wardha and Yeotmal.

Effective 1st July 1990, RI District 314 was reorganised to comprise the revenue districts of only Bombay & Thane. There were sixty-three Rotary Clubs in this District.

Thereafter the District 314 was renamed as District 3140

As on December 2009, there are approximately 7000 Rotarians in 124 Clubs in District 3140.

District Theme
The distance is nothing; it is only the first step that is difficult

As Henry Ford Sr. once said, "None of our men are 'experts'. We have most unfortunately found it necessary to get rid of a man as soon as he thinks himself an expert because no one ever considers himself expert if he really knows his job.

A man who knows a job sees so much more to be done than he has done, that he is always pressing forward and never gives up an instant of thought to how good and how efficient he is. Thinking always ahead, thinking always of trying to do more, brings a state of mind in which nothing is impossible. The moment one gets into the 'expert' state of mind a great number of things become impossible."

The TEAM 09 knows that the rung of a ladder was never meant to rest upon, but only to hold a man's foot long enough to enable him to put the other somewhat higher.

The TEAM 09 have changed their attitude - simple & humble in approach.

They don't say that they don't have enough time. They know that they have exactly the same number of hours per day that were given to Helen Keller, Louis Pasteur, Michelangelo, Mother Teresa, Leonardo da Vinci, Thomas Jefferson and Albert Einstein! See Also
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