Sitting :-Rtn. Chaman Swany, Rtn. Inder singh Oberoi (Chartered Member), Rtn.F. Storba (Chartered Member),Rtn. Col .Kulwant Rai (Charter President)
 

This is an attempt to cherish the heritage of our Rotary Club of Faridabad . It came into existence in the year 1954 when Faridabad New Industrial Town (NIT) was a newborn township. NIT was designed and conceived to rehabilitate Bannu refugees from Pakistan. Industrial Area was created to give employment to the people rehabilitated there. Delhi used to be far a far off place then. Apart from few long distance trains , a morning and another evening bus helped the commuting. Industry was offered cheap land and power to come and start enterprise near Delhi. Quite a number of industries came into the area and depend on Delhi. The industrialists and executives were few and needed a common platform to socialize, know the community around and work with them.
 

It is informed that Sh. Bhargwa an old Rotarian from Amritsar of the Bhargwa Glass initiated the move to Rotary Club of Faridabad in 1954-55. That was the early industrialization period and there was much to learn, train and develop. People who could be counted easily and in need of friends joined to form the Rotary Club of Faridabad.
 

The administrator COL. KULWANT RAI was the CHARTER PRESIDENT.
 

In the year 1955 , on 14^TH August the club was given its charter by Rotary International which was handed over to the club by the District Governor Rtn. S.P.Virmani . the continuation of freedom struggle , the partition of the country and the ideals of building the new society were guiding forces then. Though Delhi is still there without having moved an inch nearer to Faridabad , the atmosphere, the scenario , the minds , the expansion of both places have changed by pushing out the memories of old days. The growth of Delhi along Mathura road and continuation of Faridabad without a gap has reduced this along distances to an overlap. Population in India has grown from about less than 40 crores to over 100 crores .
 

A club is nothing more than its membership. The beginning as has been pointed out was the desire of friendship, good fellowship and development of cozy relation. The Rotary Founder Paul Harris had similar urge. Some of the senior Rotarians are still the symbol of old days but slowly the toll of time is claiming them due to various reasons. In 2000 the active and last charter member Rtn. P.P Balasundaram left for his heavenly abode .
 

When this club was formed, then the Rotary District had clubs beyond the India Pakistan Border. It extends in East to Varanasi and Srinagar In North. There used be District Assemblies and conferences as far as Srinagar, Mussoorie, Manali, Deharadun, Nainital and many other places in plains of UP, Punjab, Delhi and Haryana .
 

Some of the community programs taken up included plantation of trees along the roads, eye operation camps, Scholarship for technical studies, sewing machine for poor ladies, blood donation camps, uniforms & books to poor students, awards to class iv employees to recognize their services, polio plus camps, donation to SOS children’s village, employment to blind person, building rooms in schools/ hospitals. Medical check up camps, family planning camps, immunization against Hepatitis, Establishing Thalessmia ward, donation of cash and kind to areas hit by natural calamities. The list is endless.
 

Apart from this the club established and is still running ROTARY PUBLIC SCHOOL as an ongoing project. The land was acquired from HUDA and building has come up in stages with efforts of donation by Rotarians. The school has strength of over 250 students. Additional classes for poor and underprivileged students are being held in the same premises with cooperation of ngo PRAYAS.
 

In the past fifty years some of the eminent personalities were called to address the club meetings including Shri Morarji Desai, Minoomasani, Balraj Madhok, Speakers from FORD FOUNDATION, many ambassadors, eminent journalist like Kuldeep Nayyar, students from Delhi University Foreign Student hostel, labor leaders, Doctors etc. The club is continuously contributing towards the Rotary Foundation. Our club has hosted number of GSE teams.
 

One district conference was held in Faridabad in the MCF Auditorium when RTN. Satya Paul was the president. Our Club is the third oldest club in the dist. 3010. Happily the club had been able to give three District Governors – RTN. M.L. MANCHANDA , RTN.H.D.S. MALHOTRA & RTN. M.L. BIDANI. Interact club was set up as early as 19963-64 at the Govt.Boys High Senior Secondary School. Presently the club has an interact club running at GEETA BAL NIKETAN SCHOOL, NIT FARIDABAD.
 

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