Club History
Rotary Club of Bombay Mulund East came into being in 1986 and was given charter by Rotary International on 26th February, 1986.
Rotary Club of Bombay Mulund East is the brainchild of Rotary Club of Mulund. The members of the club initiated the idea of forming and sponsoring a new club in the East side of Mulund during 1984-85, when PP Vijay B. Divekar was the Governor's Special Representative (GSR) of the club. The survey work was carried out in 1984-85, but the spadework was still under way when the Rotary year 1984-85 came to an end.
Dr. L. R. Chandan, who was the President of the Mulund club during 1985-86 and his colleagues on the Board of Directors decided that they should not let the initiative and efforts go waste. They vigourously pursued the matter, for which purpose PP Vijay Divekar continued as GSR during 1985-86 also.
The survey work and quite a few informal meetings with prospective members for the proposed club were continued with renewed vigour and enthusiasm.
After spotting, selecting and discussing with sufficient number of prospective Rotarians, the Board of Directors under the president ship of Dr. Chandan forwarded the papers for sponsorship of a new club in Mulund East to the office of Rotary International at New Delhi in October 1985.
The club was formed after several fire-side meetings under the personal initiative and guidance of Dr. Chandan and was issued its charter by the Rotary International when Edward F. Cadman was its President. Since the club was chartered on the 26th February, 1986 which fell in the week during which the number of Rotary all over the world crossed the magic numbers of 1 million, Rotary Club of Bombay Mulund East was designated as "One Millionth Club" and each one of the club was presented with a specially prepared colourful badge by the Rotary International showing his name as member of the One Millionth membership club.
Our club has now completed 19 years of eventful services and projects.
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