About Rotary 3050
District 3050 is on western part of India in
Rotary Zone 4a.Comparatively a big district having 158 clubs and about 6628
Rotarians. District is second largest in our zone. It covers northern part of
Gujarat, Rajasthan & part of Madhya Pradesh, which has population of about
102500000, 44 Revenue districts, and 580301 Square Kilometer area, with the
farthest distance from one end to other being 1600 kilometers. The cities like
Ahmedabad, Gandhinagar, Bhuj, Mehsana, Palanpur, Patan, Mount Abu, Jaisalmer,
Jodhpur, Bikaner, Ajmer, Jaipur, Chittorgarh, Kota, Udaipur, and Gwalior are
in the district. All these cities are famous tourist destinations.
The people in this part of the world are a hardy and resilient lot and have
traditionally excelled in trade and commerce. The fine arts of music, painting,
sculpture and architecture of this region are much sought after and emulated
across cultures. By religion mostly they are Hindu Jains.
The devastating earthquake on 26th January 2001 hit many cities & towns of our
district, the epicenter was near Bhuj. Rotary Foundation’s 3 H Grant has built
many schools in that area.
Our district has a distinct urban & rural cultural combination which reflects
the developed and developing aspect of our country.
The first club of the district was self formed club way back in 1936 and that is
R. C. Ahmedabad, since than our district has never looked back in terms of no of
clubs and membership.