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ABOUT ROTARY CLUB ALIGARH LOCK CITY

The club was charted on 8th Feb. 2006 under the leadership of  RFSM Rtn. Atul Agrawal. With a zeal to serve the community and the society, the club was charted with only 20 members and on the day of charter presentation(4th April 2006) another five members were inducted in the club. The salient feature of the club is its vocational avenue where the members are from different vocations and all members are young and dynamic with an average age of 30years.The presence of only three past Rotarians was another feature in the cap.

Since charter the club has been a pioneer in the service. In the first year, the club organized a major Polio Corrective Surgery and Rehabilitations Camp at Aligarh under the aegis of Rotary foundation and Notional Polio pulse committee which was continued for 2nd year also. In both Camp more than 165 patients were operated and around 200 polio affected children were rehabilitated. the club has been working in all avenues for Rotary cause and had been honored with R.I Presidential Citation every year since Charter.

Besides the dream project to establish a world class blood bank at Aligarh. The club member take an active part in Polio eradication program of Rotary at Club and  District level. The club has been working in Muslim's slums area, where the majority of community is illiterate and has very poor hygienic conditions, since last so many years. Every year to foster the International friendship and fellowship the club host the GSE Team, visiting Rotarian from other countries, mainly from USA, Canada, South Africa etc etc..


At Club level we have four Paul Harris Fellow and two RFSM. In the first year the club has made a US $100.00 contribution to the Rotary Foundation and this year we will double everything. 
 
ABOUT ALIGARH


Aligarh
is the city in Aligarh district in the northern Indian State of Uttar Pradesh.Aligarh is mostly known as University town where the famous Aligarh Muslim University is located.

Aligarh was known by earlier name of kol or koil before 18th century.

In 1875, Sir Syed Ahmad Khan founded the Muhammad Anglo Oriental College in Aligarh and Patterned the college after Oxford and Cambridge Universities. Later became Aligarh Muslim University in 1920.

Aligarh is located as 27.88deg N 78.08deg E. The main language spoken in Aligarh are Hindi, English and Urdu.

Aligarh is famous as an Industrial city. It is also known as Tala Nagri (Lock city of India)

 
 
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