Rotary Allahabad Midtown. one of the renowned clubs of Prayagraj was formed forty three years back in the year 1980. One is filled with tremendous sense of achievement and accomplishment on looking back at 43 years of its fruitful existence.Rotary Allahabad Midtown came into being through the inspiration, guidance and efforts of PDG. Late Rtn Manohar lal Jaiswal. The Charter President of the club was Rtn. Dr. Vinod Anand and the Charter secretary was Rtn Raj Kamal Agarwal who gave strong eddifice and a direction to the organization and laid fine traditions to be followed by future successors.
Very early in the life of our club we tasted the resounding success of organising an Intercity meet. Surely and firmly, this club carved out a niche and established itself as one of the best small clubs (under 50) in the year 1984-85. It also hosted District Conference in 1995. in terms of fellowship also , our club has achieved a great distinction. The club today can look upon with pride and satisfaction overv what it has achieved and still more ambitious goals set before it. A retrospection would refresh happy memories on innumerable activities and events that have made a significant impact and also promoted friendship on national and international level.In terms of fellowship too, our club has achieved a great distinction. The membership of our club is still considered exclusive. Started as a small club, the emphasis has consistently been on quality membership which at 140 active members and 3 honorary members today stands tallest among all Rotary clubs in Prayagraj.
Our club has partcipated in various Rotary programs like Paul Harris Fellow, Literacy, Scholarship, Group Study Exchange with pride and distinction. Numerous free health check up camps, adoption of schools, plantation drives with geo-tagging, providing healthy food and necessary items to needy, construction of toilets, are held year after year at different places. Along with this , we have always had leading personalities from different aspects of life for interactive sessions and meetings with our members. We have had the privilege of having amongst us Padmashri Amitabh Bachchan, Shri Sunil Dutt, Nawab Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi, Shri Mahendra Kapoor, Shri Shatrughan Sinha, Ms. Jaya Prada etc. These are few noteworthy names, the list could run endlessly.
Our club has the proud distinction of having given two excellent PDGs Rtn Satpal Gulati & Rtn Pradeep Mukherjee whose services and contributions to the Rotary World and the society at large are unparallel.
Rotary Allahabad Midtown has sponsored 3 Rotary Clubs namely Rotary Allahabad Pride (now inoperative), Rotary Allahabad Grand and Rotary allahabad Royals. We have also sponsored Rotaract and Interact clubs namely Rotaract Allahabad Midtown (now inoperative), Rotaract Allahabad LDC, Rotaract Allahabad United, Interact Club of Sanskar International, Interact Club Ganga Gurukulam etc.
The spirit of rotary pervades the general personality of each and every member, thereby, greatly enriching the rewards from their pursuit in life. Midtowners believe in ideals of Rotary with sincerety and conviction and follow the spirit of Rotary with faith and enthusiasm.