By Rotary staff
To celebrate India’s milestone achievement of three years without polio, Rotary clubs illuminated landmarks and iconic structures throughout the country with polio-free messages. See the gallery above.
News coverage of the milestone largely mentioned Rotary’s role, including:
- Newsweek India’s Polio Legacy
- TIME In 2009, Half the World’s Polio Cases Were in India: Today, There Are None
- Wall Street Journal India Manages to Free Itself of Polio
- The Canadian Press Once expected to be polio’s last stand, India now polio-free for three years
- The Guardian 1.2 billion reasons to celebrate: India set to be polio-free
- India Ink Blog (New York Times) A Conversation With: Deepak Kapur, Chairman of India National PolioPlus Committee
- National Geographic News How India Beat Polio
- Popular Science With India On Board, Southeast Asia Could Soon Be Declared Polio-Free
- Voice of America India Reaches Polio-Free Milestone
- BBC News How India managed to defeat polio
- The Telegraph Landmark moment as India to be declared ‘polio-free’
- Agence France Presse (AFP) India defeats polio, global eradication efforts advance
Rotary Voices 
Congratulations to India, this is a phenomenal achievement.
Rotary has been one of the key players in helping to eradicate this devastating disease in India. I am enormously proud Rotary has contributed to this significant achievement
Roz Scammell
President Bournemouth Rotary Club
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Congratulations India. I wear my “End Polio Now” pin every day. I am a polio survivor from 1948. So happy for the children of your country. Now the fight must continue for the last three countries. My memoir “All The Steps I Have Taken” shares my Journey with polio. Order it from Inspiring Voices.
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Who do we contact to find out how to illuminate a landmark here in District 7300 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania?
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I’m proud to be a Rotarian!
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