The YMCA Movement originally began in post-Industrial England of 19th century in London in the drapery establishment of M/s Hitchcock and Rodgers in which a young apprentice of 21, George Williams, took the initiative in organizing Bible classes in his bedroom in the nature of a mutual edification of the society which brought in a cohesive group of 12 of his co-workers from equal number of denominations of t he christian church to form the Young Men’s Christian Association on June 6, 1844. The National Council of YMCAs of India was formed in Madras on February 21, 1891 through the initiative of David McConaughy. The headquarters shifted to Calcutta in May, 1902. In 1964 it shifted to New Delhi, its present location.
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| All-India Inter-YMCA Table-Tennis Tournament, Kolkata,November 25-27, 2011 |  |
| National Workshop on Gender & Ecology, Port Blair, February 23-27, 2012 |  |
XXXIIIrd National Triennial Convention, June 8-10, 2012, Visakhapatnam.
