International

One of the first tasks of the Directors of Lions International was to divide the U.S.A. into Districts for their organization and administration, and to appoint a District Governor over each. In the first sectioning, there were nine districts, nationwide. Some parts of the country-where there were no Lions Clubs- had no districts at all. The first nine districts were created right along with the Association of Lions Clubs on June 7, 1917.

Lionism spread rapidly, to even include states not attached to any district, and in   some areas the number of Lions Clubs was too great for any one Governor to handle. In 1921 our entire nation was redivided into seventeen districts   and subsequently renumbered. The   original (1917) plan had the districts numbered geographically   from the Pacific coast,   with ascending numbers eastward. But in 1921 the district numbering revision set Illinois as the Lion's "Home District"   and numbered Illinois as District #1. Since then, numbers were granted on the basis of a region's membership ranking. 

In general, the  districts  are  organized  along national,  state and provincial lines.   Where  warranted by  the number  of clubs  and  Lions, districts can be broken down into  sub-districts.  This happened in  India  too, where in four multiples districts were bifurcated into smaller districts.  In this case, the  original  district is  called a multiple district. In India first 2 lions Clubs were chartered Mumbai & Delhi. At that time it  was   called  Dist 304 for India,  Burma &  Ceylon.   In the year 1959  Dist 304 was   bifurcated  in  four districts,      Dist 304N, Dist304S, Dist304W & Dist304E, Indicating north South East & West part of India.  Again in   the year 1974  the District converted into Multiple District as MD321, MD322, MD 323 & MD 324. MD 322 had originally 2 sub District.  In the year 1979-80 District 322C was formed  and  it  was  redistricted in the year 1991-92 322C1 & 322C2. I n the year 1999-2000 Dist 322C1 was again  redistricted   into 322C1 and Dist 322C3. The oldest Lions club in Dist 322C1 is Tribeni Lions Club came into  existence in the year 1968.