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Sunday immediately following Holi.As per our constitution, the term for the President is fixed for two years. Election of thePresident takes place at the General Body meeting during Holi Milan, which is always unanimous.President then makes his team for two years. Area representatives are the backbone of theorganisation, as they are responsible for collecting annual subscription, welfare and all kinds ofinformation about the allotted families. Over a period of time, Lucknow has expanded considerablytherefore we have increased numbers of zones viz. River Bank Colony, Hazaratganj, Mahanagar,Indira Nagar, Vikas Nagar, Jankipuram, Aliganj, Rajendra Nagar, Thakurganj, Rajajipuram, ModelHouse, Ashiyana and Gomti Nagar. Each zone work under one or more vice presidents, this is theway our network works.We have made various committees viz. cultural, food, picnic, publication, awards & prizes,stage & decoration and sports under secretaries and joint secretaries. These committees take care oftheir respective duties under the knowledge & guidance of President & Secretary General . Time totime President holds meetings with Vice Presidents in their respective zones & also with differentcommittees as need be.Cultural Programme :- Since 1977 till today our Cultural Secretaries have worked hardwith total dedication and enthusiasm to glamourise Mathur Sabha Lucknow by organising culturalactivities during Diwali & Holi functions. Children, ladies and even male biradari members wereinvolved in the programme. Year after year our cultural programme became refined & professionallike, particularly vocal songs, dances, ballet and skits. Cultural prizes to the participants became atradition of the sabha along with the academic prizes given to the outstanding students of biradari.Directory :- Directory of Mathur Sabha Lucknow needs a special mention. In 1977, it wasdecided to have a comprehensive list of Mathur Biradari, so that annual collection work may becomeeasier. Sri B. K. Mathur was assigned the work of typing & cutting stencils & produced ten copies ofentire list. Next year Sri Prem Lal offered paper and printing charges for the regular directory. Therewere no advertisements. Only the names of Biradari members with their addresses and phonenumbers were printed. Dr. R. M. Mathur took over as Secretary Publication, who developed theproper shape to the Directory with alphabetic arrangement and advertisements. It used to be selfsufficientwith no burden on Mathur Sabha Lucknow. During earlier days, there use to be blockprinting and one had to sit in the press for corrections & recorrections day night so that Directorycould be distributed on time to all the biradari members. Of course now it has become moreglamorous by offset & computerised printing with colored photographs & attractive cover page.Spouse's name was also added alongwith the name of the member in the directory. The cyclostyled