Literacy Day – 8th September International Literacy Day is celebrated on 8th Sept. every year to make aware and highlight the importance of literacy in human life. As milk is to a child, literacy is to person. It empowers the individual as literacy is our window to the world. Literacy is not just about reading and writing but about knowledge of opportunities for changing lives. It is all about the lifelong...

Teacher’s Day – 5th Sep. Teacher’s Day is celebrated on the birth anniversary of Dr. Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan, the former President of India and an illustrious teacher. He was a great philosopher and a nobleman. On this day, we remember him as a combination of personal commitment and wisdom. Let us strive to install a sense of higher values and impart knowledge to those who seek it. The teaching profession is indeed...

Navy Day – 4th September December 4th is celebrated as Navy Day every year in commemoration of the winning glory of the Navy during the Indo-Pak war. The 1971 war with Pakistan was the biggest wartime operation of the Indian Navy in which every ship, aircraft and submarine took part in the war which were available at that time. During the Indo-Pak battle, the Indian Navy had lost only one ship....

World Yoga Day – 2nd September World Yoga Day is celebrated on 2nd September every year to recollect and make people aware of the science and art of yoga and its importance in human life. ‘Yoga’ means to unite, unite with the Supreme Lord through meditation and action. Yoga Day is celebrated on 2nd September on the eve of the birth anniversary of the great Indian philosopher and exponent of yoga,...

World Coconut Day – 2nd September September 2 is observed as World Coconut Day to make people understand that this crop has a vital role in poverty reduction. There is one organisation called ‘Asian and Pacific Coconut Community’, headquartered in Jakarta. This organisation of Coconut is associated with research and work of different aspects of the coconut. Coconut is associated with the socio-economic aspects of millions of people, who directly and...

Independence Day – 15th Aug. 15th August is celebrated as Independence Day of India, our country. On this very special day, India got its precious freedom from the bondage of the British Empire. Independence Day is the result of the end of the endless struggle of the freedom movement. This Independent movement took its positive turn on the appearance of Mahatma Gandhi to the political scene. Gandhiji instilled a patriotic sense...

Quit India Day – 9th August Quit India Day is celebrated on 9th August every year to commemorate the famous ‘Quit India’ resolution which was moved by Jawaharlal Nehru and passed by an overwhelming majority in 1942. Ultimately this resolution got mass Indian strength to struggle for freedom movement and India got its freedom on 15th August 1947. The quit India resolution was a long and comprehensive one, which gave a...

Hiroshima Day – 6th August  International Peace Day is observed on the 6th of August which is synonymous with Hiroshima Day. This is a very special day as in the morning of August 6th, 1945, brought terror for the people of Hiroshima and Nagasaki due to dropping of bomb during the Second World War. The world woke up to the terrors of the holocaust with the destruction of the two Japanese...