World Heritage Day – 18th April Heritage Day is celebrated on the 18th of April to take up the issue of preserving the ancient Heritage. The heritage of a country is the depiction of its cultural properties. It plays a vital role in enabling the people to gain an accurate understanding of the history and culture of their country. It is thus imperative that cultural properties which are national properties are...

World Haemophilia Day – 17th April Haemophilia Day is celebrated all over the world by Haemophilia organizations. In India, Haemophilia Day is observed by the Haemophilia Federation of India. Haemophilia is an inherited, lifelong disorder that mainly affects men. In this disease, lack of certain proteins prevents blood clotting and the patient may bleed to death if medical help is not given. There is one necessary substance for blood clotting, called...

Safe Motherhood Day – 11th April Safe Motherhood Day is celebrated on the 11th of April as an awareness campaign about pregnancy and childbirth-related complications. The Government had declared April 11th, the birth anniversary of Kasturba Gandhi, as National Safe Motherhood Day. A rally was organised highlighting the importance of providing necessary medical and healthcare facilities to expecting mothers. The motto of the rally was “Save our mothers.” The Day 11th...

Valour Day – 9th April Valour day on 9th April is celebrated to commemorate the bravery of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF). On 9th April 1965, a small contingent of 2nd Battalion Central Reserve Police Force repulsed the Pakistani brigade-level attack at Sardar Post in Gujarat. Hence 9th April is observed as ‘Valour Day’ in the Force. This observance is a salute to those brave Jawans and 1308 heroes who...

World Health Day – 7th April World Health Day on the seventh of April is an awareness campaign in favour of healthy life, as health is wealth. A healthy, peaceful and satisfied person spreads peace in the society and helps the progress of a nation. On this very day of seventh April, the World Health Organisation (WHO) was established in the year 1948. The WHO aims to aid the attainment of...

Fool’s Day – 1st April You must have played pranks to people on 1st April. In fact, 1st April is considered as Fools Day in nearly all parts of the world. On this day, people play a practical joke to friends and neighbours by sending them mock gifts and inviting them on fake parties. Even foolish messages are sent or tricks are played into doing silly things to them. Have you...

Forest Day-27th March Forest Day is celebrated on the 27th of March every year to make people and planters aware about the uses of trees and its contribution to the environment. They not only provide fruits and wood and give beauty to our surroundings, but they work like green lungs cleansing our atmosphere. Vegetation or forest is produced as a result of sunshine, water and soil. India is very lucky to...

World T.B. Day – 24th March T.B. is a disease that affects people in their most productive years. It is caused by a special type of bacteria which affect different organs alongwith bones in animals and human beings. But lung T.B. is most common in human beings. Celebrities such as Kamala Nehru and Srinivasan Ramanujan fell victims to this dreaded disease. Different symptoms of TB are cough for more than three...