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...

World Meteorological Day – 23rd March World Meteorological Day is the day to highlight the importance of weather forming processes and weather forecasts. For this reason, a world Meteorological organisation was established on 23rd March. 1950. Its headquarters are in Geneva. Meteorology is the scientific study of the Earth’s atmosphere. Many phenomena take place in the atmosphere, which is very important for our living. These phenomena are the formation of rain,...

Optometry Day – 23rd March World Optometry Day is celebrated on 23rd march every year in different ways. Indian Optometric Association (IOA), Members of Eye Care and Non-Government Organisation (VIEW), all join hands for the cause of eye care to raise awareness about the eyes. They formed a human chain shaping an eye in five cities of India, Mumbai, Kolkata, Hyderabad, Chandigarh, and New Delhi. The eye is one of the...

World Water Day – 22nd March World Water Day is celebrated on 22nd March every year to make an awareness among masses about the importance of water in the living world. Every human being requires water for survival. A person on an average requires 150 to 200 liters of water per day for carrying out his individual and domestic needs. In fact, water is a boon for humanity. The first evaluation...

Elimination of Racial Discrimination Day – 21st March Elimination of Racial Discrimination Day is observed on the March 21st every year. March 21st is the anniversary day, when more than seventy peaceful demonstrators against apartheid were killed and over one hundred and eighty were injured in the South. Africa in 1960. In the year 1966, the United Nations General Assembly declared March 21st as the International Day for the Elimination of...

Social Empowerment Memorial Day – 20th March Social Empowerment Memorial Day is celebrated on the 20th of March as Bharat Ratna, Baba Saheb Dr. Bhim Rao Ambedkar had given a new direction to social justice to secure equality in 1927. He started a public campaign to give the right to all to use the water of Chaudar Tank in Mahad, (Kolaba). According to Dr. Ambedkar, “It is not that if we...