-
Guru Purnima
Hyderabad FUNCTION HALL Hightechcity, IndiaGuru Purnima, a festival that is dedicated explicitly to paying tributes to the Gurus (teachers) is being celebrated in India for thousands of years. Guru Purnima usually falls on the full moon day of Ashada month (typically the first full moon after the summer solstice) in Hindu calendar. In 2020, it is celebrated on 5th...
-
World Population Day
World Population Day is observed globally on 11th July every year. It is earmarked to create awareness among the public regarding population issues such as family planning, gender equality, poverty, maternal health and some others. In 1989, the Governing Council of the United Nations Development Programme recommended observing 11th July as World Population Day, a...
-
Malala Day
Malala Day is observed on 12th July every year in commemorating her efforts in advocating gender equality in education. The United Nations declared this day as Malala Day soon after her speech at the United Nations headquarters in 2013. Malala Yousafzai was born in a town called Mingora in Pakistan in 1997. Her father Ziauddin...
-
International Nelson Mandela Day
International Nelson Mandela Day is celebrated on 18 July annually. It is also called Mandela Day. The day is commemorated to honour Nelson Mandela and his efforts to put an end for racism in South Africa. The first Nelson Mandela Day was observed on 18 July 2009 on the eve of Mandela's birthday. However, the...
-
Friendship Day
The friendship day is celebrated to commemorate the value of friendship, a special relationship in everyone's life. It is celebrated across the world on different days. In India, it is celebrated on the first Sunday in August every year. And for 2020, it falls on 2nd August. The idea of celebrating friendship day was first...
-
Raksha Bandhan
Rakshabandhan, an incredible festival that is dedicated to honouring the relationship between brothers and sisters is specific to the Indian subcontinent. It exhibits bonding and caring in the relationship between a brother and a sister. Raksha Bandhan means "bond of protection" in Sanskrit. It is observed annually on "Sravana Purnima" as per Hindu lunar calendar,...
-
Hiroshima day
Hiroshima Day is commemorated on 6th August every year. It is remembered to promote peace over war and bring awareness about the threats of nuclear weapons. The year 2020 marks the 75th year in commemorating the lakhs of people who died in the atomic bombing in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. During World war-II (1939-45), Japan was...
-
Quit India Day
Quit India Day remembers the day on which the Quit India movement was launched to overthrow the British rule in India and commemorate those who participated in this movement. Mahatma Gandhi launched the Quit India movement on 8th August 1942 at the Bombay session of the All India Congress Committee (AICC). The protest was launched...
-
Janmashtami
Janmashtami is the birthday of Lord Krishna. It is celebrated all over India and a few places across the world by Hindu communities. The festival falls on the eighth day of the dark fortnight of the Sravan month of Hindu calendar. Generally, it is observed in August as per Gregorian Calendar. Krishna Janmashtami is also...
-
Independence Day
The Independence Day of India is observed on 15th August every year to commemorate the liberation of India from the British. It marks the celebrations of independence and pays tributes to those who martyred in achieving freedom for India. India obtained independence from the British on 15th August 1947 after a prolonged struggle for nearly...
10 events found.