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World Vegetarian Day is observed annually around the planet on October 1. It is a day of celebration established by the North American Vegetarian Society in 1977 and endorsed by the International Vegetarian Union in 1978, “To promote the joy, compassion and life-enhancing possibilities of vegetarianism.” It brings awareness to the ethical, environmental, health, and humanitarian benefits of a vegetarian …

Hindi Diwas is celebrated across the country at 14th of September every year to remember the historic occasion of the Hindi. It was started celebrating as a हिंदी दिवस as Hindi written in Devanagari script was approved as an official language by the Constituent Assembly at 14th of September in the year 1949. Hindi Diwas: 14 September This day is …

World No Smoking Day Quiz For Students: World No Tobacco Day was first introduced by the World Health Organization to be celebrated as a most recognized event all over the world in order to make people easily get aware of all the problems and health complications occurred by the tobacco chewing or smoking to prevent all the health hazards to …

Mothers Day became a legal public holiday in USA in 1914, largely as the result of the efforts of Miss Anna Jarvis, of Philadelphia, USA. On May 8 of that year President Wilson approved a joint resolution of Congress providing that “the second Sunday in May shall hereafter be designated and known as Mothers Day”. Mothers Day in India 2023: May …

रेडक्रॉस एक अंतर्राष्ट्रीय संस्था है जिसका प्रमुख उद्देश्य रोगियों, घायलों तथा युद्धकालीन बंदियों की देख-रेख करना है। रेडक्रॉस अभियान को जन्म देने वाले महान मानवता प्रेमी जीन हैनरी डयूनेन्ट (Jean Henri Dunant) का जन्म 08 मई, 1828 को हुआ था। उनके जन्म दिवस को विश्व रेडक्रॉस दिवस के रूप में पूरे विश्व में मनाया जाता है। विश्व रेडक्रॉस दिवस को …

World Laughter Day (WLD) is observed on the first Sunday of May. The World Laughter Day came into existence in 1998; the day was introduced by Dr. Madan Kataria, the founder of the worldwide Laughter Yoga Movement. WLD was first celebrated on 11 January, 1998 in Mumbai, India. It is well said that the strongest and most powerful emotion of …

Labour Day Information: Labour Day / May Day, the first day of the month of May is celebrated all over India as a spring fertility festival to honour goddess spring. The day also commemorates the “International Workers’ Day” which has a historic significance. It is also a day of political protests. May Day is otherwise observed as a saint’s feast …

World TB Day is celebrated every year by the people all across the world at international level on 24th March. It is celebrated to raise the common public awareness about the epidemic disease of tuberculosis as well as get their efforts in order to totally eradicate this disease. As around 1.7 million of the people are dying of this disease every …

World meteorological day is celebrated all across the world by the member states meteorological organizations every year on 23rd March. It is an annual event being commemorated yearly by the almost 191 meteorological organization members worldwide as well as the worldwide meteorological communities using a particular chosen theme of the year in order to commemorate the establishment of the World …

The International Meatless Day is celebrated on November 25 every year across the globe. It is also known as the International Vegetarian Day. This day is special in the sense that it marks the birth of Sadhu T.L. Vaswani, who was a great Indian educationist and began the Mira movement for the upliftment of Indian education system. He had also …