Days and Dates important

Important Days and Dates:

India’s Republic Day: 26^th January

World Kidney Day: 2^nd Thursday of March

Consumer Rights Day: 14^th March Helpline: 1800 11 4000; Chennai No 2859 2828

World Water’s day: 22^nd March

Martyr’s Day: 23^rd March Patriot Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev were hanged in 1940

March 24, 1998: A Tornado (violently rotating columns of air) sweeps through Dantan (District Midnapore in WB) killing over 250 people and injuring 3000.

World’s Theatre’s day: 27^th March

Rajasthan’s Foundation Day: 30^th March (1950)

World Women Day: 8^th April

Earth Day: 22^nd April

Mother’s day: 8^th May

International Nurses Day: 12^th May

International Museum Day: 18^th May

International Hepatitis Day: 19^th May

World Environment Day: 5^th June

India’s Independence Day: 15^th August

Teachers’ Day: 5^th September

UN Day: 24^th September

World Elder’s Day: 1^st October

World Food day: 16^th October

National Education Day: 11^th November (Maulana Azad’s birthday)

Children’s Day: 14^th November

World AIDS Day: 1^st December (Red Ribbon Express RRE). Special campaign train for making awareness about HIV/AIDS in the country, presently there are around 184000 AIDS afflicted persons in the country.