On September 15, Engineers’ Day is celebrated consistently every year in India remembering the birthday of one of the best engineers in India so far and an extraordinary person Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya, famously known as Sir MV. Year 2018 will check the 50th commemoration of the Engineers Day in India and 157th birth commemoration of […]

हिन्दी दिवस प्रत्येक वर्ष १४ सितम्बर को मनाया जाता है। १४ सितम्बर १९४९ को संविधान सभा ने एक मत से यह निर्णय लिया कि हिन्दी ही भारत की राजभाषा होगी। इसी महत्वपूर्ण निर्णय के महत्व को प्रतिपादित करने तथा हिन्दी को हर क्षेत्र में प्रसारित करने के लिये राष्ट्रभाषा प्रचार समिति, वर्धा के अनुरोध पर वर्ष १९५३ से पूरे भारत में १४ सितम्बर को प्रतिवर्ष हिन्दी-दिवस […]

Ganesh Chaturthi (IAST: Ganesh Chaturthi), also known as Vinayaka Chaturthi (Vinayaka Chaturthi) or Vinayaka Chavithi (Vinayaka Chavithi) is the Hindu festival that reveres god Ganesha. A ten-day festival, it starts on the fourth day of Hindu luni-solar calendar month Bhadrapada, which typically falls in the months of August or September of the Gregorian calendar. The festival […]

World Anti-Suicide Day is an awareness day observed on 10 September every year, in order to provide worldwide commitment and action to prevent suicides, with various activities around the world since 2003. The International Association for Suicide Prevention (IASP), collaborates with the World Health Organization (WHO) and the World Federation for Mental Health (WFMH), to […]

Krishna Janmashtami (Devanagari कृष्ण जन्माष्टमी, IAST: Kṛṣṇa JanmāṣṭamÄ«), also known simply as Janmashtami or Gokulashtami, is an annual Hindu festival that celebrates the birth of Krishna, the eighth avatar of Vishnu. According to the Hindu lunisolar calendar, it is observed that the eighth day (Ashtami) of the Krishna Paksha (dark fortnight) in the month of […]

The 7th September is celebrated as “World Forgiveness Day”. This day is a day to forgive and be forgiven, Forgiveness Day is a chance to set things right. It is said that “Forgiveness offers the possibility of two types of peace: peace of mind — the potential healing of old emotional wounds, and peace with […]

Coconut day or Nariyal Purnima a ceremonial day observed by Hindu fishing communities in western India particularly around Mumbai and the Konkan coast. It is held on the full-moon day of the Hindu month of Shravan which falls around July or August. The ocean was worshipped with rice, flowers and coconuts as offerings. Another ceremony […]

The International Day of the Disappeared, on August 30 of each year, is a day created to draw attention to the fate of individuals imprisoned at places and under poor conditions unknown to their relatives and/or legal representatives. The impulse for the day came from the Latin American Federation of Associations for Relatives of Detained-Disappeared […]

September 8 was declared International Literacy Day by UNESCO on October 26, 1966 at 14th session of UNESCO’s General conference. It was celebrated for the first time in 1967. Its aim is to highlight the importance of literacy to individuals, communities and societies. Celebrations take place in several countries. The International Literacy Day was decided […]