IMPORTANT DAYS & THEME AUGUST 2021 01 Aug : | UPSC Notes EPFO Labour Law
IMPORTANT DAYS & THEME AUGUST 2021
01 Aug : Muslim Women’s Rights Day
01 Aug : World Lung Cancer Day
01 Aug : National Mountain Climbing Day
1-7 Aug : World Breastfeeding Week Theme 2021 : Protect Breastfeeding : A Shared Responsibility
06 Aug : Hiroshima Day 2021 marks the 76th anniversary of the world’s first atomic bombing Codenamed “Little Boy”
07 Aug : National Handloom Day 2021 marks the 7th National Handloom Day
08 Aug : Quit India Day (August Kranti Day) 2021 marks the 79th anniversary of Quit India Day
09 Aug : International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples (World Tribal Day) Theme 2021 : “Leaving no one behind: Indigenous peoples and the call for a new social contract.”
09 Aug : Nagasaki Day 2021 marks 76th anniversary of the Nagasaki bombing that took place on August 9, 1945 Codenamed “Fat Man”
10 Aug : International Biofuel Day (World Biofuel Day) Theme 2021 : Biofuels for a better environment
10 Aug : World Lion Day
12 Aug : International Youth Day Theme 2021 : Transforming Food Systems: Youth Innovation for Human and Planetary Health
12 Aug : World Elephant Day
13 Aug : International Lefthanders Day
13 Aug : World Organ Donation Day
14 Aug : ‘Partition Horrors Remembrance Day’ or ‘Vibhajan Vibhishika Smriti Diwas’
15 Aug : Independence Day India will observe its 75th Independence Day on August 15, 2021
19 Aug : World Humanitarian Day
19 Aug : World Photography Day Theme 2021 : #TheHumanRace : a global challenge for climate action in solidarity with people who need it the most
20 Aug : World Mosquito Day
20 Aug : Sadbhavana Diwas ( Birth anniversary of Rajiv Gandhi) August 20, 2021 marks the 77th birth anniversary of Rajiv Gandhi
19 - 25 Aug : Sanskrit Week
20 Aug : Akshay Urja Diwas (Renewable Energy Day)
21 Aug : World Senior Citizen Day
21 Aug : International Day of Remembrance and Tribute to the Victims of Terrorism
22 Aug : World Sanskrit Day 2021
22 Aug : International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief
23 Aug : International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition
24 Aug : World Gujarati day
23-27 Aug : World Water Week Theme 2021 : ‘Building Resilience Faster’
26 Aug : Women's Equality Day
29 Aug : National Sports Day The Occasion of the birth anniversary of hockey legend Major Dhyan Chand
29 Aug : International Day against Nuclear Tests
30 Aug : International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances
30 Aug : National Small Industry Day
31 Aug : International Day for People of African Descent
