Important Days of the Month Aug-23
Day | Observed/Celebrated As | Motto/Importance |
Aug-1 | Yorkshire Day | To mark the anniversary of the Battle of Minden and the emancipation of slaves. |
Aug-6 | Hiroshima Day | To mark the anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki by the United States in 1945. |
Aug-8 | Quit India Movement Day | To mark the inception of the Quit India Movement on August 8, 1942. |
Aug-9 | Nagasaki Day | To pay tribute to the victims of the people who died when the US dropped an atomic bomb on Nagasaki city of Japan in 1945 during World War II |
Aug-12 | International Youth Day | Green Skills for Youth: Towards a Sustainable World |
Aug-13 | World Organ Donation Day | This day strives to motivate people to donate their healthy and precious organs after death to save lives. |
Aug-15 | Independence Day in India | To mark the end of British rule in 1947 and the establishment of a free and independent India. |
Aug-19 | World Photography Day | To mark the purchase of the patent for the Daguerreotype process by the French government and make it free to the world as a gift in 1839. |
Aug-20 | World Mosquito Day | This day commemorates Sir Ronald Ross’ 1897 discovery of the link between mosquitoes and malaria transmission |
Aug-20 | Sadbhavna Diwas | To mark the birth anniversary of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi. |
Aug-21 | World Senior Citizen Day | It’s a day to remember and celebrate the older persons and thank them for their contributions. |
Aug-23 | International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition | To honor men and women who revolted and paved the way for the end of slavery and dehumanization. |
Aug-26 | Women’s Equality Day | This act stopped the federal government and states from preventing people from the right to vote based on their sex. |
Aug-29 | National Sports Day | To commemorate the birth anniversary of hockey legend Major Dhyan Chand. |
Aug-30 | Small Industry Day | To provide balanced growth to existing small, medium, and large-scale enterprises to support and promote small industries |