🎯 List of Important Days and Dates
2020 👇👇👇👇
✅ January 1: Global Family Day
✅ January 4: World Braille Day
✅ January 9: NRI Day (Pravasi Bhartiya Diwas)
✅ January 10: World Hindi Day
✅ January 12: National Youth Day,
✅ January 13: Lohri Day
✅ January 14-15: Makar Sankranti
✅ January 15: Army day
✅ January 23: Netaji Subash Chandra Bose Jayanti
✅ January 25: National Voters day, National Tourism Day
✅ January 26: India’s Republic Day, International Customs Day
✅ January 27: International Day of Commemoration
✅ January 30: Martyrs’ Day
✅ February 2: World Wetlands Day
✅ February 4: World Cancer Day
✅ February 10: National De-worming Day
✅ February 11: International Day of Women and Girls in Science
✅ February 12: National Productivity Day
✅ February 13: World Radio Day, National Women's Day (Birth Date of Sarojini Naidu)
✅ February 14: Valentine Day
✅ February 21: International Mother Language Day
✅ February 28: National Science Day
✅ March 8: International Women’s Day
✅ March 12: World Kidney Day
✅ March 21: World Forestry Day; World Down Syndrome Day; World Poetry Day
✅ March 22: World Day for Water, Bihar Day
✅ March 24: World TB Day
✅ April 7: World Health Day
✅ April 10: World Homeopathy Day
✅ April 17: World Haemophilia Day
✅ April 18: World Heritage Day
✅April 19: World Liver Day
✅ April 21: Secretaries’ Day; Civil Services Day
✅ April 22: Earth Day
✅ April 23: World Book and Copyright Day
✅ April 24: National Panchayati Day
✅ April 25: World Malaria Day
✅ April 29: International Dance Day
✅ May 1: Workers’ Day
✅ May 7: World Athletics Day
✅ May 8: World Red Cross Day; World Thalassaemia Day
✅ May 11: National Technology Day
✅ May 12: International Nurses Day
✅ May 15: International Day of the Family
✅ May 17: World Telecommunication Day; World Hypertension Day
✅ May 18: World AIDS Vaccine Day; International Museum Day
✅ May 21: National Anti-Terrorism Day
✅ May 22: International Day for Biological Diversity
✅ May 24: Commonwealth Day
✅ May 31: Anti-tobacco Day
✅ June 1: World Milk Day
✅ June 3: World Bicycle Day
✅ June 5: World Environment Day
✅ June 12: Anti-Child Labor Day
✅ July 1: Doctor’s Day
✅ July 11: World Population Day
✅ August 6: Hiroshima Day
✅ August 9: Quit India Day, Nagasaki Day, IntI. Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples
✅ August 15: Indian Independence Day
✅ August 29: National Sports Day
✅ September 5: Teachers’ Day
✅ September 8: International Literacy Day
✅ September 14: Hindi Diwas
✅ September 15: Engineers’ Day
✅ September 16: World Ozone Day
✅ September 29: World Heart Day
✅ October 2: Gandhi Jayanthi
✅ October 8: Indian Air Force Day
✅ October 9: World Post Office Day
✅ October 11: National Girl Child Day
✅ October 16: World Food Day
✅ October 31: National Unity Day
✅ November 14: Children’s Day; Diabetes Day
✅ December 1: World AIDS Day
✅ December 2: National Pollution Control
✅ December 3: World Day of the Handicapped
✅ December 4: Indian Navy Day
✅ December 7: Indian Armed Forces Flag Day
✅ December 10: Human Rights Day;
✅ December 11: International Mountain Day
✅ December 14: World Energy Conservation Day
✅ December 16: Vijay Diwas
✅ December 22: National Mathematics Day
✅ December 23: Kisan Divas (Farmer’s Day) (India)
✅ December 24: National Consumers Day
✅ December 25: Christmas Day
78th anniversary of Quit India movement was observed on August 8th, 2020.
- Every year 8 August is celebrated in India as August Kranti Din.
What is Quit India Movement? Why was it launched?
- The Second World War had started in 1939 and Japan, which was part of the Axis Powers that were opposed to the British in the war were gaining onto the north-eastern frontiers of India.
- The British had abandoned their territories in South-East Asia and had left their population in the lurch. This act did not garner much faith among the Indian population who had doubts about the British ability to defend India against Axis aggression.
- Gandhi also believed that if the British left India, Japan would not have enough reason to invade India.
- Apart from hearing news about British setbacks in the war, the war-time difficulties such as high prices of essential commodities fostered resentment against the British government.
- The failure of the Cripps Mission to guarantee any kind of a constitutional remedy to India’s problems also led to the INC calling for a mass civil disobedience movement.
After the failure of the Cripps Mission, Gandhiji gave the call “Do or Die”’ in his speech delivered at the Gowalia Tank Maidan.
The quit India resolution stated the provisions of the movement as:
- An immediate end to British rule over India.
- Declaration of the commitment of free India to defend itself against all kinds of imperialism and fascism.
- Formation of a provisional government of India after British withdrawal.
- Sanctioning a civil disobedience movement against British rule.
Gandhi’s instructions to various sections of the public:
- Government servants: do not resign your job but proclaim loyalty to the INC.
- Soldiers: be with the army but refrain from firing on compatriots.
- Peasants: pay the agreed-upon rent if the landlords/Zamindars are anti-government; if they are pro-government, do not pay the rent.
- Students: can leave studies if they are confident enough.
- Princes: support the people and accept the sovereignty of them.
- People of the princely states:support the ruler only if he is anti-government; declare themselves as part of the Indian nation.
Impact of the movement:
- Several national leaders like Mahatma Gandhi, Abdul Kalam Azad, Jawaharlal Nehru and Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel were arrested.
- The Congress was declared an unlawful association, leaders were arrested and its offices all over the country were raided and their funds were frozen.
- The first half of the movement was peaceful with demonstrations and processions. The peaceful protest was carried till Mahatma Gandhi’s release.
- The second half of the movement was violent with raids and setting fire at post offices, government buildings and railway stations. Lord Linlithgow adopted the policy of violence.
- The Viceroy’s Council of Muslims, Communist Party and Americans supported Britishers.
Some of the drawbacks were:
- Use of violent methods by the volunteers and participants.
The movement was crushed in a relatively short period of time by the British.
Lack of leadership did not lead to well-coordinated guidance and progress of the movement, with the intensity restricted to a few pockets. - Some parties did not support the movement. There was opposition from the Muslim League, the Communist Party of India (the government revoked the ban on the party then) and the Hindu Mahasabha.
- Meanwhile, Subhas Chandra Bose, organised the Indian National Army and the Azad Hind government from outside the country.
- As, C Rajagopalachari was not in favour of complete independence he resigned from the INC.
Conclusion:
Quit India Movement was a watershed movement in the sense, that it prepared the ground for future politics in India. It is in the Quit India Movement that freedom struggle was owned by ’We the People’ who fought for India’s freedom.
Insta Facts:
- Aruna Asaf Alipopularly known as the ‘Grand Old Lady’ of the Independence Movement is known for hoisting the Indian flag at the Gowalia Tank Maidan in Mumbai during the Quit India Movement.
- Female leaders like Usha Mehta has helped set up an underground radio station which led to the awakening about the movement.
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