Children's Day (India)

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Children' s Day
Observed by	India
Type	National
Significance	To increase awareness of the rights, care and education of children
Date	14 November
Next time	14 November 2021 (2021-11-14)
Frequency	Annual

Origami Competition for school children organised to mark the Children's Day (Bal Diwas), Delhi, 14 November 2004

Children's Day is celebrated across India to increase awareness of the rights, care and education of children.^[1][2] It is celebrated on 14 November every year as a tribute to the birthday of India's First Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru. Known as Chacha Nehru among children, Nehru advocated for children to have all-rounded education that would build a better society in the future.^[3] Nehru considered children as real strength of a nation and foundation of society.^[4] On this day, many educational and motivational programs are held across India for children.

The celebration of Children's Day in India dates back to 1956. Prior to the death of Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru, India celebrated Children's Day on 20 November (the date observed as Universal Children's Day by the United Nations). After the death of Jawaharlal Nehru, his birth anniversary was chosen to be celebrated as Children's Day in India. A resolution was passed in the parliament to give a befitting farewell to the first Prime Minister of India.^[5][6][7][8]

Nehru and Children[]

Jawaharlal Nehru had immense hope and confidence in the children of India because they "can play together wihtout [sic?] thinking of differences".^[9] He established Children's Film Society India in 1955 so that Indian children could see themselves represented. He enabled the establishment of some very prominent educational institutions in India. It was his vision that led to the establishment of AIIMS for medicine, the IITs for engineering and the IIMs for management studies. Nehru's legacy continues to educate the children of India. He is known to have said, "The children of today will make the India of tomorrow. The way we bring them up will determine the future of the country."^[10] This philosophy is expressed in the letters written by him to Indira Gandhi, his daughter, when she was a young girl. The letters were also published as books. Letters from a Father to His Daughter (1929) and Glimpses of World History (1934) have gained fame as children’s non-fiction because, as Deepa Agarwal writes, "any child can respond to their warm, affectionate tone and his lucid and spontaneous style. The wealth of information woven into them and his unique approach to historical facts is an added bonus... communicating humanist values".^[11] children have lot of fun activities on this day, ranging from wonderful morning assemblies to dance party'. Children are the centre of attraction during this day and many schools throw a party on this day to make children feel special.^{[citation needed]}

Google Doodle[]

In November 2018, Google's doodle on Children's Day was designed to depict a child looking at a sky dotted with stars with a telescope. Crafted by a student from Mumbai, the design had won the 2018 ‘Doodle 4 Google’ competition in India for her fascination with space exploration.^[12]

In 2018, after Narendra Modi became the Prime Minister, sixty BJP MPs have requested him to designate 26 December as the new Children's Day in India.^[13]

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