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Hindu harvest festival dedicated to Sun God Surya, celebrated in North and East India on the sixth day of the month of Kartika October – November: Karva Chauth: Floating Hindu festival celebrated by women to pray for the longevity of their husbands, observed on the fourth day after the full moon in the month of Kartika
World Habitat Day: First Monday of October World Animal Day: October 4 National Badger Day [141] [142] [143] October 6 World Octopus Day [144] [145] [146] October 8 Energy Efficiency Day [147] First Wednesday in October International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction: October 13 International E-Waste Day [148] [149] [150] October 14 ...
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Gandhi Jayanti is a national holiday in India, celebrated annually on 2 October to honour the birth of Mahatma Gandhi, one of the key leaders of the Indian independence movement and a pioneer of the philosophy and strategy of nonviolence.
12 October – Former Maharashtra state minister Baba Siddique is shot dead in Mumbai. [171] 14 October – India recalls its high commissioner to Canada Sanjay Kumar Verma in retaliation to Ottawa placing him and other Indian diplomats under investigation over the murder of Canadian national and Sikh separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar in 2023. [172]
The Union of India is a federal union made up of 28 states and 8 union territories. India achieved independence from British rule on 15 August 1947 and became a republic on 26 January 1950. Many states celebrate a state day to mark its formation, statehood, reorganisation or other associated events while some like Assam and Bengal celebrate it ...
October 15 has been declared International Day of Rural Women on the official website of the United Nations. [1] If the United Nations is to make an official announcement on any given day, it must be requested to the General Assembly by one member state and then discussed and voted on. [1] A. P. J. Abdul Kalam on a 2015 stamp of India