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"Tryst with Destiny" was an English-language speech by Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of India, to the Indian Constituent Assembly in the Parliament House, on the eve of India's Independence, towards midnight on 14 August 1947. The speech spoke on the aspects that transcended Indian history.
Earth Day is an annual event on April 22 to demonstrate support for environmental protection.First held on April 22, 1970, it now includes a wide range of events coordinated globally by EARTHDAY.ORG (formerly Earth Day Network) [1] including 1 billion people in more than 193 countries.
Partition Horrors Remembrance Day (Hindi: Vibhajan Vibhishika Smriti Diwas) is an annual national memorial day observed on 14 August in India, commemorating the victims and sufferings of people during the 1947 partition of India. [2] It was first observed in 2021, after announcement by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. [3]
Celebrate Earth Day 2024 with these inspiring sayings about honoring nature and the environment. Share famous quotes from world leaders, activists and writers.
A college student in a gas mask "smells" a magnolia blossom during the first Earth Day on April 22, 1970 in New York City. Credit - AP. M ore than 8 billion people inhabit Earth, and soon a ...
A 2015 study estimated that there are roughly 3 trillion trees on earth, give or take a few million. Since there are around 8 billion people currently living on the planet, the math boils down to ...
Earth Days is a 2009 documentary film about the history of the environmental movement in the United States, directed by Robert Stone and distributed by Zeitgeist Films in theaters. Earth Days premiered at the 2009 Wisconsin Film Festival , and released to theatres on August 14, 2009.
The first Earth Day (April 22, 1970) had participants and celebrants in two thousand colleges and universities, about ten thousand primary and secondary schools, and hundreds of communities. [14] It is believed that some 20 million demonstrators participated. [15] [16] In 2009, the story of Earth Day was told in the film Earth Days [17] which ...