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Children's Day is celebrated in India to raise awareness about the rights, education, and welfare of children. It is celebrated on 14 November every year on the birthday of the first prime minister of India Jawaharlal Nehru , who was known to have been fond of children.
also: India: People: Children. Subcategories. This category has the following 7 subcategories, out of 7 total. A. Indian child activists (3 P) Indian child actors (4 ...
Times of India reported that 'since 2001, child marriage rates in India have fallen by 46% between 2005 and 2009. [50] Jharkhand is the state with highest child marriage rates in India (14.1%), while Kerala is the only state where child marriage rates have increased in recent years.
Gandhi's children and grandchildren live in India and other countries. Grandson Rajmohan Gandhi is a professor in Illinois and an author of Gandhi's biography titled Mohandas, [369] while another, Tarun Gandhi, has authored several authoritative books on his grandfather.
The children of prime ministers of India have been the subject of widespread public attention. There are 41 children of former prime ministers of India. [citation needed] Several of the children of former prime ministers have entered politics. Two have become prime ministers themselves, Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi.
Child labour free zones have been promoted in India: a child labour free zone (CLFZ) is "a defined area, such as a village or a plantation, where everyone is convinced that 'No child should be working, every child should be in school!' [81] The concept was introduced in 1992 by an Indian organisation, the Mamidipudi Venkatarangaiya Foundation ...
The Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar (lit. ' Prime Minister's National Award for Children '), [2] formerly called the National Child Award for Exceptional Achievement, is India’s highest civilian honour for children, [3] [4] awarded annually by the Ministry of Women and Child Development.
According to the French surgeon Serge Aroles, the case of Amala and Kamala is the most scandalous swindle concerning feral children. In his book L'Enigme des enfants-loup (Enigma of the Wolf-Children, 2007), Aroles describes his research of the case. He scrutinised archives and formerly unknown sources and concludes: