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Children's Day in India

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Children’s Day is celebrated on 14th November to mark the birth anniversary of the first prime minister of India, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru. In Hindi Children’s Day is also known as ‘Bal Din’. Find out the reason behind the celebrations of Children’s Day.

Since 1954, Children’s Day is celebrated every year on November 20th. But Children’s Day is observed on the 14th November every year in India, to mark the birth anniversary of the first prime minister of India, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru. Pandit Nehru was extremely fond of children and his vision was to improve the future of the kids of this nation so that the country can have a better future tomorrow. This had been his dream and therefore, his birthday is celebrated as Children’s Day to commemorate his liking for children and remembering the nation’s duty towards ensuring the desired living conditions and a better future for our kids. This day is to renew our pledge to work towards the fulfillment of the goal of better kids, for a better tomorrow.

What is Children’s Day All About?

As mentioned earlier, Pandit Nehru’s birthday is celebrated as Children’s Day since 1963 in India. Apart from renewing the pledge to safeguard and prepare the future of our kids, this day also commemorates the determination of a leader who had laid the foundation of a nascent nation into a formidable world power today. Pandit Nehru was immensely fond of children. If you look at all his photographs in the archives, you find that most of them are with children, where either he is greeting them with a smile or listening intently to them. It is apparent that he always enjoyed the company of children. There is also a story that a child had once pinned a rose on his jacket, and since then he had developed this custom of wearing one always.

How is Children’s Day Celebrated?

This is how Children’s Day is celebrated in India.

Organisations Celebrating Children’s Day

Every school celebrate Children’s Day with cultural programmes and fests. Most of them are in fact organised and managed by children. Then there are cultural and corporate institutions that organise competitions for children and this is the day when kids are pampered and restrictions and rules in the schools are relaxed so that the children can engage in some fun.

Children’s Day Activities

Children naturally look forward to this day when they can participate in song and dance, elocutions, skits and other cultural activities, debates and quizzes. They observe this day when they are treated to a movie or lunch and they can have a great day out. Then in most schools, teachers also get together to present a surprise program for their students. They present a song or dance sequence, a play or a dramatic skit much to the joy of the students who have always seen their teachers in a serious mood.

Finally, one can say that children are the source of joy to human lives. They are perhaps most joyous creations of God and they spread happiness through their angelic presence. Their innocence permeates into our lives and lights it up with the radiance of sheer joy. As we enter the adult stage, there are various reasons that make our lives complicated and children perhaps remind us, how life can be led simplistically and with joy. Children’s Day is thus an occasion to remind us what we can choose to be in order to lead a happy and peaceful life. Alternatively, this can also be considered as an occasion to celebrate and remind us of our responsibilities towards our children and other’s children, who are the future of our nation and society at large, and how far we are bothered or proactive in fulfilling them.




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suhana
suhana.11 years ago
ya they are the precious stone ... i luv my kids and i am glad that there is this special day called as children's day which is specially celebrated for children..
 
 
 
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salman
salman.11 years ago
children are the best gift god could give to any parents..
 
 
 
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In India children' s day is celebrated on 14th Nov. This day is the celebrated to commemorate the birth anniversary of Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru. In other countries, the dates may vary. ...
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