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Born on 12 January 1863 at Kolkata, he represented Hinduism at the Parliament of the World's Religions in Chicago in 1893 and founded the Ramakrishna Mission in 1897; his birthday has been observed as National Youth Day since 1985.

Born on 25 December 1924, he served three terms as Prime Minister, and the day is observed as Good Governance Day; his memorial in Delhi is named Sadaiv Atal.

Gandhi was assassinated on 30 January 1948 at Birla House in Delhi, and the day is observed every year as Martyrs' Day, with two minutes of silence at eleven in the morning.

Known as the champion of the peasantry, he served as Prime Minister and his memorial in Delhi is named Kisan Ghat; his birthday, 23 December 1902, is observed across the country as Kisan Diwas or Farmers' Day.

Born on 5 September 1888, he was a philosopher and teacher before becoming the first Vice President and the second President of India, and when his students wished to celebrate his birthday he asked that it be kept as Teachers' Day instead.

Chaitya Bhoomi, at Dadar on the sea front in Mumbai, is the place where Dr. B. R. Ambedkar was cremated after his death on 6 December 1956, and his followers gather there in lakhs on Mahaparinirvan Diwas.

Shakti Sthal, the place of power, is the samadhi of Indira Gandhi, who was assassinated on 31 October 1984, and Vir Bhumi, the land of the brave, is the samadhi of Rajiv Gandhi, who was assassinated on 21 May 1991, a day now observed as Anti-Terrorism Day.

Patel was born on 31 October 1875 and, as the first Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister, brought the princely states into the Indian Union, which is why his birthday is observed as National Unity Day; the Statue of Unity at Kevadia in Gujarat, 182 metres high, was inaugurated on…

Shastri, the second Prime Minister of India, died at Tashkent on 11 January 1966, a day after signing the Tashkent Declaration with Pakistan, and his samadhi in Delhi is named Vijay Ghat after the victory of 1965.

The chief architect of the Indian Constitution died on 6 December 1956, and the day is observed as Mahaparinirvan Diwas, a Buddhist term for the final release, since he had embraced Buddhism shortly before his death.

Nehru was born on 14 November 1889 and was affectionately called Chacha Nehru by children, so his birth anniversary is observed as Children's Day in India, with programmes in schools across the country.

Shanti Van, meaning the forest of peace, is the memorial on the bank of the Yamuna where the first Prime Minister of India was cremated after his death on 27 May 1964.

Gandhi gave the famous call of Do or Die on 8 August 1942 at the Gowalia Tank maidan in Bombay, the day the All India Congress Committee passed the Quit India resolution.

Genghis Khan led the Mongols into Transoxiana in 1219, the campaign that destroyed the Khwarazmian empire. The war began after the governor of Otrar killed Mongol traders and the Shah of Khwarazm, Ala-ud-din Muhammad, put Genghis Khan’s envoys to death.

Alexander the Great died in 323 BCE at Babylon, aged about thirty-two, on his way back from the Indian campaign.

The Ministry of Home Affairs issued a notification in 2024 declaring 25 June as Samvidhaan Hatya Diwas, to pay tribute to those who suffered during the Emergency, which was proclaimed on 25 June 1975 and withdrawn on 21 March 1977.

It therefore predates 2014.

The initiative offers recognised startups tax benefits, easier compliance and funding support, and it is run by the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade.

The day was announced in 2021 to remember the suffering, violence and displacement that accompanied the Partition of 1947, and it falls on the eve of Independence Day.

With it India became the fourth country to land on the Moon and the first to land in that polar region, and the landing site was named Shiv Shakti Point.