Important Days & Dates Quiz: Important Days in January and February

The Government of India chose his birth anniversary for National Youth Day because his writings and speeches were addressed above all to the young, and his address at the Parliament of Religions in Chicago in 1893 remains the best known moment of his life.

On that date in 1949, Field Marshal K. M. Cariappa took over as the first Indian Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Army from the last British officer to hold the post, and the day marks the passing of command into Indian hands.

Wetlands listed for protection under the treaty are called Ramsar sites, and the name of the town has become the name of the agreement.

C. V. Raman announced his discovery of the scattering of light that carries his name on 28 February 1928, and he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for it in 1930.

The day was declared by UNESCO to promote linguistic and cultural diversity and to protect languages that are dying out, and the date recalls the language movement in Dhaka in 1952, in which students were killed while demanding recognition for Bengali.

National Voters' Day has been observed on that date since 2011, and it is used mainly to enrol young citizens who have just become eligible to vote.

The Government of India gave the day the name Parakram Diwas, meaning the day of valour, in recognition of his leadership of the Indian National Army and his call for complete independence.

Blinded in an accident as a child, he devised the system of raised dots that allows blind and partially sighted people to read and write by touch, and the system carries his name.

The day is observed across the country with two minutes of silence, and it is the best known of the several dates called Martyrs' Day in India.

She was called the Nightingale of India for her poetry, presided over the Indian National Congress and became the first woman to hold the office of Governor of an Indian province after independence, so her birthday is observed as National Women's Day.

The date was chosen because Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi returned to India from South Africa on 9 January 1915, and his return is treated as the most significant homecoming of an Indian from abroad.

The day is observed by the indirect tax administration to mark the occasion and to encourage honest collection of duty, and it is a standard question in papers that include a section on the economy and administration.