List of Important Days in August 2018

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Here are the Important Days observed in the Month of August 2018. Remember that some important days are observed on different days each year.

Date

 Day

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01 August Earth Overshoot Day  
01 August – 07 August World Breast Feeding Week  
06 August Hiroshima Day, Anti-Nuclear Day  
07 August National Handloom Day  
09 August Quit India Day 76th Anniversary. Also called Kranti Diwas or August Kranti Diwas
09 August International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples Theme 2018 – ‘Indigenous peoples’ migration and movement’
09 August Nagasaki Day  
10 August World Bio Fuel Day  
12 August International Youth Day Theme 2018 – ‘Safe space for Youth’
12 August World Elephant Day  
15 August India’s Independence Day 72nd Independence Day
19 August World Photography Day  
19 August Humanitarian Day  
20 August World Mosquito Day  
21 August World Senior Citizen Day  
21 August International Day of Remembrance and Tribute to the Victims of Terrorism  
23 August International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition  
29 August National Sports Day To mark the birthday of the hockey player Dhyan Chand
30 August Small Industry Day  
30 August International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances  

 

 

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