Important Days and Theme – June 21

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Important Days and Theme – June 21

World Hydrography Day:

• June 21 is observed on 21 June. It was adopted by the International Hydrographic Organization.
• In 2005 the IHO adopted the concept of a World Hydrography Day.
• It was accepted by the United Nations General Assembly in Resolution A/RES/60/30 Oceans and the law of the sea.
• The date chosen for World Hydrography Day is the anniversary of the founding of the International Hydrographic Organization.
• World Hydrography Day 2020 theme is “hydrography enabling autonomous technologies”.

International Day of Yoga:

• Since 2015, International Day of Yoga has been celebrated on June 21 every year.
• The first proposal of International Day of Yoga was done by the Indian Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), on 27 September 2014.
• The Date June 21 was proposed for the reason the longest day of the year in the mass northern hemisphere (shortest in the southern hemisphere).
• In 2015 Reserve Bank of India issued a 10 rupees commemorative coin to mark the International Day of Yoga.
• International Day of Yoga 2020 Theme – “Yoga for Health – Yoga at Home”.

Father’s Day in India:

• In India, father’s Day is observed on the third Sunday of June in India, this year Father’s Day is celebrated on June 21, 2020.
• The first Father’s Day was celebrated June 19, 1910, in Spokane, Washington.
• In America, Father’s Day was founded by Sonora Smart Dodd,
• She was the daughter of American Civil War veteran William Jackson Smart and was responsible for the founding of Father’s Day.
• In 1966, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed a presidential proclamation declaring the third Sunday of June as Father’s Day.
• In 1972, President Nixon established a permanent national observance of Father’s Day to be held on the 3rd Sunday of June each year.

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