Holidays in August 2024

Bank Holidays in August

• 1 August - World Lung Cancer Day: Every year 1 August is celebrated as World Lung Cancer Day across the world. This special day is celebrated to spread awareness about this deadly disease among the people. Lung cancer is one of the most common in the world. 

• 1 August - World Wide Web Day: The day is celebrated in honor of people’s ability to freely browse information using the web. The Web is a tool that billions of people around the world use every moment to interact with the internet, a global system of interconnected computer systems.

• 3 August - National Watermelon Day: It’s all about celebrating this delicious and tasty fruit. Watermelon is a type of fruit that is enjoyed all over the world

• 4 August - International Beer Day: Beer is considered less harmful to health than other types of alcohol. This day is celebrated every year on the first Friday of the month of August. Celebrating International Beer Day started from Santa Cruz, America. 

• 6 August - Hiroshima Day: Hiroshima day is observed every year on 6 August to promote peace politics and raise awareness about the effects of the bomb attack on Hiroshima . The city of Hiroshima was attacked with a nuclear weapon, killing thousands of people instantly, on August 6,1945. 78th anniversary of the atomic bombing of a Japanese city.

• 6 August - Friendship Day: It is said in this year 1935, an American man committed suicide on the first sunday of August. After which, as soon as his friend got information about the incident, he also committed suicide. Seeing this love among friends, the American government decided to celebrate Friendship Day on the first Sunday of August.

• 9 August - Quit India Movement Day: After the failure of the Cripps Mission, Mahatma Gandhi decided to launch this third major movement against British rule. The call ‘British Quit India’ was given at the Bombay session of the All India Congress Committee in Mumbai on the evening 8 August, 1942.

• 9 August - Nagasaki Day: Nagasaki Day is celebrated every year on 9 August to promote peace politics and raise awareness in the world about the effects of the bomb attack in Nagasaki.

• 10 August - World Lion Day: World Lion Day is celebrated every year on 10 August to raise awareness about the conservation of lions and their habitats. It was first organized by Big Cat Rescue in the year 2013.

• 10 August - World Biofuel Day: To promote this, World Biofuel Day is celebrated every year on 10 August. August 10 was chosen as world Biofuel Day because on this day Sir Rudolph Diesel successfully experimented with the production of vegetable oil. He succeeded in running an engine with peanut oil.

• 12 August - International Youth Day: On 17 December 1999, the United Nation General Assembly endorsed the recommendation made by the World Conference of Ministers Responsible for Youth and International Youth day was established. Since then this day is used to educate society.

• 12 August - World Elephant Day: World Elephant Day, celebrated globally on 2 August, is a special celebration that aims to raise awareness about the major challenges facing elephants and work towards their protection and conservation.

• 15 August - Independence Day: It reminds every Indian of a new beginning. On this day , a new era was marked by freedom from the clutches of British colonialism for more than 200 years. 15 August1947 was that fateful day when India was declared independent from British colonialism and the reins of control was handed over to the leaders of the country.

• 19 August - World Photography Day: Celebrating World Photography Day Started in France in 1837. This was the year which is considered the beginning of photography.

• 23 August - ISRO Day: ISRO was earlier known as Indian National Committee for Space Research, which was founded by Dr. Vikram A. It was established by the Government of India in 1962 on the vision of Sarabhai. ISRO was formed on August 15, 1969 and replaced INCOSPAR with an expanded role of harness space technology.

• 26 August - International Dog Day: Which was started by Colleen Paige in the year 2004. The purpose of celebrating this day is to encourage people to respect these four legged animals, take care of them and adopt them.

• 26 August - Mother Teresa Day: Mother Teresa was a messenger of peace to the world. Till the end of her life, she remained engaged in serving the poor and sick people. His  death anniversary is celebrated as International Charity Day. Mother Teresa’s death anniversary is celebrated as International Charity Day.

• 29 August - National Sports Day: The journey of celebrating National Sports day started 29 August,2012. When it was decided to dedicate this date to the players. The date of 29th August was chosen because the great hockey player major Dhayan Chand was born on this day.