Important Days

01-Jan - English New Year, Army Medical Corps Establishment Day, Global family day, World Peace Day
04 Jan - World Braille Day
08-Jan - African National Congress Foundation Day  
09-Jan - Pravasi Bharatiya Divas NRI Day  
10-Jan - World Laughter Day, World Hindi Day  
11 Jan - Death anniversary of Lal Bahadur Shastri  
12Jan - National Youth Day (Birth Day of Swami Vivekanand)
13 Jan - Guru Gobind Singh Jayanti
15 Jan - Army Day (Field Marshall K.M. Cariappa took over the command of Army on this day in 1949 from the British), Pongal, Makar Sankranti
23 Jan - Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose's birth anniversary  
25 Jan - International Customs Duty Day, India Tourism Day, National Voters Day
26 Jan - Republic Day
28 Jan - Birth anniversary of Lala Lajpat Rai
30 Jan - Mahatma Gandhi's Martyrdom Day (Martyr's day)  

February is the second month of the year in our modern day Gregorian calendar and consists of 28 days. It is named after Latin word februum which means purification. February is the shortest month with only 28 days in common years and in leap years it has 29 days. The birth stone of February amethyst symbolises piety, humility, spiritual wisdom and sincerity.


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