National Daughters Day in India
National Daughters Day in India is held on September 22. It is celebrated on the 4th Sunday of September every year. This event in the third decade of the month September is annual. Help us
While different parts of the world celebrate Daughters Day on different dates, in India it is always celebrated on the 4th Sunday of September. Daughters Day is, as the name clearly says, a day to celebrates indian daughters.
One shouldn't need a reason to celebrate children or justify a day put aside to celebrate the blessing of a daughter. However, many unjustly patriarchal societies still view female children as inferior to male ones. So governments of some countries, in an attempt to encourage equality, decided to add daughter's day as a nationally acknowledged festival. Every citizen is equal in front of the government and law and this thinking needed to be encouraged in the people.
Similar holidays and events, festivals and interesting facts
Sons and Daughters Day in Germany on August 11 (The Der Tag der Söhne und Töchter a family holiday and a good time to spend time together);
National Father–Daughter Day in the United States on October 13 (on the second Sunday of October);
Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day on January 5 (Sydney, Melbourne, and Brisbane);
World Daughter's Day on January 12 (an international initiative that arose from the National Daughter Day in India);
Wiener Töchtertag or Daughter's Day in Austria on April 25 (an annual event where girls can broaden their horizons in choosing a career. The initiative of a woman adviser, Catherine Gaal, in cooperation with the Vienna Economic Chamber and the Directorate of Education in Vienna);
Töchter-Tag or Daughter's Day in Hamburg, Germany on April 26 (The Youth Education Association became the initiator in Hamburg. The idea is to introduce girls to technical professions);
Rozhanitsy Day in Ukraine on September 21 (Celebrated for two days, September 8 and 21);
American Business Women's Day on September 22 (United States);
International Daughters' Day on September 22 (Celebrated on the fourth Sunday of September);