Happy Friendship Day 2023: The festival of friendship is being celebrated today, know what is the history and importance of Friendship Day

Posted on 5th Aug 2023 by rohit kumar

Friendship Day 2023: Friendship is the valuable wealth of a person's life. It is such a relationship, which keeps people connected without any selfishness and discrimination. Friendship Day is celebrated every year to celebrate this relationship of friendship. This day is specially celebrated to explain the importance of friendship. However, people often have confusion about this. Actually, in many places, it is celebrated on 30 July, while in some countries it is celebrated on the first Sunday of August.

 

In such a situation, there is a question in the mind of the people when this day is being celebrated. If you are also looking for the answer to this question, then today in this article we will tell you on which day Friendship Day is celebrated in India. Let's know-

 

 

When is International Friendship Day?

This day is celebrated on different dates in different countries. In fact, in many countries where friendship is celebrated on the first Sunday of August, it is celebrated internationally on 30 July. Talking about the history of this day, for the first time in the year 1958, it was proposed to celebrate this day in Paraguay. Later, considering this proposal, the United Nations declared 30 July as International Friendship Day and since then International Friendship Day has been celebrated in many countries on 30 July every year.

 

When is Friendship Day in India?

However, there are some countries where Friendship Day is celebrated on the first Sunday of August instead of 30 July. The name of India is also included in these countries. Apart from India, Friendship Day is also celebrated on the first Sunday of August in countries like Malaysia, the United States of America (USA), the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and Bangladesh.

 

Importance and Theme of Friendship Day

This day is specially dedicated to friends and their friendship. This day is celebrated to celebrate friendship and explain the importance of friends in people's lives. This day tells how our life is incomplete without a friend and the importance of friends in our life. On the other hand, talking about this year's theme, then the theme for Friendship Day 2023 has been fixed as "Sharing the Human Spirit Through Friendship".

 

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