Current Affairs 14th November 2013

Children's Day Celebration Across India on 14 November

-- a day dedicated to children --

• On every 14th November, India Celebrates The Children's Day.
• It is an event to celebrate childhood and promote awareness about children's welfare across the world.
• On 14 November 2013,INDIA Celebrates Children's Day with the birthday of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru (November 14, 1889 - May 27, 1964), first Prime Minister of India after Independence, and so is observed in a grand way.
• This celebration is to show respect for Jawaharlal Nehru for his affection towards children.
• In 1954, the United Nations has recognized November 20 as Universal Children's Day to create attentiveness on the commitment on the development of children and ensure a better future.

Dates around the world

• The officially recognized date of Children's Day varies from country to country. The dates are mentioned below ...

  Occurrence	Dates	Country
  January 11		Tunisia
  Second Saturday of January	Jan 14, 2012 Jan 12, 2013 Jan 11, 2014	Thailand
  First Sunday of March	Apr 4, 2012 Apr 3, 2013 Apr 2, 2014	New Zealand
  March 17		Bangladesh
  April 4		Hong Kong  Republic of China
  April 5		Palestine
  April 12		Bolivia  Haiti
  Last Saturday of April[11]	Apr 28, 2012 Apr 27, 2013 Apr 26, 2014	Colombia
  April 23		Turkey
  April 24		Zambia
  April 30		Mexico
  May 5		Japan  South Korea
  Second Sunday of May	May 13, 2012 May 12, 2013 May 11, 2014	Spain
  May 10		Maldives
  May 17		Norway
  May 27		Nigeria
  Fourth Sunday of May	May 27, 2012 May 26, 2013 May 25, 2014	Hungary
  June 1		Albania  Angola  Armenia  Azerbaijan  Belarus  Benin  Bulgaria  Bosnia and Herzegovina	People's Republic of China  Cambodia  Czech Republic  East Timor  Ecuador  Estonia  Ethiopia  Ecuador  Georgia	Guinea-Bissau  Kazakhstan  Kosovo  Kyrgyzstan  Laos  Latvia  Lithuania  Macedonia  Macau	Moldova  Mongolia  Montenegro  Mozambique  Myanmar  Nicaragua  Poland	Portugal  Romania  Russia  São Tomé and Príncipe  Serbia  Slovakia  Slovenia	Tajikistan  Tanzania Turkmenistan  Ukraine  Uzbekistan  Vietnam  Yemen
  June 2		North Korea
  Second Sunday of June	Jun 10, 2012 Jun 9, 2013 Jun 8, 2014	United States of America
  July 1		Pakistan
  Third Sunday of July	Jul 15, 2012 Jul 21, 2013 Jul 20, 2014	Cuba  Panama  Venezuela
  July 23		Indonesia
  July 24		Vanuatu
  First Sunday of August	Aug 5, 2012 Aug 4, 2013 Aug 3, 2014	Uruguay
  August 16		Paraguay
  Third Sunday of August	Aug 19, 2012 Aug 18, 2013 Aug 17, 2014	Argentina  Peru
  September 9		Costa Rica
  September 10		Honduras
  September 20		Germany
  October 1		El Salvador  Guatemala  Sri Lanka
  First Friday of October	Oct 5, 2012 Oct 4, 2013 Oct 3, 2014	Singapore
  First Wednesday of October (Children’s Day recognition and assignation) Second Sunday of August (Children’s Day observance)	Oct 3, 2012 Oct 2, 2013 Oct 1, 2014	Chile
  October 8		Iran
  October 12		Brazil
  Fourth Saturday of October	Oct 27, 2012 Oct 26, 2013 Oct 25, 2014	Australia  Malaysia
  First Saturday of November	Nov 3, 2012 Nov 2, 2013 Nov 1, 2014	South Africa
  November 11		Croatia
  November 14		India
  November 20		Canada  Egypt  Finland  Ireland				Israel  Philippines  Sweden  Trinidad and Tobago
  December 23		South Sudan  Sudan
  December 25		Congo  Congo DR  Cameroon				Equatorial Guinea  Gabon  Chad  Central African Republic