Hug Day

Hug Day (February 12) is celebrated on the sixth day of the Valentine's Week and comes two days before Valentine's Day. On this day, people express their love and affection for their partner with an intimate hug.

Hugging can not only release your stress, unburden your heart but also fill you with warmth and positivity.

Charles Freer Andrews Birth Anniversary

 

Charles Freer Andrews, born on 12 February 1871, was a priest of the Church of England. A Christian missionary, educator and social reformer in India, he became a close friend of Rabindranath Tagore and Mahatma Gandhi and identified with the cause of India's independence. He was instrumental in convincing Gandhi to return to India from South Africa, where Gandhi had been a leading light in the Indian civil rights struggle.

Abraham Lincoln Birth Anniversary

 

Abraham Lincoln, born on 12 February 1809, was an American statesman and lawyer who served as the 16th president of the United States (1861–1865) and died in office upon his assassination. Lincoln led the nation through its greatest moral, constitutional, and political crisis in the bloody American Civil War. He preserved the Union, abolished slavery, strengthened the federal government, and modernized the U.S. economy.

Charles Darwin Birth Anniversary

 

Charles Darwin, born on 12 February 1809, was an English naturalist, geologist and biologist, best known for his contributions to the science of evolution. His proposition that all species of life have descended over time from common ancestors is now widely accepted, and considered a foundational concept in science. In a joint publication with Alfred Russel Wallace, he introduced his scientific theory that this branching pattern of evolution resulted from a process that he called natural selection, in which the struggle for existence has a similar effect to the artificial selection involved in selective breeding. Darwin has been described as one of the most influential figures in human history, and he was honoured by burial in Westminster Abbey.

Dayanand Saraswati Birth Anniversary

 

Dayanand Saraswati, born on 12 February 1824, was an Indian philosopher, social leader and founder of the Arya Samaj, a reform movement of the Vedic dharma. He was the first to give the call for Swaraj as "India for Indians" in 1876, a call later taken up by Lokmanya Tilak. Denouncing the idolatry and ritualistic worship prevalent in British India at the time, he worked towards reviving Vedic ideologies. Subsequently, the philosopher and President of India, S. Radhakrishnan called him one of the "makers of Modern India", as did Sri Aurobindo.