Children's Day in Bangladesh

Children’s Day in Bangladesh is celebrated on March 17 as a tribute to the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman who was born on this day in 1920 in Tungipara of Gopalganj.

Since 2009, the day has been celebrated throughout Bangladesh by engaging youth and creating awareness about children’s rights.

Bangabandhu had made the primary education free for students in Bangladesh, while made the secondary education free for girls. With a view to protecting the rights of children, Bangabandhu enacted the children law in 1974, even much before 1989 when the United Nations took such an initiative. 

Kalpana Chawla's Birth Anniversary

 

Kalpana Chawla, born on 17 March 1962, was an Indian-born American astronaut and aerospace engineer who was who was the first woman of Indian origin to fly to space. She first flew on Space Shuttle Columbia in 1997 as a mission specialist and primary robot arm operator aboard STS-87.

Chawla's second flight was on STS-107, the final flight of Columbia, in 2003. She was one of the seven crew members who died in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster when the spacecraft disintegrated during its re-entry into the Earth's atmosphere on 1 February 2003. Chawla was posthumously awarded the Congressional Space Medal of Honor, and several streets, universities, and institutions have been named in her honor.

Saint Patrick's Day

 

Saint Patrick’s Day, celebrated on March 17 is the feast day of Saint Patrick, patron saint of Ireland. Born in Roman Britain in the late 4th century, he was kidnapped at the age of 16 and taken to Ireland as a slave. He escaped but returned about 432 CE to convert the Irish to Christianity. By the time of his death on March 17, 461, he had established monasteries, churches, and schools. Many legends grew around him—for example, that he drove the snakes out of Ireland and used the shamrock to explain the Trinity. Ireland came to celebrate his day with religious services and feasts.

It was emigrants, particularly to the United States, who transformed Saint Patrick’s Day into a largely secular holiday of revelry and celebration of things Irish. Cities with large numbers of Irish immigrants, who often wielded political power, staged the most extensive celebrations, which included elaborate parades. Boston held its first Saint Patrick’s Day parade in 1737, followed by New York City in 1762. Since 1962 Chicago has coloured its river green to mark the holiday. (Although blue was the colour traditionally associated with Saint Patrick, green is now commonly connected with the day.) Irish and non-Irish alike commonly participate in the “wearing of the green”—sporting an item of green clothing or a shamrock, the Irish national plant, in the lapel. Corned beef and cabbage are associated with the holiday, and even beer is sometimes dyed green to celebrate the day. Although some of these practices eventually were adopted by the Irish themselves, they did so largely for the benefit of tourists.

Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s Birth Anniversary

Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the Founding Father of Bangladesh was born on 17 March 1920, in Tungipara, Bengal Presidency, British India.

The central father in Bangladesh's liberation movement, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, served twice as the country's President and was its strongman premier between1972 and 1975 and leader of the nationalist party the Awami League.

Amid rising political agitation following a famine in 1974, Rahman initiated one party socialist rule in January 1975. In August of the same year he and most of his family were assassinated by renegade junior army officers during a coup.

He is popularly remembered as the Bangabandhu (Friend of Bengal).

His daughter Sheikh Hasina Wajed, serves as the current Prime Minister of Bangladesh. 

Allahabad High Court Established in 1866

 

Allahabad High Court, officially known as High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, is the high court based in the city of Prayagraj, formerly known as Allahabad, that had jurisdiction over the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It was established on 17 March 1866, making it one of the oldest high courts to be established in India. It has two active High court Seats - the Principal Seat in Allahabad and Bench in Lucknow.