International Day of Plant Health

The United Nations designated 12 May the International Day of Plant Health (IDPH) to raise global awareness on how protecting plant health can help end hunger, reduce poverty, protect biodiversity and the environment, and boost economic development. The Day is a key legacy of the International Year of Plant Health 2020, which was marked in 2020-2021.

The observance was unanimously adopted by the UN General Assembly in a resolution (A/RES/76/256) co-signed by Bolivia, Finland, Pakistan, the Philippines, Tanzania and Zambia in March 2022. The resolution sets out that healthy plants constitute the foundation for all life on Earth, as well as ecosystem functions, food security and nutrition, adding that plant health is key to the sustainable development of agriculture required to feed a growing global population by 2050.

Sirhind Fateh Diwas

 

Sirhind Fateh Diwas is a historical event celebrated to mark the victory of the Sikh army led by Baba Banda Singh Bahadur over the Mughal forces in the Battle of Chappar Chiri on May 12, 1710. Baba Banda Singh Bahadur captured the city of Sirhind in this battle to avenge the deaths of ‘Chote Sahibzadas’ - the young and brave sons of Guru Gobind Singh Ji, brutally murdered by Wazir Khan.