Children's Day in Bangladesh
Children's Day in Bangladesh is held on March 17. This event in the second decade of the month March is annual. Help us
World Children's Day was first established in 1954 as Universal Children's Day and is celebrated on 20 November each year to promote international togetherness, awareness among children worldwide, and improving children's welfare.
Bangladesh Children's day is celebrated on March 17th and is better known as 'National Child Day". Like in India, it also marks the birth date of a well-known personality, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman who is regarded as the Nation’s founding father.. It was celebrated from 1996 to 2000. But it has changed since the 2000s, the Bangladesh government now celebrates it on November 20. It isn't considered as a holiday but to spread awareIess of child rights.
Celebrations are organised in the form of parades and rallies in which children take part and dress in colourful clothing, with events organised throughout this special day celebrating the history of Bangladesh, as well as the importance of its children and the role they play in the nation’s future.
Similar holidays and events, festivals and interesting facts
Children's Day in New Zealand on March 2 (celebrated on the first Sunday in March);
World Fairy Tale Day on March 20 (arose on the initiative of Sweden in 1991);
National Day of Girls and Boys Victims of Forced Disappearance in El Salvador on March 29 (Día Nacional de las Niñas y los Niños Víctimas de la Desaparición Forzada);
School Day of Non-Violence and Peace on March 30 (DENIP in countries with Southern Hemisphere school calendars. Founded in 1964);
The Heidelberg Summer Day procession on March 30 (a spectacle at the turn of the seasons)