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The National Girls and Women in Sports Day (NGWSD) is an annual day of observance held during the first week of February to acknowledge the accomplishments of female athletes, recognize the influence of sports participation for women and girls, and honor the progress and advocation for equality for women in sports.
Ahead of Women's Day, the national carrier Air India operated what it claimed to be the world's longest non-stop flight where the entire flight operations were handled by women, as part of International Women's Day celebrations. The flight, from Delhi to San Francisco, covered a distance of around 14,500 kilometers in around 17 hours. [119]
In 2021, she drove a special train from Mumbai to Lucknow with an all-woman crew to celebrate International Women's Day. [14] On Monday, 13 March 2023, she was the first woman to drive the semi-high-speed Vande Bharat Express train; she drove it from Solapur to Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus covering a distance of 455 kms . [15]
International Women's Day, on March 8; National Woman's Day, a predecessor of International Women's Day in the United States; National Women's Day, celebrated in South Africa on August 9; National Women's Day, celebrated in East Timor on November 3; The Combined Holidays of Women's Day and Children's Day, celebrated in Taiwan on April 4
The fast begins at dawn. Fasting women do not eat during the day. [20] Hindu wives perform various kind of rituals along with a vrata (fast) on Karva Chauth for their husband's long life. In traditional observances of the fast, the fasting woman usually does no housework. [21] Women apply Mehandi and other cosmetics to themselves and each other ...
On this day Sindhi ladies observe a day long fasting for longer life of their husbands. They take dinner after "Chandra Darshan" i.e. seeing Moon. Shitla Satam Seventh Day after Raksha Bandhan "Shitla Satam" is celebrated on the day after Raksha Bandhan. It is the day when a mother fasts for their children and eats food that is not warm.
The status of women in India has been subject to many great changes over the past few millennia. With a decline in their status from the ancient to medieval times ...
National women's day in India is celebrated on 13 February every year, on the birthday of Sarojini Naidu she was born on 13 February 1879 in Hyderabad, India.Naidu was an active Indian independence movement leader and known for her literary works, particularly for her poems with the themes like patriotism, romanticism and lyric for which she is called "Nightingale of India"—(Bharat Kokila ...