20 August Special Day: Know About Sadbhavana Diwas History

Sadbhavna Diwas is celebrated in India every year on ‘20 August‘. It is also known as ‘Samarsata Diwas’ and ‘Rajiv Gandhi Renewable Energy Day’. This important day is celebrated in the memory of the late former Prime Minister of India, Rajiv Gandhi.

The only mission of the Rajiv Gandhi government was to have good feelings for others. To promote community harmony, national unity, peace, love, and attachment among all the religions of India, this day is celebrated every year on ’20 August’ by the Congress party by cutting a cake.

Table of Contents

History

Sadbhavana Diwas 20 August 2021, marks the 77th birth anniversary of India’s Former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi. This day is observed as’ Sadbhavana Diwas’ or Harmony Day’ with an ideal to encourage public integration, peace, affection, and collaborative harmony among the Indian people of all persuasions.

Sadbhavana’ in the English language means goodwill and bonafide. Being the youthful Prime Minister, Rajiv Gandhi’s study process was ultramodern and different from others.
Rajiv Gandhi had the vision of an advanced nation via numerous public as well as transnational systems that he innovated. The main theme of Sadbhavana Diwas is to promote public integration and collaborative harmony among people of all persuasions and languages.

Importance

Year in year developed as ‘Sadbhavna Diwas’ as dreamed up. The environment has been developed to thrive. There is a lot of excitement in the speeches that run regularly for the development of the country on Vegan. It provokes every word, which is offensive to India.

Pledge

“These social classes are based on the unity and status of all the people of India, taking into account the status of the class, religion, and language. Enter the distance between each other.

Event organizing

Various cultural programs and competitions are organized in different states of India on the occasion of Sadbhavna Diwas. People celebrate this day by planting saplings, preserving greenery, saving natural beauty, protecting the environment as well as protecting natural resources.

It is celebrated with full joy to make people aware of the important environmental issue. Sadbhavna Diwas is celebrated in India by family members and close associates, friends, political leaders, and Congress by decorating the statue of Rajiv Gandhi with flowers and wreaths.

The ‘Veerbhoomi Smarak’ of Rajiv Gandhi is respected by the people. Tributes are paid to the statue of Rajiv Gandhi through a wreath at Virbhoomi. This day is celebrated to fulfill his passion for national progress.

Read Article On 19 August

About Rajiv Gandhi

He was the youthful Prime Minister of the country. He came Prime Minister at the age of 40. India’s first Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru was his forefather. Indira Gandhi was his mama who was the Prime Minister of India. After the assassination of Indira Gandhi, Rajiv Gandhi came the Prime Minister. He’d served from 1984- 89.

He contributed greatly to the development of the country. He blazoned a National Policy on Education in 1986 to modernize and expand advanced education programs across India.

He innovated a central government-grounded institution videlicet Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya System in 1986 for the upliftment of the pastoral section of the society furnishing them free domestic education from 6th till 12 class.

Due to his sweats, MTNL was established in 1986 and also created public call services( PCOs) for spreading telephones in pastoral areas.

In post-1990, he introduced measures for reducing Licence Raj allowing businesses and individualities to buy capital, consumer goods, and import without regulatory restrictions. He introduced the age of voting rights to 18 and also included Panchayati Raj.

He explosively encouraged youth power and said that the development of the country depends only on the mindfulness of the youth of the country. That is why Jawahar Rozgar Yojana started to give jobs to the youth.

Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award

In 1992, the Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana award was introduced by the All India Congress Committee of the Indian National Congress in memory of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi.

Every time this award is given to those who have devoted their lives to understanding and promoting social harmony. This award constitutes a citation and cash Prize of Rs 10 Lakh.

Donors of the Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award are Jagan Nath Kaul, Lata Mangeshkar, Sunil Dutt, Kapila Vatsyanan, S.N.Subba Rao, Swami Agnivesh, Nirmala Deshpande, Hem Dutta, N Radhakrishnan, Gautam Bhai, Wahiduddin Khan, SPIC MACAY, D.R Mehta, Amjad Ali Khan, Muzaffar Ali, Shubha Mudgal, Mohammad Azharuddin, M. Gopala Krishna, Gopalkrishna Gandhi.

“ India is an old country, but a youthful nation; and like the youthful far and wide, we’re intolerant. I’m youthful and I too have a dream. I conjure of an India, strong, independent, tone- reliant and in the van of the frontal species of the nations of the world in the service of humanity ” – Rajiv Gandhi

Recipient of ‘Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavna Award

Mother Teresa	Hiteshwar Saikia and Subhadra Joshi (Joint)
Sunil Dutt	Nirmala Deshpande
Lata Mangeshkar	Teesta Setalvad and Harsh Mander (Joint)
s. N. Subbarao, Swami Agnivesh, and Madari Moideen (Joint)	Ustad Bismillah Khan
K. R. Narayanan	N. Radhakrishnan
Jagan Nath Kaul	Dr. Mehta
Dilip Kumar	Hem Dutta
Maulana Wahiduddin Khan	Muzaffar Ali (Indian Filmmaker)
Kapila Vatsyayan	Gautam Bhai
Muhammad Yunus	spic macay

20 August Sadbhavna Diwas FAQ

What happened on 20th August in India?

August 20 is the birth anniversary of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi’. Sadbhavna Diwas is celebrated on 20 August to appreciate their efforts in Indian development. August 20 is also known as ‘Communal Harmony Day.

What happened on this day August 20?

On this day in 1828, the first session of the Brahmo Samaj of Raja Ram Mohan Roy was held in Kolkata. Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed was elected as the fifth President of India on this day in 1974.

On this day in 1979, Prime Minister Charan Singh resigned just 23 days after assuming the office of Prime Minister.

What is the birthstone for August 20?

August birthstone. Peridot, spinel, and sardonyx are the three birthstones for August. The peridot birthstone is known to form under extreme conditions, as it can be found in the hardened lava that carries it through Earth’s mantle, as well as in meteorites traveling from outer space.

Search This Blog

aajnuspecial