Dear Aspirant,
We collected the important days in March 2016 and provided in a table Format. We hope, it will help you in Competitive exams!!!
Mar 1 2016 | |
| Remember Day | Zero Discrimination Day |
| Purpose | To create awareness to people from all corners of the world, about the evil consequences of discrimination, to celebrate diversity, and to reject discrimination. |
| Organization | UNAIDS |
| Theme | Stand Out |
Mar 3 2016 | |
| Remember Day | World Wildlife Day |
| Purpose | To raise awareness of the World’s flora and fauna. |
| Organization | UNGA |
| Theme | The future of wildlife is in our hands |
| Remember Day | National defence day |
| Purpose | To commemorate in the memory of Pakistan’s successful defence against India that marked the ceasefire in the 1965 war |
| Organization | India |
| Theme | ‘It’s My Turn’ |
Mar 4 2016 | |
| Remember Day | National Security Day |
| Purpose | To praise the work of security forces, who plays a major role in maintaining peace and security of the people in India. |
| Organization | India |
Mar 8 2016 | |
| Remember Day | International women’s day |
| Purpose | To celebrate the achievements of women while calling for greater equality. |
| Organization | UN |
| Theme | Planet 50-50 by 2030 |
Mar 10 2016 | |
| Remember Day | World Kidney Day |
| Purpose | To create awareness among the people globally, about the importance of the kidneys and also to reduce the frequency and impact of kidney disease and its associated health issues. |
| Organization | WHO |
| Theme | Kidney Disease & Children |
March 13 2015 | |
| Remembered Day | World Rotaract Day |
| Purpose | To recognize the services offered by the Rotaractors through out the World. |
Mar 15 2016 | |
| Remember Day | World Consumer Rights Day |
| Purpose | To promote the basic rights of all the consumers, to demand that those rights are respected and protected. |
| Organization | WCRD |
| Theme | Antibiotics off the menu |
Mar 18 2016 | |
| Remember Day | World Sleep Day |
| Purpose | To celebrate the benefits of good and healthy sleep and to draw society attention to the burden of sleep problems and their medicine, education and social aspects |
| Organization | WASM |
| Theme | Good Sleep is a Reachable Dream |
Mar 19 2016 | |
| Remember Day | Earth Hour |
| Purpose | To create awareness for global warming and Earth Hour is a global campaign with a simple message to switch off non-essential lights for one hour |
| Organization | WWF |
| Time | From 8. 30 p.m. to 9.30PM |
Mar 20 2016 | |
| Remember Day | World Sparrow Day |
| Purpose | To create awareness of the house sparrows and other birds to the rapidly changing environments, and of threats to their populations. |
| Theme | Rise for the SPARROW – Experience the power of One |
| Remember Day | International Day of Happiness |
| Purpose | To recognised happiness as a “fundamental human goal” and called for “a more inclusive, equitable and balanced approach to economic growth |
| Organization | UN |
Mar 21 2016 | |
| Remember Day | International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination |
| Purpose | Aims to remind people of racial discrimination’s negative consequences. It also encourages people to remember their obligation and determination to combat racial discrimination. |
| Organization | UN |
| Theme | Challenges and Achievements of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action’ |
| Remember Day | World Down syndrome Day (WDSD) |
| Purpose | To raise public awareness and create a single global voice for advocating for the rights, inclusion and well being of people with Down syndrome. |
| Organization | WHO |
| Theme | My friends, My Community’ |
| Remember Day | International Day of Forests |
| Purpose | To raise awareness of the importance of all types of forests and of trees outside forests |
| Organization | UN, FAO |
| Theme | Forests and water |
| Remember Day | World Poetry day |
| Purpose | To promote the reading, writing, publishing and teaching of poetry throughout the world |
| Organization | UNESCO |
| Remembered Day | International Day of Nowruz |
| Purpose | To celebrates the start of the Persian spring festival March 21 ever year. It occurs on or around the time of the March equinox. |
| Organization | UN |
Mar 22 2016 | |
| Remember Day | World Water Day |
| Purpose | To create awareness among the people about the importance of conservation of this valuable finite resource for the future generations. |
| Organization | UN |
| Theme | Water and Jobs |
Mar 23 2016 | |
| Remember Day | World Meteorological Day |
| Purpose | To support the all the countries by providing meteorological services related to natural disasters, climate and water. |
| Organization | UN,WMO |
| Theme | Hotter, drier, wetter. Face the Future |
| Remember Day | Martyrs day |
| Purpose | Tohonor of Bhagat Singh, Rajguru & Sukhdev. A salute to our martyrs for giving up their lives during freedom struggle so that subsequent generations could live in peace & prosperity. |
| Organization | GOI |
Mar 24 2016 | |
| Remember Day | World Tuberculosis Day |
| Purpose | To create awareness to the public about the dreadful tuberculosis (TB) and efforts to eliminate the disease. |
| Organization | UN, WHO |
| Theme | Unite to End Tuberculosis |
| Remembered Day | International Day for the Right to the Truth Concerning Gross Human Rights Violations and for the Dignity of Victims |
| Purpose | To promote the importance of the right to truth and justice. |
| Organization | UN |
March 25 2015 | |
| Remembered Day | International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade |
| Purpose | It honors the lives of those who died as a result of slavery or experienced the horrors of the transatlantic slave trade. It is also an occasion to raise awareness about the dangers of racism and prejudice. |
| Organization | UN |
| Theme | Remember Slavery |
| Remembered Day | International Day of Solidarity with Detained and Missing Staff Members |
| Purpose | Date is the anniversary of the abduction of Alec Collett, a journalist who died while working for the UN. |
| Organization | UN |
Mar 27 2016 | |
| Remember Day | World Theatre Day |
| Purpose | To figure of world stature shares his or her reflections on the -theme of Theatre and a Culture of Peace |
| Organization | International Theatre Institute (ITI) |
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