General Knowledge Important Dates and First in the world(Female)

Important Dates

Date	Famous for	Date	Famous for
12-Jan	National youth day(Birthday of swami vivekanand)	11-Jul	World Population Day
15-Jan	Army day  in India	15-Aug	India’s Independence Day
23rd January	Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose birthday	29-Aug	Sports Day(Dhyanchand’s Birtha Day)
26-Jan	Republic Day	5-Sep	Teachers’s Day ( Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan Birth Day)
30-Jan	(Marty’s day) Mahatma Gandhi Martydom  Day ; World *Leprosy Eradication day	14-Sep	Hindi Day , World First Aid Day
14-Feb	St. Valentine’ day	15-Sep	Engineer’s day in India
28-Feb	National  Science Day	2-Oct	Gandhi Jayanti/Non Violence Day
8-Mar	International Women’s Day	5-Oct	World Teacher’s day
21-Mar	World Forestry Day	8-Oct	Indian Airforce Day
22-Mar	World Day of Water	24-Oct	United Nations Day
14-Apr	B.R. Ambedkar Rememberance Day	31-Oct	National Unity Day
22-Apr	World Earth Day	14-Nov	Children’s Day / World Diabetics  Day/ Jawaharlal Nehru birthday
1-May	International Labour day(May Day)	17-Nov	Guru Nanak Dev’s Birth Day
31-May	World No Tobacco Day	1-Dec	Worlds Aids Day
5-Jun	World Environment Day	4-Dec	Navy Day
21-Jun	World Yoga Day	10-Dec	Human Rights Day
1-Jul	National Doctor’s day	19-Dec	Goa’s liberation day
4-Jul	American Independence day	25-Dec	Good Governance Day

*Leprosy

                public awareness of leprosy or Hansen's Disease. This date was chosen by French humanitarian Raoul Follereau as a tribute to the life of Mahatma Gandhi who had compassion for people afflicted with leprosy.

                Infection can lead to damage of the nerves, respiratory tract, skin, and eyes. This nerve damage may result in a lack of ability to feel pain, which can lead to the loss of parts of a person's extremities from repeated injuries or infection through unnoticed wounds. An infected person may also experience muscle weakness and poor eyesight. Leprosy symptoms may begin within one year, but, for some people, symptoms may take 20 years or more to occur.

First in the World(Female)

Achievement	Name
First Woman President of UN General Assembly	Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit (1953)
First Woman President of country	Maria Estela Peron (Argentina)
First woman Prime Minister of  a country	S Bhamdarnayake (Sri Lanka)
First woman Prime Minister of  England	Margaret Thatcher
First woman prime Minister of any Muslim country	Benazir Bhutto(Pakistan)
First woman cosmonaut i space	Valentina Tereshkova(USSR)
First woman space tourist	Mrs Anousheh Ansari (Irani American)
First woman to reach the North pole	Mrs Fran Pipps (Canada)
First Woman to set FOOT on North pole	Ann Bancroft, (USA)
First woman to reach Antarctica	Caroline Michaelson (Denmark)
First woman to climb Mount Everest	Junko Tabei (Japan)
First woman in the world to cross the Strait of Gibralter	Arti Pradhan (India)
First woman to chair US Central Bank ‘Federal Reserve’	Janer Yellen
First woman to win 6 World Championships	Mary Kom (Mangte Chungneijang Mary Kom) (India)