Important days and Sobriquets

27 January	Important Days International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust	A/RES/60/7
FEBRUARY
4 February	World Cancer Day [WHO]	—
6 February	International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation [WHO]	—
13 February	World Radio Day [UNESCO]	—
20 February	World Day of Social Justice	A/RES/62/10
21 February	International Mother Language Day [UNESCO]	A/RES/56/262 30C/62
MARCH
8 March	International Women's Day	—
20 March	International Day of Happiness	A/RES/66/281
21 March	International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination	A/RES/2142 (XXI)
21 March	World Poetry Day [UNESCO]	—
21 March	International Day of Nowruz	A/RES/64/253
21 March	World Down Syndrome Day	A/RES/66/149 draft A/C.3/66/L.27
21 March	International Day of Forests and the Tree	A/RES/67/200
22 March	World Water Day	A/RES/47/193
23 March	World Meteorological Day  [WMO]	WMO/EC-XII/Res.6
24 March	World Tuberculosis Day [WHO]	WMO/EC-XII/Res.6
24 March	International Day for the Right to the Truth concerning Gross Human Rights Violations and for the Dignity of Victims	A/RES/65/196
25 March	International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade	A/RES/62/122
25 March	International Day of Solidarity with Detained and Missing Staff Members	—
APRIL
2 April	World Autism Awareness Day	A/RES/62/139
4 April	International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action	A/RES/60/97
6 April	International Day of Sport for Development and Peace	A/67/L.77 (draft)
7 April	Day of Remembrance of the Victims of the Rwanda Genocide	—
7 April	World Health Day [WHO]	WHA/A.2/Res.35
12 April	International Day of Human Space Flight	A/RES/65/271
22 April	International Mother Earth Day	A/RES/63/278
23 April	World Book and Copyright Day	Resolution 3.18 of the 28th session of the UNESCO General Conference
23 April	English Language Day	—
25 April	World Malaria Day [WHO]	—
26 April	World Intellectual Property Day [WIPO]	—
28 April	World Day for Safety and Health at Work [ILO]	—
29 April	Day of Remembrance for all Victims of Chemical Warfare	—
30 April	International Jazz Day	—
MAY
3 May	World Press Freedom Day	A/DEC/48/432
8-9 May	Time of Remembrance and Reconciliation for Those Who Lost Their Lives during the Second World War	A/RES/59/26
11-12 May	World Migratory Bird Day [UNEP]	—
15 May	International Day of Families	A/RES/47/237
17 May	World Telecommunication and Information Society Day [ITU]	A/RES/60/252
21 May	World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development	A/RES/57/249
22 May	International Day for Biological Diversity	A/RES/55/201
23 May	International Day to End Obstetric Fistula	A/RES/67/147
24 May	"Vesak", the Day of the Full Moon	A/RES/54/115
29 May	International Day of UN Peacekeepers	A/RES/57/129
31 May	World No-Tobacco Day [WHO]	Resolution 42.19 of the 42nd session of WHO
JUNE
1 June	Global Day of Parents	A/RES/66/292
4 June	International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression	A/RES/ES-7/8
5 June	World Environment Day [UNEP]	A/RES/2994 (XXVII)
8 June	World Oceans Day	A/RES/63/111
12 June	World Day Against Child Labour	—
14 June	World Blood Donor Day [WHO]	WHA58.13
15 June	World Elder Abuse Awareness Day	A/RES/66/127
17 June	World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought	A/RES/49/115
20 June	World Refugee Day	A/RES/55/76
23 June	United Nations Public Service Day	A/RES/57/277
23 June	International Widows' Day	A/RES/65/189
25 June	Day of the Seafarer [IMO]	STCW/CONF.2/DC.4
26 June	International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking	A/RES/42/112
26 June	United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture	A/RES/52/149
JULY
6 July (First Saturday in July)	International Day of Cooperatives	A/RES/47/90
11 July	World Population Day	UNDP decision 89/46
18 July	Nelson Mandela International Day	A/RES/64/13
28 July	World Hepatitis Day [WHO]	—
30 July	International Day of Friendship	A/RES/65/275
AUGUST
9 August	International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples	A/RES/49/214
12 August	International Youth Day	A/RES/54/120
19 August	World Humanitarian Day	A/RES/63/139
23 August	International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and Its Abolition [UNESCO]	Decision 8.2 of the 150th session of the UNESCO Executive Board
29 August	International Day against Nuclear Tests	A/RES/64/35
30 August	International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances	A/RES/65/209
SEPTEMBER
5 September	International Day of Charity	A/RES/67/105 draft A/67/L.45
8 September	International Literacy Day [UNESCO]	Resolution 1.141 of the 14th session of the UNESCO General Conference
10 September	World Suicide Prevention Day [WHO]	—
12 September	United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation	A/RES/58/220
15 September	International Day of Democracy	A/RES/62/7
16 September	International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer	A/RES/49/114
21 September	International Day of Peace	A/RES/36/67 A/RES/55/282
26 September (Last week of September)	World Maritime Day [IMO]	IMCO/C XXXVIII/21
27 September	World Tourism Day [UNWTO]	—
28 September	World Rabies Day [WHO]	—
OCTOBER
1 October	International Day of Older Persons	A/RES/45/106
2 October	International Day of Non-Violence	A/RES/61/271
5 October	World Teachers’ Day [UNESCO]	UNESCOPRESSE, vol.4, no.17, p.9
7 October (First Monday in October)	World Habitat Day	A/RES/40/202 A
9 October	World Post Day	UPU/Tokyo Congress 1969/Res.C.11
10 October	World Mental Health Day [WHO]	—
10 October(Second Thursday in October)	World Sight Day [WHO]	—
11 October	International Day of the Girl Child	A/RES/66/170
13 October	International Day for Disaster Reduction	A/RES/44/236 A/RES/64/200
15 October	International Day of Rural Women	A/RES/62/136
16 October	World Food Day [FAO]	A/RES/35/70
17 October	International Day for the Eradication of Poverty	A/RES/47/196
24 October	United Nations Day	A/RES/168 (II)A/RES/2782 (XXVI)
24 October	World Development Information Day	A/RES/3038 (XXVII)
27 October	World Day for Audiovisual Heritage [UNESCO]	—
NOVEMBER
6 November	International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict	A/RES/56/4
10 November	World Science Day for Peace and Development[UNESCO]	—
12 November	World Pneumonia Day [WHO]	—
14 November	World Diabetes Day [WHO]	A/RES/61/225
16 November	International Day for Tolerance	Resolution 5.61 of the 28th session of the UNESCO General Conference A/RES/51/95
16 November	World Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Day[WHO]	—
18 November (Third Sunday in November)	World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims[WHO]	A/RES/60/5
19 November	World Toilet Day	A/67/L.75 (draft)
20 November	Universal Children’s Day	—
20 November	Africa Industrialization Day	A/RES/44/237
21 November (Third Thursday in November)	World Philosophy Day [UNESCO]	—
21 November	World Television Day	A/RES/51/205
25 November	International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women	A/RES/54/134
29 November	International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People	A/RES/32/40B
DECEMBER
1 December	World AIDS Day	—
2 December	International Day for the Abolition of Slavery	—
3 December	International Day of Persons with Disabilities	A/RES/47/3
5 December	International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development	A/RES/40/212
7 December	International Civil Aviation Day [ICAO]	A/RES/51/33
9 December	International Anti-Corruption Day	A/RES/58/4
10 December	Human Rights Day	A/RES/423 (V)
11 December	International Mountain Day	A/RES/57/245
18 December	International Migrants Day	A/RES/55/93
20 December	International Human Solidarity Day	A/RES/60/209

 Sobriquets

PLACES

·                     Which is the Granite City?                      -Aberdeen, Scotland

·                     Which is the Dark Continent?                 -Africa

·                     Which is the City of the Golden Temple? Amritsar, India

·                     Which is the Land of the Golden Fleece? Australia

·                     Which is the Land of the Kangaroo?         Australia

·                     Which is the Island of Pearls?                   Banrain

·                     Which is the Garden City of India?            Bangalore

·                     Which is the Cockpit of Europe?               Belgium

·                     Which is the White City?                           Belgrade, Yugoslavia

·                     Which is the Gateway of India?                Bombay

·                     Which is known as the the Great White 

             Way?                                                        Broadway, NewYork

·                     Which is known as the Land of the 

            Golden Pagoda?                                       Burma(Myanmar)

·                     Which is known as the City of Palaces?   Kolkata

·                     Which is the Land of Lilies?                      Canada

·                     Which is the Land of Maple?                     Canada

·                     Which is the Windy City?                          Chicago, USA

·                     Which is the Venice of East?                     Alappuzha

·                     Which is the Queen of Arabian Sea?        Cochin, India

·                     Which is the Pearl of the Antilles?             Cuba

·                     Which is the Gift of Nile?                           Egypt

·                     Which is the Land of Thousand Lakes?    Finland

·                     Which is known as The Emerald Island?  Ireland

·                     Which is the Island of Pearls?                   Bahrain

·                     Which is the Sugar Bowl of the World?     Cuba

·                     Which is known as the Land of Rising 

            Sun?                                                           Japan

·                     Which is the Hermit Kingdom?                   Korea

·                     Which is the port of five Seas?                  Moscow

·                     Which is the Land of Canals?                    Netherlands

·                     Which is the Empire City?                          New York

·                     Which is the Land of White Elephant?       Thailand

·                     Which is the Sick Man of Europe?             Turkey

·                     Which is the Queen of the Adriatic?           Venice

·                     Which is the Island of Cloves?                   Zanzibar

·                     Which is the Venice of the North?              Stockholm

·                     Which is the City of the Golden Gate?       San Francisco

·                     Which is the City of Seven Hills?               Rome

·                     Which is the City of Brotherly Love?          Philadelphia

·                     Which is the City of Dreaming Spires?      Oxford

·                     Which is the Land of Windmills?                Netherlands

·                     Which is the Land of the Canals?              Netherlands

·                     Which is the Land of Thunderbolt?            Bhutan

·                     Which is the Holy Land?                            Palestine

·                     Which is Land of Humming Bird?              Trinidad

·                     Which is the Rose Pink City?                    Jaipur

·                     Which is the playground of Europe?         Switzerland

·                     Which is the Diamond City in India?         Surat, Gujarat

LAKES/OCEANS/SEA

·                     Which is known as The Herring Pond?     Atlantic Ocean

·                     Which is known as the Sorrow of China? River Hwang Ho

PERSONS

·                     Who is known as Frontier Gandhi?           Abdul Gaffar Khan

·                     Who is known as Fuhrer?                         Adolf Hitler

·                     Who is known as Lokmanya?                   Bal Gangadhar Tilak

·                     Who is known as Deenabandhu?             C F Andrews

·                     Who is known as Anna?                           C N Annadurai

·                     Who is known as Rajaji?                           C Rajagopalachari

·                     Who is the Grand Old Man of India?         Dadabhai Naoroji

·                     Who is the Iron Duke?                              Duke of Wellington

·                     Who is known as Ike?                               Dwight David

·                     Who is known as the King Maker?           Eisenhower Earl of Warwick

·                     Who is known as Desert Fox?                  Erwin Rommel

·                     Who is the Lady with the Lamp?              Florence Nightingale

·                     Who is El Cauclillo?                                 Francisco Franco

·                     Who is the known as Chacha?                 Jawaharlal Nehru

·                     Who is known as Loknayak?                    Jayaprakash Narayan

·                     Who is known as Maid of Orleans?          Joan of Arc

·                     Who is known as Man of Peace?             Lal Bahadur Shastri

·                     Who is known as Punjab Kesari?             Lala Lajpat Rai

·                     Who is the Father of the Nation?              Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi

·                     Who is known as Guruji?                          M S Gohlwalkar

·                     Who is Man of Destiny?                            Napolean Bonaparte

·                     Who is Man of Blood and Iron?                Otto Von Bismark

·                     Who is known as Gurudev?                      Rabindranath Tagore

·                     Who is the Nightingale of India?               Sarojini Naidu

·                     Who is known as Netaji?                          Subhash Chandra Bose

·                     Who is the Wizard of the North?              Walter Scott

·                     Who is the Grand Old Man of Britain?     Willian Ewart Glandstone