October 2022

World Thrift Day is celebrated every year on 31st October, across the world. World Thrift Day, also often called World Savings Day. However, India does this a day earlier, marking it on 30th October every year. The day is significant as it is an occasion to create awareness about the concept of saving money in the bank (so as to enrich the money supply in the country) instead of keeping it locked at home.

Theme :

The theme of World Thrift Day in 2022 is “Saving prepares you for the future”.

History :

World Savings Day was started on 31 October 1924 by the World Society of Savings Bank. The day was initiated by an Italian professor Filippo Ravizza. He called the day “International Savings Day”. Mr. Raviza’s aim in declaring this day was to create awareness among family groups to save their future, their children, medical emergencies and unforeseen situations.However, some countries have a history of celebrating Savings Day in their countries long before World Savings Day came into existence. Like Spain has been celebrating this day since 1921 and Germany started it a few years later in 1923.

The country pays tribute to the unifier of modern India, Iron Man Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel India’s first Home Minister on his 147th birth anniversary on 31st October. This day is also celebrated as Rashtriya Ekta Diwas. Rashtriya Ekta Diwas provides an opportunity to reaffirm the inherent strength and resilience of our nation towards maintaining the unity, integrity and security of our nation.

History :

Rashtriya Ekta Diwas or National Unity Day was introduced by the Government of India in 2014 to pay tribute to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel on his birth anniversary for his extraordinary work in keeping India united. The first National Unity Day program was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who flagged off the ‘Run for Unity’ program in New Delhi in 2014.

International Internet Day is celebrated every year on 29th October across the world to celebrate the use of the Internet for the first time. The day marks the sending of the first electronic message that was transferred from one computer to another in 1969. At that time the Internet was known as ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network).

International Internet Day History :

The Internet is defined as a remote connection between two computers. The first internet connection was made on 29th October 1969. This happened exactly two months after Neil Armstrong landed on the moon. To commemorate this event, International Internet Day was observed for the first time on 29th October 2005. International Internet Day is promoted by the Association of Internet Users.