National Unity Day (31 अक्टूबर 2020)

National Unity Day

National Unity Day or Rashtriya Ekta Diwas is going to be celebrated today on October 31. This day was introduced in 2014 by the Government of India to mark the birth anniversary of the Iron Man of India--Sardar Vallabhai Patel. Since then, National Unity Day is celebrated every year on October 31. Sardar Patel served as the first Home Minister and Deputy Prime Minister of Independent India. Also, he played a pivotal role to make India Independent. His vision of integrated India made him the Iron Man of the country.

Importance

In countries like India, which are full of diversities- religions, castes, languages, civilizations, and cultures, it is very important to maintain unity. So, to establish the unity of the nation, the Government of India proposed the Rashtriya Ekta Diwas in 2014. Since, Sardar Patel is known for the integration of India, National Unity Day is set celebrate on his birth anniversary (October 31) every year.

History

In memory of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, the Government of India has constructed a huge statue of the Iron Man of India near the Narmada River in Gujarat. Also, to acknowledge the struggles and sacrifices of the First Deputy Prime Minister of independent India- Sardar Patel, the government of India announced the National Unity Day on his birth anniversary.  In the official statement issued by the Home Ministry of India in 2014, it was stated that National Unity Day “will provide an opportunity to re-affirm the inherent strength and resilience of our nation to withstand the actual and potential threats to the unity, integrity and security of our country.”

Significance

On this day, people recall the great works of Sardar Patel and acknowledge them by celebrating Rashtriya Ekta Diwas. People gathered and celebrate the unity of the nation by delivering speeches, spread knowledge etc. Different events, webinars and seminars are organised in different parts of the country.

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WORLD FOOD DAY 2020

World Food Day 16 October 2020 

World Food Day 2020: History

World Food Day is an annual celebration in the honour of the founding date of the Food and Agriculture Organization launched by the United Nations in the year 1945. World Food Day 2020 is also marking the 75th anniversary of FAO. The day is celebrated widely with great enthusiasm by several other organizations which are concerned with food security such as the International Fund for Agricultural Development, the World Food Program, and others.

World Food Day 2020: Theme

World Food Day is celebrated every year with different themes to focus on areas that require action and offer a common objective. This year the World Food Day 2020 theme is "Grow, nourish, sustain. Together. Our actions are our future".

"World Food Day 2020 marks the 75th anniversary of FAO in an exceptional moment as countries around the world deal with the widespread effects of the global COVID-19 pandemic. It’s a time to look into the future we need to build together," Food and Agriculture of the United nations' official website states.

WORLD FOOD DAY 2020: QUOTES

“There are people in the world so hungry, that God cannot appear to them except in the form of bread.” -Mahatma Gandhi

“One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well.” -Virginia Woolf

Sample Question Paper 2020-21

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International School Library Month 2020

 October is International School Library Month (ISLM), an annual celebration of school libraries worldwide. Find ways you can lead the celebration participate and advocate for the importance of school libraries, library professionals, and the students that make them great!

The 2020 theme for ISLM is “Finding Your Way to Good Health and Well Being”.  It is based on one of the UNSDG goals i.e. UN Sustainable Development Goal #3 “Good Health and Well Being”. This year we are inviting participants to think about and celebrate the link between books, reading, school libraries, good health and well being. We have chosen a theme wording that we believe will be accessible to all our participants (aged 3 to 20 years). We are inviting them to celebrate ISLM 2020 by engaging in projects and activities to explore and express this year’s theme.  We hope that ISLM 2020 will be a wonderfully creative, imaginative worldwide celebration of the school library. 

The ISLM team facilitates a number of activities that you might like to participate in as part of the celebration and no doubt you will also have your own ideas for how best to make the most of ISLM in your libraries.  No matter how big or small your school library is please consider getting involved.

ISLM is open to everybody, whether you are a member of IASL or not, so spread the word and start gearing up for a super time for ISLM this October! And remember, you can tell everybody about your ISLM by sending information and photos to our “What People are Doing for ISLM” page.

ISLM PROJECTS 2020

Digital Bookmark Exchange Project

Match with other schools around the world and exchange homemade bookmarks made by your students. Bookmark exchanges are virtually. 

The following information may be of use in completing your project:

The information in relation to the Bookmark Exchange Project applies equally to the Digital Bookmark Exchange Project, in particular points 2 – 10.

The following additional points relate specifically to the Digital Exchange:

1.    Each student creates his or her individual digital bookmark and all are emailed to the recipient school’s coordinator, or shared via an agreed method.

2.    To economize on paper and ink when printing, the recommended bookmark size is: 2 and a half by 8 and a half inches (6.5 cm x 21.5cm).

3.    Guidelines re-size for printing: if the bookmarks were printed horizontally and the size was 2 and a half by 8 and a half inches (6.5cm x 21.5cm) that would be 4 bookmarks per page.

4.    Using pastels or black and white will save on colour ink when printing. Recipients may wish to have the option of colouring in the bookmarks they receive in which case black and white is recommended.  When you are partnered you can check out whether your partner school would prefer this option. 

5.    When you are assigned your partner/s, partner schools should discuss and agree the best way that suits both for the medium in which bookmarks will be made and the format in which they will be exchanged 

6.    Some options for creating the bookmarks are MS Word, MS Paint etc.

7.    Some options for sharing the bookmarks are Google Drive, Dropbox or a document attached to an email.

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QUIZ ON GANDHI

 Discover Gandhi Quiz Contest 2020

The MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION & LITERACY has collaborated with National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) to organize a Quiz on Mahatma Gandhi. The details are given below.

Discover Gandhi Quiz Contest 2020 Details

Applicable For : School Students claases 3 to 12

Medium of Quiz- English and Hindi

Quiz Dates : 2nd October,2020 to 1st November,2020

How To Participate?

The quiz portal can be accessed on

Discover Gandhi Portal : https://discovergandhi.in/
DIKSHA Platform : https://diksha.gov.in
Discover Gandhi Mobile App : https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.discovergandhi.kholkhel&hl=en_US

How To Take Quiz?

On Discover Gandhi Portal

Just follow the simple steps mentioned below to take quiz on Discover Gandhi Portal.

Steps:
Step-1 : Go to the link https://discovergandhi.in/
Step-2 : Click on Quiz menu and
Step-3 : Take your quiz

On DIKSHA Portal

Just follow the simple steps mentioned below to take quiz on DIKSHA Portal.

Steps:
Step-1 : Go to the link https://diksha.gov.in
Step-2 : Select your Location and Submit. Your location details help us to suggest content that is useful to you. Is the location given correct? if not, select your correct location and click Submit
Step-3 : Competition poster will open. Click on the arrow continuously which is available at the right side of the poster for application form
Step-5 : Fill the form and
Step-6 : Take your quiz

On Discover Gandhi Mobile App

Just follow the simple steps mentioned below to take quiz on Discover Gandhi Mobile App,

Steps:
Step-1 : Download Discover Gandhi Mobile App https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.discovergandhi.kholkhel&hl=en_US
Step-2 : Click on Quiz Link
Step-3 : Take your quiz

             

Quiz Dates

The quiz will be open from 2nd October,2020 starting at 10.00 AM and will close on 1st November,2020 midnight

CLASS 3 TO 5

151th Anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi

Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti 2020. Gandhi Jayanti is celebrated annually on 2nd October to commemorate the birthday of Mahatma Gandhi. 

From Mohan to Mahatma

The life of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi is a story of heroic effort to establish the values of Truth and Non-violence in human life. In pursuing this objective Gandhiji became a Mahatma from a mere ‘Monya’. He became a messenger, for the people of the world surrounded by fire of violence in the twentieth century. He also became ‘The Father of The Nation’. He saved India and Britain from mutual hate and revenge by resorting to the experiment of Truth and Non-violence in India’s struggle for freedom. This created an atmosphere which made it possible for other countries of Asia and Africa to free themselves without bloodshed from the hold of the European countries which had subdued them in the nineteenth century.

Being born in a middle class Vaishnava family and brought up in that atmosphere till he joined school and received instruction according to the system then prevailing, he lived, dressed and dined in the way all children of that class did. Later, he went to England for studies and changed his dress to suit the conditions of that country. But in food and certain other matters, he remained true to the lesson he had learnt early in life. On his return to India after being called to the Bar, he passed through difficult times as all beginners in the profession of the law have to do and it was as a lawyer that he went to South Africa to help a client. He had, however, to spend many years there as the condition of Indians and the treatment they received demanded that he should serve them rather than return to India. His struggle with the authorities brought about a considerable change in his life and by the time he returned to India, he had already become a Mahatma. His dress in India on his return was different from what he used to wear when he was practicing as a Barrister and conformed to the old Kathiawadi type.

If in South Africa it was the Railway Ticket Collector who paved the way for the birth of a Satyagrahi, in India it was a poor peasant from Champaran, Rajkumar Shukla, who provided him a platform to test the power of Satyagraha on the Indian soil. His campaign in favour of the non-co-operation movement brought about another change which identified his outward appearance with that of the humblest and lowliest of the land and he stuck to the loin cloth till he departed with the name of God on his lips.

Mahatma Gandhi was imprisoned several times in his pursuit of non-cooperation and undertook many ‘fasts’ to protest against the oppression of the down trodden in India.

He invented the techniques of mass –civil disobedience in South Africa which were later emulated in India and across the world.

On January 30th, 1948, the assassin’s bullet ended the physical existence of Mahatma Gandhi and made him immortal who left an indelible legacy to the mankind –‘My life is my Message’.

On the Occasion of 151th Anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi 2nd Oct. We are organizing E-books Exhibition of Mahatma Gandhi. For the school students and teachers e-books Exhibition of Mahatma Gandhi are conducted through this library blog

E-books Exhibition of Mahatma Gandhi  

Know more about our Father of the Nation

• Photographs
• Basic Books by and on Gandhi
• Audios
• Videos
• Cartoons

Courtesy: https://gandhi.gov.in