August is the 10th month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars, and the 5th of the 7th month which has 31 days. It was originally named Sextilis in Latin because it was the 6th month in the original 10 month Roman calendar under Romulus in 753 BC.
August month celebrates the Independence Day of India and some other countries like Pakistan and Indonesia. There are some other significant dates of the month incorporate Women’s Equality Day, International Youth Day, Friendship Day, Day of the World’s Indigenous People, and so on
- Muslim Women Rights Day – 1st August
- International Friendship Day – 1st August (First Sunday)
- World Breastfeeding Week – 1st to 7th August
- Hiroshima Day – 6th August
- National Handloom Day – 7th August
- Quit India Movement/Kranti Diwas(Quit India Day) – 8th August
- Nagasaki Day – 9th August
- International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples – 9th August
- World Biofuel Day – 10th August
- International Youth Day – 12th August
- International Left-Handers Day – 13th August
- TulsiDas Birth Anniversary – 13th August
- Organ Donation Day- 13th August
- India’s Independence Day – 15th August
- Parsi New Year – Navroz – 16th August
- World Photography Day – 19th August
- World Humanitarian Day – 19th August
- Sadbhavana Diwas or Harmony Day – 20th August
- National Renewable Energy Day (Akshay Urja Diwas) – 20 August
- World Senior Citizen Day – 21st August
- International Day for Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief – 22nd August
- World Sanskrit Day – 22nd August
- World Water Week – 25th to 30th August
- National Sports Day – 29th August
- International Day against Nuclear Tests – 29th August
- International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances – 30th August