Important Days in August

1 August  - National Mountain Climbing Day,  Yorkshire Day

4 August  - U.S. Coast Guard Day

6 August -  Hiroshima Day       Friendship Day

7 August- National Handloom Day

8 August - Quit India Movement Day

9 August - Nagasaki Day, International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples                       

12 August - International Youth Day , World Elephant Day

13 August - International Lefthanders Day , World Organ Donation Day

15 August -  Independence Day in India , National Mourning Day (Bangladesh)

                       Day of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary

16 August -  Parsi New Year, Bennington Battle Day

17 August -  Indonesian Independence Day,  Parsi New Year,

19 August -  World Humanitarian Day,  Janmashtami

20 August - Indian Akshay Urja Day, World Mosquito Day, Sadbhavna Diwas

23 August - International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition

                    European Day of Remembrance for Victims of Stalinism and Nazism

26 August  -  Women’s Equality Day

29 August  -  National Sports Day

30 August - Small Industry Day , Raksha Bandhan

31 August  - Hari Merdeka (Malaysia National Day)