Friendship Day

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Human beings are social creatures and have always valued the importance of friends in their lives. To celebrate this noble feeling it was deemed fit to have a day dedicated to friends and friendship. Accordingly, first Sunday of August was declared as a holiday in US in honor of friends by a Proclamation made by US Congress in 1935. Since then, World Friendship Day is being celebrated every year on the first Sunday in the month of August.

This beautiful idea of celebrating Friendship Day was joyfully accepted by several other countries across the world. And today, many countries including India, celebrate the first Sunday of August as Friendship Day every year. Celebrating Friendship Day in a traditional manner, people meet their friends and exchange cards and flowers to honor their friends. Lot many social and cultural organization too celebrate the occasion and mark Friendship Day by hosting programs and get together.

Everywhere, people express love for their friends and cherish their presence in life.

Today 2nd August 2009 is the first Sunday of August, Friendship Day. Dinesh Shah has sent greetings to the members of SAMAJ on Friendship Day which is displayed above Let us be friends and help each other selflessly when some one needs help. A FRIEND IN NEED IS FRIEND INDEED