Father’s Day : Date Schedule , Origin Of The Father’s Day
Father’s Day is celebrated worldwide to recognize the contribution that fathers and father figures make to the lives of their children. This day celebrates fatherhood and male parenting. Although it is celebrated on a variety of dates worldwide, many countries observe this day on the third Sunday in June.
When is Father’s Day in 2019 ?
◆ Father’s Day in 2019 in India
Sunday ,
16 June
◆ Father’s Day in Next Year 2020 in India
Sunday
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21 June
◆ Father’s Day is on the 167th day of 2019. There are 198 days left in the year.
Father’s Day is a celebration honoring fathers and celebrating fatherhood, paternal bonds, and the influence of fathers in society. In Catholic Europe, it has been celebrated on March 19 (Saint Joseph’s Day) since the Middle Ages. This celebration was brought by the Spanish and Portuguese to Latin America, where March 19 is often still used for it, though many countries in Europe and the Americas have adopted the U.S. date, which is the third Sunday of June. It is celebrated on various days in many parts of the world, most commonly in the months of March, April and June according to the home nation’s customs. It complements similar celebrations honoring family members, such as Mother’s Day, Siblings Day, and Grandparents’ Day.
Origins of Father’s Day:
The first known Father’s Day service was conducted at a church in West Virginia in 1908. The credit for which goes to Grace Golden Clayton when she suggested if the Sunday service could be conducted in the honour of over 200 fathers who has died at a mining explosion in Monongah in West Virginia.
While this is traced to be the origin of the concept of Father’s Day, it did not become an annual international event until 1909 when Sonara Smart Dodd from Washington proposed the idea of Father’s Day to Spokane Ministerial Association on June 5 as it was the day her father was born.
The first Father’s Day in Spokane, Washington, was observed a year after that, on June 19, 1910. This then became an annual event at Spokane. The concept soon picked up across towns that had their own ways to celebrate the occasion
It was in 1913 when the first bill was introduced in the Congress, suggesting that Father’s Day should be considered to be a national holiday. The bill was however passed only in 1972 declaring Father’s Day a national holiday on the third Sunday in June.
The First Father’s day was celebrated :
Mrs. Sonora Dodd is believed to be the first person suggested the idea of celebrating Father’s Day in honor of fathers in 1909. The first Father’s day was celebrated in USA on 19th June, 1910.
History & Tradition of Father’s Day :
Father’s Day [[(Telugu: ఫాదర్స్ డే)], Tamil: Thanthaiyar Thinam, தந்தையர் தினம்]is not celebrated in all of India. But is observed the third Sunday of June by mostly westernized urban centers. The event is not a public holiday. The day is usually celebrated only in bigger cities of India like Hyderabad, Chennai, Mumbai, New Delhi, Kanpur, Bengaluru, Kolkata, Pune and others. After this day was first observed in the United States in 1908 and gradually gained popularity,[50] Indian metropolitan cities, much later, followed suit by recognising this event. In India, the day is usually celebrated with children giving gifts like greeting cards, electronic gadgets, shirts, coffee mugs or books to their fathers.
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