International Friendship Day | Friendship Day in India | History | Poem

It is a day when the friends celebrate their friendship. It is celebrated on the first Sunday of August. The Friendship Day was the first organized in 1958.World Friendship Day is the theday to celebrate friendithe among each other. This day was a very popular celebration in many of the South American countries since when it was first celebrated in 1958 in Paraguay as the 'International Friendship Day'. Initially it was promoted by the greeting card industry, but later spreading through social networking sites and with the spread of the Internet, especially in India, Bangladesh and Malaysia.
The idea of World Friendship Day was first proposed on 20 July 1958 by Dr. Raman Artimio Bracco. From this meeting of friends, World Friendship Crusade was started. The World Friendship Crusade is a foundation that promotes friendship and fellowship among all humans despite caste, color or religion.Then, on July 30, every year on Paraguay every year is celebrated as a world friendship day and it is celebrated. It has been adopted by many other countries. Nowadays, it is becoming more popular due to social media like Facebook.

History of Friendship Day

Friendship Day was originated by the Joyce hall the founder of the hallmark card in 1930, intended to be 2 August and a day when the people celebrated their friendships by holiday celebration.Friendship Day was promoted by the greeting card National Association during the 1920s but met with consumer resistance – given that it was too obviously a commercial gimmick to promote greetings cards. By the 1940s the number Friendship Day cards are available in the U.S. by had dwindled and the holiday largely died out there. There is no evidence to the date for its uptake in Europe; however, it has has been kept alive and revitalised in Asia, where several countries have adopted it.

In India

In India, Friendship Day is celebrated on the first Sunday of month of August every year. Everyone celebrate by exchanging greetings/text messages and tying friendship bands.In 2019, it will be celebrated on 04 august.

Happy Frienship Day Quotes

International Friendship Day| History | Quotes | Poem

1.If you can unlock your friends mobile with your fingerprint then you have found your best friend forever.

2.I gave you hand to shake. But you held it for forever. You held it tighter And I said I'll let go never.

3.Its not the quantity of friends important its the quality.

4.Each friends represent a world in us,a world possibly not born until they arrive and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born.

5.Friends are precious. The old ones are priceless.

6.Depth of friendship does not depend upon length of acquaintaince.

7.The greatest gift of life is frienship and I have received it.

8.There is nothing on these earth more to be prized thantrue friendship.

9.Maybe our friends are our soulmate and men are these great nice guys to have fun with.

10.Friendship was meant to be more than a greeting that came once a year

Friends makes life worth it.

11.Keep friends that say good thing behind your back and bad things on your face.

Poem on Friendship Day

Hey my dear friend
Appreciation will never end;
Precious you are to me
priceless gift of god I see!
You are a gold,
Fresh yet old.
Relationship of our
Is like a those Stars
Even though they are far
Nature made they are,
Do have their own light
Shine so bright at night
Hand I"ll lend
I"ll never let it end
Perfect, Pure and peaceful
Describing it as Beautiful
At the end I would say
Yaar Happy Friendship Day