WHEN IS FATHERS DAY?

When is Father's Day 2018? Dates in India, why we celebrate it and how it all started
Father's Day 2018: To celebrate fatherhood and male parenthood, Father's Day is celebrated every year in the third week of June. This year, it falls on June 16th. Read on to find out more.
Fathers always play a special role in a child's life. Superhero, guide, friend or model, a father accompanies his children in all difficulties and helps them navigate. To celebrate fatherhood and male parenthood, Father's Day is celebrated every year in the third week of June. This year, he falls on June 17 in India.


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European countries celebrate Father's Day on St. Joseph's Day to recognize the special role of the male parent in the life of a child. It is said that it was started by an American, who was raised by a widower. Sonora Smart Dodd was born in 1982 in Sebastian County, Arkansas. Her mother died when she was 16 years old. Her father, William Smart, raised her with five brothers after the death of their mother.

Dodd was embarrassed by the fact that there was no day to honor her veteran father of the civil war who had raised her with five younger brothers. Dodd wanted the celebration to take place on June 5, his father's birthday, but the celebration was postponed until Sunday, June 19, 1910.

While some people exchange cards, gifts and flowers, others prefer to dine and spend the day with their father. Whether it's a strict father, a cool father, or a father who stays at home, show him some love on Father's Day and thank him for helping him out. shape your life.
Meaning of Father's Day 2019
Father's Day is a holiday celebrated every year on the third Sunday of June. It is a day that commemorates fatherhood and appreciates all fathers and fathers (including grandfathers, great-grandfathers, stepfathers and foster fathers) and their contribution to society.

Father's day story
The story of Father's Day 2019 goes back to 1910 in Spokane, Washington, where the 27-year-old Sonora Dodd proposed it as a way to honor the man (a war veteran). William Jackson Smart) who raised her alone with her five siblings. his mother died in childbirth. Dodd was in a church wondering how grateful she was for her father when she had the idea of ​​Father's Day, which would be a reflection of Mother's Day but would be celebrated in June, the month of birthday of his father.

It is said that she was inspired after hearing a sermon on Jarvis Mother's Day in 1909 at the Central Episcopal Methodist Church. She told her pastor that fathers should celebrate a similar holiday in their honor. A bill to recognize the feast at the national level was presented to Congress in 1913.

In 1916, President Woodrow Wilson went to Spokane to speak at a Father's Day celebration and wanted to make it official, but Congress resisted, fearing it would be another commercial holiday. . The movement grew for years but became popular in 1924 only under former President Calvin Coolidge.

The party grew in population during the Second World War, with most men leaving their families to fight in the war. In 1966, President Lyndon B. Johnson proclaimed the third Sunday of June "Father's Day." The President of the United States, Calvin Coolidge, recommended in 1924 that this day be celebrated by the nation, without however proclaiming a national proclamation.

Two attempts to officially recognize the holidays had been rejected by Congress. In 1966, President Lyndon B. Johnson issued the first presidential proclamation in honor of fathers, designating the third Sunday of June as Father's Day. Six years later, that day became a permanent holiday when President Richard Nixon promulgated it in 1972.