CURRENT AFFAIRS: IMPORTANT DAYS
National Handloom Day – observed on Aug 07
- To raise awareness about the handloom industries and hand-weavers, the Modi Government announced August 7 as the National Handloom Day in the year 2015.
- The first Handloom Day was celebrated on 7 August 2015, the day was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the Centenary Hall of Madras University, Chennai.
- Every year, handloom day is celebrated with a special theme, and this year the theme of the day is – “Hand Loom – An Indian Legacy.”
- This year, the celebration of the day would revolve around this theme.
- National Handloom Day is celebrated on the day the Swadeshi Movement was launched in 1905.
