Bal Diwas is also known as Children’s Day.
In India, Bal Diwas is celebrated every year on the 14th of November.
It commemorates the birthday of India’s first Prime Minister, Pundit Jawaharlal Nehru.
He loved and cherished children a lot, and said that “the children of today will make the India of tomorrow.”
Nehru believed that the way that children are brought up will determine the future of the country.
Children also loved Nehru a lot and lovingly called him “Chacha Nehru.”
So, after Nehru’s death, the Government of India fittingly declared his birthday as Bal Diwas or Children’s Day.
They did it so that all Indians may celebrate children in the way Nehru would have wanted.
Bal Diwas is celebrated all across India, especially in schools.
Schools usually have special celebrations and functions to entertain children on Bal Diwas.