Goodwill Day 2022: The birth anniversary of Rajiv Gandhi, the sixth Prime Minister of India, is celebrated every year on 20 August as Sadbhavna Diwas or Harmony Day in the country. It is dedicated to promote peace, national unity and communal harmony among all religions in the country. On Sadbhav Diwas, many cultural programs and competitions are organized in the states. People take a pledge to work towards establishing peace and harmony in the country.
“I take this solemn pledge that I will work for the emotional unity and harmony of all the people of India, regardless of caste, region, religion or language. I further pledge that I will not resort to violence through dialogue and through constitutional means.” I will resolve all differences between us.
Goodwill Day: History
The day was first observed in 1992, more than a year after Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated in a suicide bombing attack in Sriperumbudur, Tamil Nadu.
Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavna Award
As a tribute to Rajiv Gandhi’s contribution in promoting communal harmony, national integration and peace, the All India Congress Committee instituted the Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award in 1992. This award is given to those people who have done exemplary work in establishing peace in the society. The inaugural award was given in 1995 to Jagan Nath Kaul, the founder of SOS Children’s Village of India.
Born on 20 August 1944 to former Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and Feroze Gandhi, Rajiv was the youngest PM in the country’s history. He took on the role of Prime Minister after the assassination of Indira Gandhi in 1984. During his tenure, Rajiv Gandhi brought about many historic changes which included the expansion of information technology in the country.
He also launched a National Policy on Education in 1986 with the aim of improving and expanding the institutions of higher education across India. In the same year, he established the Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya system, a centralized government school, to improve the rural sector of the society by providing free school education from classes VI to XII.
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