Why is National Milk Day celebrated on the 26th of November *?

Why is National Milk Day celebrated on the 26th of November *?

National Milk Day is observed and celebrated to honour Dr Verghese Kurien. He was the father of India’s White Revolution. Every year on 26 November, National Milk Day is celebrated across the country. All the more, milk is the first food that a child consumes right after birth.

Who started National Milk Day?

National Milk Day on January 11th commemorates the day many think the first milk deliveries in glass bottles began in the United States. Alexander Campbell of the New York Dairy Company professed to the New York State Senate that his company was the first to make these deliveries in 1878.

Whose birthday is celebrated as the National Milk Day in India?

It is since 2014 that November 26 is celebrated as the ‘National Milk Day’ to commemorate the birthday of Dr Kurien, lauded as the father of India’s white revolution. Few people know that Kurien also established 30-odd institutions that are all run by farmers.

What is the theme of Milk Day?

World Milk Day 2021 will be celebrated with a theme focusing on sustainability in the dairy sector along with empowering the environment, nutrition, and socio-economic. The theme aims to spread more and more awareness every year about including milk and dairy products in the diet regularly.

How do we celebrate Milk Day?

In 2001, World Milk Day was established by the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations to recognize the importance of milk as a global food, and to celebrate the dairy sector. Catch up on the activities on our social media channels and use our hashtags #WorldMilkDay & #EnjoyDairy.

What’s the full form of Google?

GOOGLE: Global Organization of Oriented Group Language of Earth. Officially Google has not a full form. It is generated from a word “googol” which means a huge number. The word “googol” represents a number that is 1 followed by 100 zeros. Google Inc is an US based multinational corporation.