International Day of Sport for Development and Peace: 6 April

International Day of Sport for Development and Peace: 6 April

• International Day of Sport for Development and Peace is celebrated eery year to make people aware about the power of sport to drive social change and promote peace.
• The theme for the International Day of Sport for Development and Peace 2026 is “Sport: Building Bridges, Breaking Barriers”.
• UNGA passed a resolution on 23rd August 2013 to observe 6th April as the ‘International Day of Sport for Development and Peace’.
• It also commemorates the inauguration of the first modern Olympic Games in 1896 in Athens, Greece.
• National Sports day is celebrated every year on 29 August in India on the birth anniversary of Major Dhyan Chand.