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The ‘Anti-Leprosy Day’ (Martyrdom Day of Mahatma Gandhi) is observed on 30th January across India.

Every year the World Wetlands Day is observed globally on February 2 (since 1997) to raise awareness about the value of wetlands for humanity and the planet.

● Shaheed Diwas or Martyrs' Day is celebrated every year on January 30 and March 23 to pay homage to the victims who fought for the freedom, glory, welfare and progress of India.

● On January 30, 1948, the Father of Nation, Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated at Gandhi Smriti in the Birla House during the evening prayers. So, the Government of India announced the day as Shaheed Diwas or Martyr's Day. In some parts of India March 23 is also celebrated as Martyr's Day because on this day three heroes of the nation were hanged to death by the British:

● Bhagat Singh

● Shivaram Rajguru

● Sukhdev Thapar

• Arunachal Pradesh state council for Science & Technology (APSCS&T) with the partnership with National Innovation Foundation organised the 1st ever Innovation festival at science centre IG Park, Itanagar Arunachal Pradesh.

• The two days festival aims to encourage the cultural innovation among the people and students of Arunachal Pradesh.

The capital of the West Africa country Republic of Benin is Porto-Novo.

The Republic of Benin is bordered by Togo to the west, Nigeria to the east, and Burkina Faso and Niger to the north.

Majority of its population lives on the small southern coastline of the Bight of Benin, part of the Gulf of Guinea in the northernmost tropical portion of the Atlantic Ocean.

• The Kamakhya Temple is also known as Kamrup-Kamakhya temple is a Hindu temple dedicated to the mother goddess Kamakhya.

• It is one of the oldest of the 51 Shakti Pithas.

• Situated on the Nilachal Hill in western part of Guwahati city in Assam, India.

• It is the main temple in a complex of individual temples dedicated to the ten Mahavidyas of Saktism : Kali, Tara, Sodashi, Bhuvaneshwari, Bhairavi, Chhinnamasta, Dhumavati, Bagalamukhi, Matangi and Kamalatmika.

The Nandankanan National Park is located on the outskirts of Bhubaneswar, Odisha.
This is a host zoo for white tigers and the only zoo in the country, which has Patas Monkeys, Eastern Rosella variety of parakeet and Open-billed Stork (it is the second largest heronry for Open-billed Storks in Odisha).

• Konark Sun Temple is a 13th-century CE sun temple at Konark about 35 kilometres (22 mi) northeast from Puri on the coastline of Odisha, India.

• The temple is attributed to king Narasingha deva I of the Eastern Ganga Dynasty about 1250 CE. his temple was called the "Black Pagoda" in European sailor accounts as early as 1676 because its great tower appeared black.

• Similarly, the Jagannath Temple in Puri was called the "White Pagoda".

• Both temples served as important landmarks for sailors in the Bay of Bengal.

• The temple that exists today was partially restored by the conservation efforts of British India-era archaeological teams.

• It declared as UNESCO world heritage site in 1984.

• Amar Jawan Jyoti and Flame of the immortal soldier is an Indian memorialconstructed after the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 to commemorate the martyred and unknown soldiers of the Indian Armed Forces who died during the war.

• The memorial was constructed in December 1971 and inaugurated by Indira Gandhi in 1972.

• Amar Jawan Jyoti is located under India Gate at Rajpath in New Delhi and consists of a marble pedestal on which a cenotaph is situated.

• "Amar Jawan" (Immortal Soldier) is scripted in gold on all four sides of the cenotaph and on top, a L1A1 self-loading rifle stands on its barrel with a helmet of the Unknown Soldier on top.

• The Statue of Unity is a colossal statue of Indian statesman and independence activist Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel (1875–1950) who was the first Home Minister of independent India.
• It is located in the state of Gujarat, India. It is the world's tallest statue with a height of 182 metres (597 ft).
• It is located on a river island facing the Sardar Sarovar Dam on river Narmada in Kevadiya colony, 100 kilometres (62 mi) southeast of the city of Vadodara.
• It was designed by Indian sculptor Ram V. Sutar and was inaugurated by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 31 October 2018, the 143rd anniversary of Patel's birth.