Question: When ‘World Red Cross Day’ is celebrated?
(a) May 6
(b) May 5
(c) May 9
(d) May 8
Answer: (d)
Related Facts:
- On May 8th, 2018; World Red Cross Day was celebrated across the world.
- This day is celebrated on the birth anniversary of founder of Red Cross and the first Nobel Prize winner Henry Dunant (May 8, 1828).
- Red Cross (ICRC) is a non-governmental organization established in the year 1863.
- Its object is to monitor patients, wounded and prisoner of war.
- Its headquarters is located in Geneva, Switzerland.
- The Indian Red Cross Society was formed in the year 1920.