National Handloom Day: 7 August

The National Handloom Day is observed annually on 7 August in India, to honour the handloom weavers in the country and highlight the contribution of handloom industry towards the socioeconomic development of the country and increase income of the weavers.
2020 marks the 6th National Handloom Day.
The Union government officially declared August 7 as NHD in July 2015, to recognize the contribution of India’s handloom weavers, from Kanjivaram to Pashmina.
It was on this day in 1905, that the Swadeshi Movement was launched in the Calcutta Town hall to protest against partition of Bengal by the British Government.