Children's Day in India

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commemorative day national observance

Children's Day in India is a national observance celebrated annually on November 14 to honor and promote the rights, care, and education of children.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Children's Day	2
Children’s Day	2
Children's Day in India canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T167807 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Children's Day in India
Context triple: [Jawaharlal Nehru, commemoratedBy, Children's Day in India]

A. Republic Day
Republic Day is a major Indian national holiday celebrated annually on January 26 to commemorate the adoption of the Constitution of India and the country's transition to a republic in 1950.
B. National Foundation Day
National Foundation Day is a Japanese public holiday celebrated annually on February 11 to commemorate the legendary founding of the nation and the ascension of its first emperor.
C. Gandhi Jayanti
Gandhi Jayanti is an annual Indian national holiday observed on October 2nd to honor the birth and legacy of Mahatma Gandhi, celebrating his role in the country’s nonviolent struggle for independence.
D. Holi
Holi is a major Hindu spring festival known as the "festival of colors," celebrated with vibrant powders, water, music, and communal joy to mark the victory of good over evil and the arrival of spring.
E. Janmashtami
Janmashtami is a major Hindu festival celebrating the birth of Lord Krishna, observed with fasting, devotional singing, and night-long vigils.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Children's Day in India
Target entity description: Children's Day in India is a national observance celebrated annually on November 14 to honor and promote the rights, care, and education of children.

A. Republic Day
Republic Day is a major Indian national holiday celebrated annually on January 26 to commemorate the adoption of the Constitution of India and the country's transition to a republic in 1950.
B. National Foundation Day
National Foundation Day is a Japanese public holiday celebrated annually on February 11 to commemorate the legendary founding of the nation and the ascension of its first emperor.
C. Gandhi Jayanti
Gandhi Jayanti is an annual Indian national holiday observed on October 2nd to honor the birth and legacy of Mahatma Gandhi, celebrating his role in the country’s nonviolent struggle for independence.
D. Holi
Holi is a major Hindu spring festival known as the "festival of colors," celebrated with vibrant powders, water, music, and communal joy to mark the victory of good over evil and the arrival of spring.
E. Janmashtami
Janmashtami is a major Hindu festival celebrating the birth of Lord Krishna, observed with fasting, devotional singing, and night-long vigils.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	commemorative day ⓘ national observance ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Bal Diwas ⓘ
celebrationType	community events ⓘ school-based celebration ⓘ
country	India ⓘ
dateObserved	14 November ⓘ
focusesOn	access to education ⓘ health and nutrition of children ⓘ protection from abuse and exploitation ⓘ protection from child labor ⓘ
frequency	annual ⓘ
hasHashtag	#BalDiwas ⓘ #ChildrensDay ⓘ
hasTargetGroup	children ⓘ educators ⓘ parents ⓘ
inception	1959 ⓘ
languageOfAlternativeName	Hindi ⓘ
languageOfName	English ⓘ
legalStatus	non-working observance ⓘ
mediaCoverage	newspaper articles on child rights ⓘ television programs for children ⓘ
namedAfter	Jawaharlal Nehru ⓘ
observedBy	Union government ministries of India ⓘ surface form: Indian government institutions children in India ⓘ schools in India ⓘ teachers in India ⓘ
organisedBy	government agencies ⓘ non-governmental organizations ⓘ schools ⓘ
partOf	observances in India ⓘ
purpose	to honor children ⓘ to promote care of children ⓘ to promote children's rights ⓘ to promote education of children ⓘ
relatedTo	Jawaharlal Nehru's birth anniversary ⓘ
replaced	Universal Children's Day on 20 November in India ⓘ
significance	celebrates childhood ⓘ raises awareness of children's issues in India ⓘ
symbolicallyAssociatedWith	Jawaharlal Nehru's affection for children ⓘ
theme	child education ⓘ child protection ⓘ child welfare ⓘ
typicalActivities	competitions for children ⓘ cultural programs in schools ⓘ distribution of sweets to children ⓘ speeches on children's rights ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Jawaharlal Nehru → commemoratedBy → Children's Day in India ⓘ

November → containsHolidayInIndia → Children's Day in India ⓘ

this entity surface form: Children's Day

#BalDiwas → associatedWithEvent → Children's Day in India ⓘ

this entity surface form: Children’s Day

#BalDiwas → meaningInEnglish → Children's Day in India ⓘ