=>The idea of a World Friendship Day was first proposed on 20 July 1958 by Dr. Artemio Bracho during a dinner with friends in Puerto Pinasco, a town on the River Paraguay about 200 miles north of Asuncion, Paraguay. =>The World Friendship Crusade has pressured the United Nations for many years to mark July 30th as World Friendship Day to which they always showed disinterest.Finally,On 20th May General Assembly of the United Nations decided to designate July 30th as the International Day of Friendship =>The first World Friendship Day was proposed for 30 July 1958. => In Oberlin, Ohio, Friendship Day is celebrated on 8 April each year =>On 27 April 2011 the General Assembly of the United Nations declared 30 July as official International Friendship Day. =>However, some countries, including India,celebrate Friendship Day on the first Sunday of August
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