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Coal India Foundation Day |
1st November |
On 1 November 1975, a new public-sector company Coal India Limited (CIL) was formed to enable better organizational and operational efficiency in coal sector. All the 4 Divisions of CMAL were given the company status, and were brought under CIL along with BCCL. |
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Indian Mining Day |
1st November |
The Mining Engineers' Association of India (MEAI), a national body of 5,000 mining engineers has announced that from now on every year, November 1, will be celebrated as the National Mining Day. The association expressed ban on mining in some areas across the country has aggravated the crisis by leaving the local people jobless. |
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United Nation Organisation (UNO) Mine Awareness Day |
4th April |
On December 8th, 2005, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) declared that the 4th of April will be formally established and commemorated as the International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action every year. It was discovered for the first time on April 4th, 2006. Sustained efforts by states, as well as assistance from the United Nations (UN), as well as other relevant organisations, to assist in the establishment and development of nationwide mine action potentials in nations where mines and explosives remnants of war pose a serious threat to people’s safety, health, and lives, or obstruct economic and social development on a national and local level. |
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Coal Miner’s Day |
4th May |
First Coal Mine was opened in Scotland in 1575, whereas India’s first Coal mine was established in 1774 by East India Company in Raniganj Coal Fields.
4th May 1907 in Significant as it commemorates the day when first underground mines in inaugurated at Raniganj West Bengal.
So, this day is observed to acknowledge the invaluable contribution of Coal Miners towards Country Energy needs.
4th May declared as “Coal Miner’s Day” by Central Govt. in year 2017.
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