International Children’s Book Day is celebrated on April 2 of every year to encourage children to develop their habit of reading. It is also observed to hon-our Hans Christian Andersen’s birthday
Utkal Diwas
Odisha Divas and Utkala Dibasa, is celebrated on 1 April in the Indian state of Odisha in memory of the formation of the state as a separate state out of Bihar and Orissa on 1 April 1936.