Ganges Dolphin Day: 5 October

Ganges Dolphin Day: 5 October

Category : Important Days Published on: October 05 2021

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In India, 'Ganga River Dolphin Day' is celebrated every year on 5 October to encourage conservation and raise awareness of the Ganges River dolphin.

On this day in 2010, the Ganges dolphin was declared a national aquatic animal.
Then, in 2012 the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) and the Government of Uttar Pradesh jointly launched a dolphin conservation campaign in the country.
The Ganges River Dolphin was officially discovered in 1801.
The Ganges river dolphin is found in the Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna and Karnaphuli-Sangu river systems of Nepal, India, and Bangladesh.

Important Facts

About Ganga

Sources: Gangotri Glacier
Length: 2,510 km
Cities: Varanasi, Haridwar, Prayagraj, Kolkata, Patna, Kanpur, Ghazipur

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