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April
1 : First day of financial year in India
Financial year in India is April 1 to March 31.
April
1 : April Fools Day
April Fools' Day is celebrated in different countries
around the world on April 1 every year. Sometimes
referred to as All Fools' Day, April 1 is not a national
holiday, but is widely recognized and celebrated as
a day when many people play all kinds of jokes and
foolishness. The day is marked by the commission of
good-humoured or otherwise funny jokes, hoaxes, and
other practical jokes of varying sophistication on
friends, family members, teachers, neighbors, work
associates, etc.
Traditionally,
in some countries such as New Zealand, Ireland, the
UK, Australia, and South Africa, the jokes only last
until noon, and someone who plays a trick after noon
is called an "April Fool" and taunted "April
Fool's Day's past and gone, You're the fool for making
one." Elsewhere, such as in France, Italy, South
Korea, Japan, Russia, The Netherlands, Germany, Brazil,
Canada, and the U.S., the jokes last all day.
The
earliest recorded association between April 1 and
foolishness can be found in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales
(1392). Many writers suggest that the restoration
of January 1 as New Year's Day in the 16th century
was responsible for the creation of the holiday, but
this theory does not explain earlier references.
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