International Day of Democracy

On November 8, 2007, the United Nations passed a resolution through consensus, thus establishing International Day of Democracy. September 15 is celebrated as International Day of Democracy.

The International Day of Democracy owes its existence to the Universal Declaration on Democracy, which was adopted on September 15, 1997 by the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU). Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) is an international organisation of national parliaments.  The IPU suggested that the occasion be celebrated on September 15 to commemorate the adoption of Universal Declaration on Democracy 10 years prior. The first such celebration took place in 2008 .The International Day Of Democracy is an opportunity to review the state of democracy around the world

Engineer's Day (India) 

15th September, is celebrated as Engineers' Day in India. Indian Engineer Bharat Ratna Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya  was  born on September 15, 1861, in a small village called Muddenahalli in Karnataka.  Visvesvaraya received a degree in civil engineering from Pune College of Engineering. His expertise was in the fields of irrigation and flood disaster management.  He also established the famous Government Engineering College, now known as University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering in 1917.

He was an Indian civil engineer, statesman and the 19th Diwan of Mysore, serving from 1912 to 1919. He was the Chief Engineer of Krishna Raja Sagara dam in the north-west suburb of Mysuru city, and also served as one of the Chief Engineers of the flood protection system for the city of Hyderabad

  The  is celebrated as Engineers' Day in India, Sri Lanka and Tanzania in his memory.