Every year on January 24, India celebrates Girl Child Day. With an aim to create awareness about the importance of women in society. In the times where there are issues surrounding women in the society, our Indian cricketers like Sachin Tendulkar, Harbhajan Singh, Yuvraj Singh and Aakash Chopra did their bit by not only wishing the women but also by talking about the importance of women in the society. National Girl Child Day 2019 Wishes: WhatsApp Stickers, Facebook Quotes, GIF Image Messages to Highlight the Importance of Girl Child.

National Girl Child Day spreads awareness on issues faced by girls in the country and gender equality. Education, health and nutrition are among the important things discussed on this day. The Ministry of Women and Child Development will celebrate the day with many events and from January 21-26, 2019. The program includes rallies, campaigns, self-defence training programmes, tree plantations and much more. With cricketers doing their bit by tweet, we are sure that this would contribute to the awakening of the people. National Girl Child Day 2019: Empowering Quotes You Can Share With the Little Girls That Will Make Their Day.

Here’s Sachin Tendulkar’s tweet:

Harbhajan Singh

Yuvraj Singh

Suresh Raina

Aakash Chopra

The official account of Mumbai Indians also tweeted about the day.

Last year, when Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi had attended an event on National Girl Child day, he had said, "We salute the skills, strengths and fortitude of the girl child. We are proud of the accomplishments of the girl child in various fields.”

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