National Tattoo Day is observed on July 17 of every year. National Tattoo Day encourages everyone to get ink that they have been profoundly thinking about. The day also celebrates the skin art and the love for tattoos that still prevails in the society. A tattoo is a permanent design made in any part of the human body using ink, dyes or pigments. Tattoos can be decorative, symbolic and pictorial. The culture of tattooing had been seen as uncivilised in the west, and the late 20th century, many people had accepted the concept and are now growing trend among all kinds of people. Making permanent marks in the body has been a part of the culture for thousands of years. Tattoos add to your identity and indirectly acts as a sign of who you are, what you like, etc., The culture of tattooing vary with each place, and people all around the world popularly practised it. Some people see the tattoo as addiction. Tattoos are unique because each of them has its own story and memory, tattoos are not just ink but, it is something that can never be taken away from you. So, to mark the day get that tattoo you always wanted.
The Spanish Civil War (Spanish: Guerra Civil Española) was a civil war in Spain fought from 1936 to 1939. Republicans loyal to the left-leaning Second Spanish Republic, in alliance with anarchists, of the communist and syndicalist variety, fought against a revolt by the Nationalists, an alliance of Falangists, monarchists, conservatives and Catholics, led by a military group among whom General Francisco Franco soon achieved a preponderant role. Due to the international political climate at the time, the war had many facets and was variously viewed as class struggle, a war of religion, a struggle between dictatorship and republican democracy, between revolution and counterrevolution, and between fascism and communism.[10] It has been frequently called the "dress rehearsal" for World War II.[11] The Nationalists won the war, which ended in early 1939, and ruled Spain until Franco's death in November 1975.
Date : 17 July 1936 – 1 April 1939 (2 years, 8 months, 2 weeks and 1 day)
Location : Spain
Result : Nationalist victory
On July 17th 1996, M. Karunanidhi, the then Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu announced in the state assembly that the state capital of Madras would from then on be known as Chennai.
The name Madras was originally given to an area comprising of the present state of Tamil Nadu and neighbouring areas of North Kerala, Lakshadweep Islands, Coastal Andhra Pradesh, Odisha (then Orissa) and a few districts of Karnataka. This area was officially known as Presidency of Fort St. George and was an administrative subdivision of British India. It was, however, popularly known as the Madras Presidency.
