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Young people all around the world hold all the excitement when it comes the first Sunday of August. Now it’s time to make plans for upcoming friendship day once more. International Friendship day, which gained an enormous fame in recent years, is being celebrated in many countries. Happy Friendship Day which falls on first Sunday of every August. This year we celebrate Friendship Day on 7th August 2016.

Friendship has been valued a lot since the humankind gets to civilize. No friendship is an accident, and on this day, you get all the privilege to take the process of socialization to a next level. There are many folktales and added mythological instances to state the significance of this day.

Awesome Friendship Day Messages and SMS

Friendship day was originally founded by Hallmark in 1919. It was intended to be a day for people to celebrate their friendship by sending eachother cards, but by 1940 the market had dried up, and eventually it died out completely. However, in 1998 Winnie the Pooh was named the world’s Ambassador of Friendship at the United Nations (believe it or not!), and in April 2011 the United Nations officially recognised 30th July as International Friendship Day; although most countries celebrate on the first Sunday of August!

According to the Friendship Day declaration, we are invited to “observe this day in an appropriate manner, in accordance with the culture and other appropriate circumstances or customs of their local, national and regional communities, including through education and public awareness-raising activities”.

However, it’s all about celebration matters for social creatures. The tradition of dedicating a day for friends started in 1935 by US Congress. Within no time, the culture of celebrating friendship day took over the world and became International Friendship Day.

Though there is no clue for making this specific day as a Friendship day, it was also alleged to be a promotion by greeting card industry. Typical friendship day celebrations came with an idea of honouring relationships.

Meeting friends, exchange of greetings cards and friendship bands, gifts and flowers has been a part of traditional friendship day celebration. Back in 1997, fictional cartoon characters, Winnie-The-Pooh were declared as the brand Ambassador of International Friendship Day.

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These days Friendship Day took a very commercial makeover, and greetings turned to a messages and status in social media. We provide you with a few of Friendship Day status messages to share it with your dear friends.


Friendship Day Status for Whatsapp

“If you ever need a hand, you will always find My Hand. “Happy Friendship Day dear friend.”

“A Single Soul dwelling in two bodies, Thanks for being such a special part of my life. That you are and always be! “Happy Friendship Day.”

“I cannot even imagine where I would be today were it not for that handful of friends who have given me a heart full of joy. Let’s face it; friends make life a lot more fun.”

“Time & distance are important between friends. When a friend is in your heart, they remain there forever. I may be busy, but I assure you, you are always in my heart!”

“Your friend is the man who knows all about you, and still likes you.”

“Friends are the most important ingredient in this recipe of life.”

“To be depressed is to be lonely; to have a friend is to be happy…”

“Your friend is your needs answered.”

“Of all possessions a friend is the most precious.”

“The most I can do for my friend is simply be his friend.”




Friendship Day Status for Facebook

“The greatest gift of life is friendship, and I have received it.”

“Friends are the siblings God never gave us.”

“Friendship is a strong and habitual inclination in two persons to promote the good and happiness of one another.”

“There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship.”

“A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out.”

“Friendship is like a violin; the music may stop now and then, but the strings will last forever.”

“A true friend is someone who knows there’s something wrong even when you have the biggest smile on your face. Happy Friendship Day.”

“The one, who likes you most, sometimes hurts you, but again he is the only one who feels your pain. Happy Friendship Day…”

The popular search terms for the occasion are Friendship quotes, National Friend ship day, pictures, photos, images, wallpapers, etc. First, of all let’s take a quick look at the origin.



The occasion is believed to have a fascinating story behind it. There have been many years now when it all started. The very first International FriendshipDay was celebrated in 1958 with its proposal in Paraguay. Brazil and Argentina were the two nations to commemorate a Friend’s day on July 20.



The day of celebration differs from one country to another. Oberlin (Ohio) celebrates it on April 8 while the United States observes the World Friendship Day on June 30 especially in Massachusetts and New Hampshire.



India, Bangladesh, and other South Asian countries observe it on the first Sunday of August month every year. It witnesses the exchanging of gifts like greeting cards, quotes, messages, pictures, images, chocolates, wristbands, and flowers, etc.Happy Friendship Day 2016 Images, Pictures, HD Wallpapers, Photos, Pics

However, the General Assembly of the United Nations has already announced July 30 as the day to celebrate the International Friendship Day.



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