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Day for celebrating friendship

Friendship Day (also known as the International Friendship Day or Friend's Day) is a day in several countries for celebrating friendship.

It was initially promoted by the greeting card industry; evidence from social networking sites shows a revival of interest in Friendship Day that may have grown with the spread of the internet, particularly in India, Bangladesh, and Malaysia.

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Mobile phones, digital communication, and social media have contributed to popularize the custom. Those who promote the day in South Asia attribute the tradition of dedicating a day in honour of friends to have originated in the United States in 1935.^[1]

History

Friendship Day was first proposed in Singapore in 1958 by Merrick .

It was a holiday involving the celebration of friendships through a global holiday. The original date of celebration was 2 August, though it has since been m

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