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International Yoga Day is celebrated all over the world on 21st June. The credit for teaching yoga to the world also goes to India. But do you know why Yoga Day is celebrated every year on 21st June. Because this day is not celebrated on any other day and month? Today we will tell you the reason behind celebrating Yoga Day on 21st June. Yoga's connection with India is years old. You also say that Yoga is an important part of Indian culture and Vedas. Today, when the whole world is understanding the importance of yoga, the credit for it goes to the yoga gurus of India. Due to whose efforts yoga has reached the world. Now the question is how did Yoga Day start? Let us tell you that for the first time on 27 September 2014, in the United Nations General Assembly, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi had proposed celebrating International Yoga Day in his speech. In the same year, on 11 December 2014, the United Nations General Assembly approved this proposal and announced to celebrate 21 June as International Yoga Day. Let us tell you that this proposal got the support of 177 countries. After which Yoga Day was celebrated for the first time across the world on 21 June 2015. On this day, millions of people across the world practiced yoga collectively.