Friendship Day on August 2 but why it's trending on July 30? Find out here

New Delhi: The essence of celebrating the bond of friendship on a special day brings people together. The Friendship Day was first proposed in Paraguay back in 1958 as the International Friendship Day celebrating the essence of friendship. 

Different countries celebrate it on varied dates. July 30 was marked as the World Friendship Day in 1958 by the World Friendship Crusade. This was the first time the date was proposed. Then on April 27, 2011, the General Assembly of the United Nations declared July 30 as official International Friendship Day. 

Looks like that has got the Twitterati confused as #FriendshipDay has been trending big time on the micro-blogging site. 

Today is international #friendshipday2020
Whereas India celebrates #FriendshipDay on 2 August i.e. first Sunday of August!! pic.twitter.com/JQ3yDNzr2F — Manu (@Manu83427218) July 30, 2020

Let’s make a promise to grow. #FriendshipDay #InternationalFriendshipDay pic.twitter.com/PnIWEnMSAy

— Sudarsan Pattnaik (@sudarsansand) July 30, 2020

Making a thousand friends is not friendship .A friendship made with faith ,Maintaining to death is a true friendship 

Cheers to all my friends out there #FriendshipDay #FriendshipDay2020 pic.twitter.com/8IlbXceIfM — Rajath (@Rajath_TM) July 30, 2020

To all Tweeps,
Happy International Friendship day.
I am blessed with the supporting people around , I wanna THANKYOU all for being helpful everytime#FriendshipDay pic.twitter.com/ciBQ2TqsFZ — Vartika (@Vartika_zany) July 30, 2020

In many countries including India, the first Sunday of August is officially celebrated as the Friendship Day. Meanwhile, April 8 is marked as the Friendship Day in Oberlin, Ohio, United States. 

So, be it on July 30 or the age-old tradition of celebrating on first Sunday of August - all that matters is friendship and bonhomie, right?

Here's wishing all the readers a very happy Friendship's Day!