Why Ist April is observed as April Fools’ Day and other recollections
April 1, 2021, 11:50 AM IST
The writer is former Deputy Surveyor General, Survey of India and currently president of All India Consumer Council, Uttarakhand and Vice-President of Cheshire Home, Dehradun, and Doon Citizen Council LESS... MORE
April Fools’ Day, also called All Fools’ Day, is celebrated every year on April 1 by playing practical jokes and planting hoaxes on friends, neighbours or other close associates but ensuring that no harm is done to them — all in the spirit of fun. The victims of the jokes are called April Fools. People playing April Fool jokes expose their prank by shouting ‘April Fool’ immediately after the person realises that the joke has been played.