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Vinod Chandrashekhar Dixit National Safe Motherhood Day is an initiative of the White Ribbon Alliance. The government of India declared in 2003 the national safe motherhood day on April 11. This day on the birth anniversary of Kasturba Gandhi wife of Mahatma Gandhi , the national motherhood day is observed every year. India is one of the most high-risk places in the world to give birth, accounting for 15% of total maternal deaths worldwide.This day also focuses on reducing anaemia among women, institutional delivery, for better pre and postnatal health care etc. which are necessary for mothers. A healthy mother is important because she is an incubator for her unborn child. If a woman eats a nutritious diet during pregnancy, then the brain development of the foetus is good. It also ensures there is a reduction in birth defects and the weight of the baby is healthy. Every year 44,000 women die in India due to improper care during the pregnancy. Motherhood is the best gift of God and mothers are the most special person in an individual’s life. Women are blessed with a unique ability, i.e. to give birth. A woman nurtures her child in her womb for nine months, puts her body through a lot of misery in form of sickness, labour pain, and so on; hoping to deliver a healthy baby with safety. However, this does not always go in the desired manner, especially in a poor country like ours.Motherhood creates many responsibilities and often changes a woman as a person. It is considered the greatest gift of God, according to many cultures. It embraces the circle of knowing ones’ child and understanding them from a mother’s perspective. Motherhood encompasses all the phases of life, hopes, dreams, acceptance, failures, disappointments, repentance a ...