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{{Infobox holiday<br />
| type = National<br />
| observedby = [[India]]<br />
| significance =<br />
| date = 24 April<br />
| duration = 1 day<br />
| frequency = annual<br />
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'''National Panchayati Raj Day''' (''National Local Self-Government day'') is the national day of Panchayati Raj System in [[India]] celebrated by [[Ministry of Panchayati Raj]] on 24 April annually.<ref name="Zee News">{{citation|title=PM Modi to address conference on National Panchayati Raj Day|url=http://zeenews.india.com/news/india/pm-modi-to-address-conference-on-national-panchayati-raj-day_1584127.html|accessdate=25 April 2015|publisher=Zee News|date=24 April 2015}}</ref><ref name=Yahoo>{{cite news|title=PM Modi to address conference on National Panchayati Raj Day|url=https://in.news.yahoo.com/pm-modi-address-conference-national-panchayati-raj-day-030731380.html|accessdate=25 April 2015|work=Yahoo News|date=24 April 2015}}</ref><br />
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Then [[Prime Minister of India]] [[Manmohan Singh]] declared the first National Panchayati Raj Day on 24 April 2010.<ref name="Jagran Josh">{{cite news|title=24 April: National Panchayati Raj Day|url=http://www.jagranjosh.com/current-affairs/24-april-national-panchayati-raj-day-1287727129-1|accessdate=26 April 2015|publisher=Jagran Josh|date=22 October 2010}}</ref> He mentioned that if [[Panchayati raj|Panchayati Raj institutions]] (PRIs) functioned properly and locals participated in the development process, the Maoist threat could be countered.<ref name="Jagran Josh"/><br />
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Addressing the Elected Representatives, Prime Minister [[Narendra Modi]] on 24 April 2015 called for an end to the practice of "husbands of women [[sarpanch]]es" or "sarpanch pati" exercising undue influence on the work of their wives elected to power.<ref>{{cite news|title=End 'sarpanch pati' practice, says Modi|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/narendra-modi-addresses-conference-on-national-panchayati-raj-day/article7137488.ece|accessdate=26 April 2015|newspaper=The Hindu|date=25 April 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=PM Modi to address conference on National Panchayati Raj Day|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ani/pm-modi-to-address-conference-on-national-panchayati-raj-day-115042400134_1.html|accessdate=26 April 2015|newspaper=Business Standard|date=24 April 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=PM's remarks on National Panchayati Raj .Day|url=http://www.narendramodi.in/pms-remarks-on-national-panchayati-raj-day/|website=narendramodi.in|publisher=Narendra Modi's Blog|accessdate=27 April 2015}}</ref><br />
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