The Ministry of Panchayati Raj organizes the National Panchayati Raj day or the National Local Self Government Day.
India celebrated the first National Panchayati Raj Day in April 2010.
24th April 1993 marks a defining moment in the history of decentralization of power to the grassroots, with the institutionalization of Panchayati Raj, through the Constitution (73rd Amendment) Act, 1992.
Rajasthan was the first state that carried the Panchayati Raj System in 1959 during the times of late Prime Minister Jawarharlal Nehru.