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World Mosquito Day on 20 August: Ronald Ross and malaria

22 August 20261 min read
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGYWorld MosquitoDay on 20 August:Ronald Ross andmalaria22 August 2026safalsetu.com

Why in the news

The world marked World Mosquito Day on 20 August 2026, recalling a landmark discovery about how malaria spreads.

Key facts

  • Date: 20 August annually.
  • Event recalled: Sir Ronald Ross showed in 1897 that female Anopheles mosquitoes transmit malaria.
  • Place of work: Secunderabad, India.
  • Recognition: Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1902.

Note

  • His work established the part mosquitoes play in carrying malaria.

Exam angle

  • Likely question: which mosquito genus spreads malaria? Answer: Anopheles (female).
  • Remember the trio: Ronald Ross, 1897 discovery, 1902 Nobel.
  • Disease linked: malaria.

Test yourself

1. World Mosquito Day on 20 August commemorates whose discovery about malaria?

It recalls Sir Ronald Ross's 1897 discovery.

2. Ronald Ross made his malaria discovery while working in which Indian city?

Ross worked in Secunderabad when he made the discovery.

3. In which year did Ronald Ross receive the Nobel Prize for his malaria work?

He received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1902.

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