IMPORTANT DATES & DAYS

Important Days in January

January 1 Army Medical Corps Establishment Day / Global Family Day / World Peace Day
January 4 World Braille Day
January 6 World War Orphans Day
January 8 African National Congress Foundation Day
January 9 Pravasi Bharatiya Divas / NRI Day (India)
January 10 World Laughter Day
January 11 Death anniversary of Lal Bahadur Shastri
January 12 National youth Day (Birth Day of Swami Vivekanand)
January 15 National Army Day
January 23 Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose’s birth anniversary
January 24 National Girl Child Day/Balika Divas (India)
January 25 International Customs Duty Day/ India Tourism Day /Indian Voters Day
January 26 Republic Day of India/ International Customs duty day
January 27 International Day of Commemoration in the Memory of Victims of Holocaust / International Holocaust Remembrance Day
January 28 Birth anniversary of Lala Lajpat Rai (India) / Data Privacy Day /Data Protection Day,
January 30 (Martyr’s day) Mahatma Gandhi’s Martyrdom Day/ National Martyr’s Day or Sarvodaya Day/ World Leprosy Eradication Day

Important Days in February

February 1 Indian Coast Guard Day
February 2 World Wetlands Day
February 4 National Day of Srilanka / World Cancer Day
February 5 Kashmir Day (Organised by Pakistan)
February 6 International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation
2nd Sunday of February – World Marriage Day
February 7 International Development Week
February 11 World Day of Sick
February 12 Darwin Day
February 13 World Radio Day / Sarojini Naidu’s Birth Anniversary/ National women’s day (India)
February 14 St. Valentine’s Day
February 20 World Day of Social Justice
February 21 International Mother Language Day
February 22 World Scout Day / World Thinking day
February 23 World Peace and Understanding Day
February 24 Central Excise tax Day (India)
February 27 World Sustainable Energy Day
February 28 National Science Day

Important Days in March

March 1 Zero Discrimination Day / World Civil Defence Day
March 3 World Wildlife Day / National Defence Day (India) /World Hearing Day
March 4 National Security Day / World Day of Fight against Sexual Exploitation/National Safety Day
March 8 International Women’s Day
March 10 CISF Raising Day (Central Industrial Security Force)
March 12 Mauritius Day
March 13 World Rotaract Day
March 14 world pi Day / 2nd Monday of March – Commonwealth Day
2nd Thursday of March – World Kidney Day
March 15 World Consumer rights Day / World Disabled Day/ World Contact Day
March 16 National Vaccination Day
March 18 National Ordinance Factories Day
March 20 International Day of Happiness, World sparrow day
March 21 World Forestry Day / International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination / World Poetry Day/ World Down Syndrome day / World Puppetry day
3rd Friday of March – World Sleep Day
March 22 World Day of Water
March 23 World Meterological Day
March 24 World TB Day/ International Day for Achievers
March 25 International Day of Remembrance – Victims of Slavery and Transatlantic Slave Trade
March 26 Bangaladesh Liberation Day / World Purple day (epilepsy awareness day)
March 27 World Drama Day or World Theater Day

Important Days in April

April 1 Orissa Day/ April fool’s day
April 2 World Autism Awareness Day
April 4 International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action
April 5 National Maritime Day
April 7 World Health Day
April 8 World Romani Day
April 11 National Safe Motherhood Day
April 12 World Aviation & Cosmonauts Day
April 13 Jallianwallah Bagh Massacre Day
April 14 B.R.Ambedkar Remembrance Day
April 15 World day of Silence/ Day of Dialogue
April 17 World Haemophilia Day
April 18 World Heritage Day
April 21 World Creativity and Innovation Day/ National Secretaries day/ National Civil Services Day
April 22 World Earth Day
April 23 World Book and Copyright Day, World English Language Day
April 24 World Lab Animals Day / National Panchayati Day
April 25 World Malaria Day, Italy Liberation Day
April 26 World Intellectual Property Day
April 28 International Worker’s Memorial Day, World day for Safety and Health at work
April 29 World Dance Day
April 30 International Jazz Day

Important Days in May

May 01 World Labour Day /May Day /Workers Day/ Maharashtra Day
May 03 Press Freedom Day(Intl.) / International Sun Day/ World Asthma Day/ International Energy Day
May 04 Coal Miners Day(Intl.), International Firefighters’ Day
1st Sunday of May World Laughter Day
May 05 World Athletics Day, World Midwives Day
May 06 World No Diet Day
May 08 World Red Cross Day or Red Crescent Day/Remembrance and Reconciliation for Lost Lives of Second World War
May 09 World Thalassaemia Day
2nd sunday of May World Mother Day
May 10 International Migratory Bird Day
May 11 National technology day
May 12 International Nurses Day
May 13 International Criminal Court Day
May 15 International Day of the Families
May 17 World Tele-communication and Information Society Day, Wold AIDS Vaccination day,World Hypertension Day, International day against Homophobia and Transphobia
May 18 World Museum Day
May 20 World Meteorology Day
May 21 National Anti Terrorism Day, National Day for Cultural Development
May 22 International Day for Biological Diversity
May 24 Commonwealth Day
May 25 World Missing Childrens day
May 29 International Day of Peacekeepers
May 31 World Anti Tobacco Day

Important Days in June

June 1 World Milk Day (FAO) / Global Day of Parents
June 4 World Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression
June 5 World Environment Day
June 8 World Oceans Day/World Brain Tumor Day
June 12 World Day Against Child Labour / Child Labour Prohibition Day
June 14 World Blood Donor Day
June 15 World Elder Abuse Awareness Day
June 16 International Integration Day
June 17 World Day to Combat Desertification
June 18 International Picnic Day
June 20 World Refugee Day
June 21 International Day of Yoga / World Music Day
June 23 United Nations Public Service Day/International Olympic Day/International Widows Day
June 26 International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking / International Day in support of Victims of torture
June 29 National Statistics Day

Important Days in July

July 1 Doctor’s Day / International Joke Day
July 2 World UFO Day / World Sports Journalists Day
July 4 American Independence Day
July 6 World Zoonoses Day
1st Saturday of July – International Day of Cooperatives
July 7 International Day of Cooperatives / World Chocolate Day
July 11 World Population Day
July 12 International Malala Day
July 17 World Day for International Justice
July 18Nelson Mandela Day
July 26 Kargil Victory Day /Kargil Vijay Diwas /Kargil Memorial Day
July 27 Central Reserve Police Force Foundation Day
July 28 World Hepatitis Day / World Nature Conservation Day
July 29 International Tiger Day

Important Days in August

First Sunday in August – International Friendship Day
August 6 Hiroshima Day / Anti Nuclear Day
August 8 World Senior Citizen Day
August 9 Quit India Movement Day/Nagasaki Day/ International Day of the World’s Indigenous People
August 12 International youth Day
August 13 International Left Handers Day
August 14 Pakistan’s Independence Day
August 15 India’s Independence Day / International Mourning Day
August 19 World Photography Day / World Humanitarian Day
August 20 Sadbhavana Diwas / Birthday of Rajiv gandhi/ World Mosquito Day/ Indian Akshay Urja Diwas
August 21 National Senior Citizen Day
August 23 International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and Its Abolition
August 29 National Sports Day of India (Dhyanchand’s Birth Day)
August 30 Small Industry Day / International day of the victims of enforced Disappearances

Important Days in September

September 2 World Coconut Day
September 5 Teacher’s Day (Dr. Radhakrishnan’s Birth Day) / Sanskrit Day
September 7 Forgiveness Day
September 8 International Literacy Day
September 10 World Anti-Suicide Day
September 14 Hindi day or Hindi Diwas/ World First Aid Day
September 15 International Day of Democracy / International Engineer’s Day
September 16 World Ozone Day
September 20 RPF Foundation day
September 21 International Day of Peace and non violence (UN) / World Alzheimer’s day/World Peace Day
September 22 World Cancer Free Day or Rose Day
September 23 International Day of the Deaf
September 25 Social Justice Day
September 26 World Contraception Day / European day of languages
September 27 World Tourism Day
September 28 World Rabies Day
September 29 World Heart Day

Important Days in October

October 1 International Day for the Elderly(UN)/World Vegetarian Day
October 2 Gandhi Jayanti, International Day of Non-Violence
October 3 World Nature Day, World Habitat Day
October 4 World Animal Day
October 5 World Teacher’s Day
October 6 World Wildlife Day, World Food Security Day
October 8 Indian Air-force day
October 9 World Postal or Post-office Day
October 10 World Mental Health day / National Post Day
October 11 International Girl Child Day
October 12 World Sight day / World Arthritis Day(2nd Thursday of October – World Sight Day)
October 13 World Calamity Control Day(UN) / International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction
October 14 World Standard Day
October 15 World White cane safety day(guiding the blind)/Global Hand Washing Day/ International Day of Rural Women,
October 16 World Food Day
October 17 International poverty
October 20 National Solidarity Day (China attacked India on that day) / World Osteoporosis Day /World Statistics Day
October 24 United Nations Day / World Development Information Day/ World Polio Day
October 27 World day for Audio Visual Heritage
October 28 International Animation Day
October 30 World Thrift Day
October 31 World Savings Day /Halloween Day /Rastriya Ekta Diwas (Sardar Patel) /National Integration Day (In memory of Indira Gandhi)

Important Days in November

November 1 World Vegan Day
November 6 International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict
November 7 Infant Protection day / World Cancer Awareness Day
November 8 World Radiology Day
November 9 World Legal Service Day
November 10 World Science Day for Peace Development / Public Transport Day
November 11 National Education Day
November 12 National Broadcasting Day / World Pneumonia Day
November 13 World Kindness Day
November 14 Children’s day (India) / World Diabetics day
November 16 International Day for Endurance or Tolerance
November 17 Guru Nanak Dev’s Birth Anniversary/ International Students Day / National eplilepsy day
November 18Territorial Army Day
November 19 World Toilet Day / International Men’s Day /National Integration Day
November 20 Universal Children’s Day
November 21 World Television Day /World Fisheries Day, World Hello Day
November 25`International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, World Non-Veg day
November 26 National Law Day / National constitution Day
November 30 National Flag Day
3rd Sunday of November World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims
3rd Thursday of November World Philosophy Day

Important Days in December

December 1 World AIDS Day
December 2 World Computer Literacy Day, International Day for the Abolition of Slavery
December 3 World Disability Day
December 4 Navy Day (Indian)
December 5 International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development
December 7 International Civil Aviation Day / Armed Force Flag Day
December 9 The International Anti-Corruption Day
December 10 World Human Rights Day / International Children’s Day of Broadcasting
December 11 International Mountain Day / UNICEF Day
December 14 National Energy Conservation Day
December 16 Vijay Diwas (Victory Day in Bangladesh)
December 18 International Migrants Day /National Minority Rights Day
December 19 Goa’s Liberation day
December 20 International Human Solidarity Day
December 22 National Mathematics Day
December 23 Kisan Divas (National Farmer’s Day – India)
December 24 National Consumer Rights Day
December 25 Christmas Day