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List of Important Days

Dates Day

January

4 January World Braille day

9 January NRI day / Pravasi Bharatiya Divas

10 January World Hindi Day

12 January National youth day

15 January Army Day

24 January National girl child day

25 January National Voters Day

26 January International Customs Day

26 January 69th Republic Day

International Day of Commemoration in memory of the

27 January
victims of the Holocaust

28 January World Leprosy Day

February

2 February World Wetlands Day

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4 February World Cancer Day

International day of Zero Tolerance to female genital

6 February
mutilation

11 February International day Women and girls in Science

12 February National Productivity Day

13 February World Radio Day

20 February World Day of Social Justice

21 February International Mother language day

22 February World Thinking day

28 February National Science Day

March

1 March World Civil Defence Day

3 March World Wildlife Day

3 March World Hearing Day

8 March International Women’s Day

8 March World Kidney Day

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12 March Commonwealth Day

15 March World Consumer Rights Day

16 March World Sleep Day

20 March International Day of Happiness

20 March World Sparrow day

International Day for the Elimination of Racial

21 March
Discrimination

21 March International Day of Forests

21 March World Down Syndrome Day

21 March World Poetry Day

22 March World Water Day

23 March World Meteorological Day

24 March World Tuberculosis Day

International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of

25 March
Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade

27 March World Theatre Day 2018

April

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2 April World Autism Awareness Day

National Day for Mine Awareness and assistance in

4 April
Mine action

5 April National Maritime Day

7 April World Health Day

10 April World Homeopathy Day

11 April National Safe Motherhood Day

11 April National Pet Day

17 April World Hemophilia Day

18 April World Heritage Day

19 April World Liver Day

21 April Civil Services Day

22 April World Earth Day

23 April World Book and Copyright Day

24 April National Panchayati Raj Day

25 April World Malaria Day

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26 April World Intellectual Property Day

28 April World Day for Safety and Health at Work

28 April World Veterinary Day

30 April Ayushman Bharat Diwas

May

1 May International Labour Day

1 May World Asthma Day

3 May World Press Freedom Day

8 May World Red Cross Day

11 May National Technology Day

12 May International Nurses Day

15 May International Day of Families

17 May world hypertension day

International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia

17 May
and Biphobia

17 May World Telecommunication and Information Society Day

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18 May International Museum Day

22 May International Day for Biological Diversity

29 May International Day of UN Peacekeepers

31 May Anti-Tobacco Day

June

3 June World Bicycle Day

5 June World Environment Day

8 June World Oceans Day

12 June World Day Against Child Labour

13 June International Albinism Awareness Day

14 June World Blood Donors

15 June World Elder Abuse Awareness Day

17 June World Day to Combat Desertification

20 June World Refugee Day

21 June International Day of Yoga

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23 June United Nations Public Service Day

25 June Day of the Seafarer

International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit

26 June
Trafficking

29 June National Statistics Day

July

1 July National Doctors’ Day

7 July International Day of Cooperatives

11 July World Population Day

17 July World Day for International Justice

28 July World Hepatitis Day

30 July World Day against Trafficking in Persons

August

9 August International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples

12 August International Youth Day

19 August World Humanitarian Day

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21 August World senior citizen day

September

2 September World Coconut Day

8 September World Literacy Day

15 September International Day of Democracy

16 September International Day for Preservation

21 September International Day of Peace

21 September World Alzheimer’s Day

23 September International Day of Sign Languages

27 September World Maritime Day

27 September World TOURISM day

28 September World Rabies Day

29 September World Heart Day

30 September International Translation Day

October

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1 October International Day of Older Persons

5 October World Teacher's Day

9 October World Post Day

10 October World Mental Health Day

11 October International Day of the Girl Child

13 October International Day for Disaster Reduction

14 October International Standards Day

15 October International Day of Rural Women

16 October World Food Day

17 October International Day for the Eradication of Poverty

20 October World Osteoporosis Day

24 October United Nations Day

24 October World Polio Day

27 October World Day for Audiovisual Heritage

31 October Rashtriya Ekta Diwas (National Unity Day)

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November

5 November World tsunami day

7 November National Cancer Awareness Day

9 November Legal Services Day

14 November Children’s Day; Diabetes Day

17 November National Epilepsy Day

20 November Africa Industrialization Day

21 November World Television Day

29 November International Day of Solidarity with Palestinian People

December

1 December World AIDS Day

2 December National Pollution Control

3 December World Day of the Handicapped

4 December Indian Navy Day

7 December
Indian Armed Forces Flag Day

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10 December Human Rights Day; IntI. Children’s Day of

Broadcasting
11 December
International Mountain Day

14 December
World Energy Conservation Day

16 December
Vijay Diwas

18 December Minorities Rights Day (India)

22 December National Mathematics Day

23 December Kisan Divas (Farmer’s Day) (India)

24 December National Consumers Day

25 December Christmas Day

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