Important Days

(India & The World)

Date Days

January

1st January 1. English New Year,

2. Army Medical Corps Establishment Day
3. Global Family Day

4th January* World Braille Day

6th January World War Orphans Day

9th January* Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (NRI Day)

10th January World Hindi Day

11th January Lal Bahadur Shastri’ Death Anniversary

12th January National Youth Day (Day of Swami Vivekananda's Birth)

15th January* 1. Army Day

2. Makar Sankranti

23rd January Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose birthday

24th January 1. International Day of Education

2. National Girl Child day of India

25th January* 1. Indian Tourism Day

2. National Voters Day

26th January 1. Republic day

2. International Customs Day

27th January International Day of Commemoration

28th January 1. Birth Anniversary Day of Lala Lajpat Rai

2. Data Protection day

30th January 1. Mahatma Gandhi’s Martyrdom Day (Martyr’s day)

2. World Leprosy Eradication Day

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 February

1st February 1. Indian Coast Guard Day

2. World Interfaith Harmony Week, (1-7 February)

2nd February* World Wetlands Day

10th February* World Pulses Day

12th February 1. Darwin Day

2. Abraham Lincoln’s Birthday

13th February 1. Sarojini Naidu’s Birth Anniversary

2. World Radio Day

18th February Taj Mahotsav(18-27 February)

20th February World Day of Social Justice

21st February International Mother Language Day

22nd February World Scout Day

23rd February World peace and understanding day

24th February Central Excise Day

28th February* National Science Day

March

1st March 1. Zero Discrimination Day

2. World Civil Defence Day
3. World Seagrass Day

3rd March* 1. World Wildlife Day

2. World Hearing Day

4th March National Safety Day

8th March* International Women’s Day

10th March CISF Raising Day

15th March* World Consumer Rights Day

16th March National Vaccination Day

18th March Ordnance Factories Day (India)

20th March 1. International Day of Happiness

2. World Sparrow Day

21st March 1. World Forestry Day

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 2. World Down Syndrome Day
3. World Poetry Day

22nd March World Water Day

23rd March World Meteorological Day

24th March World Tuberculosis (TB) Day

27th March World Theatre Day

April

1st April Prevention of Blindness week(1st to 7th april)

5th April 1. National Maritime Day

2. International Day of Conscience

7th April World Health Day

10th April World Homeopathy Day

11th April 1. National Pet Day

2. National Safe Motherhood Day

12th April World Day for Human Space Flight

13th April Jallianwala Bagh Massacre Day (1919)

14th April World Chagas Disease Day

17th April World Haemophilia Day

18th April World Heritage Day

21st April* National Civil Service Day

22nd April World Earth Day

23rd April 1. World Book and Copyright Day

2. English Language Day
3. Spanish Language Day

24th April National Panchayati Day

25th April 1. World Malaria Day

2. International Delegate’s Day

26th April World Intellectual Property Day

30th April International Jazz Day

May

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 1st May International Labour Day

2nd May World Tuna Day

3rd May World Press Freedom Day

8th May World Red Cross Day

11th May National Technology Day

12th May International Nurses day

17th May World Telecommunication Day

20th May World Bee Day

21st May Anti-terrorism Day

22nd May International Day for Biological Diversity

24th May Commonwealth Day

31st May World Anti-Tobacco Day

June

1st June World Milk Day

3rd June World Bicycle Day

5th June World Environment Day

7th June World Food Safety Day

8th June 1. World Oceans Day

2. World Brain Tumor Day

12th June World Day Against Child Labour

14th June World Blood Donor Day

17th June World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought

20th June World Refugee Day

21st June 1. International Yoga Day

2. World Music day
3. International Day of the Celebration of the Solstice

26th June International Day against Drug Abuse & Illicit Trafficking

27th June Micro-, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Day

30th June World Asteroid Day

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 July

1st July National Doctor’s Day

11th July World Population Day

12th July World Malala day

15th July World Youth Skills Day

17th July World Day for International Justice

20th July 1. International Moon Day

2. World Chess Day

28th July 1. World Nature Conservation Day

2. World Hepatitis Day

29th July International Tiger Day

30th July World Day against Trafficking in Persons

August

6th August Hiroshima Day

8th August Quit India Day

9th August Nagasaki Day

12th August International Youth day

15th August* Independence Day of India

19th August 1. World Photography day

2. World Humanitarian Day

20th August Sadbhavna Diwas

29th August* National Sports Day

September

5th September Teachers’ Day (Dr. Radhakrishnan’s birthday),

8th September World Literacy Day

14th September Hindi Diwas

15th September Engineer’s day in India

16th September World Ozone Day

18th September International Equal Pay Day

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 27th September World Tourism Day

28th September World Maritime Day(Celebrated on the last Thursday of

September)

October

2nd October 1. Mahatma Gandhi’s birthday,

2. International day of non-violence

4th October World Animal Welfare Day

5th October World Teachers day

7th October World Cotton Day

8th October* Indian Air Force Day

9th October World Post Office day

10th October 1. National Postal Day

2. World Mental Health Day

11th October International Girl Child Day

13th October UN International Day for National Disaster Reduction

15th October World Student’s Day

16th October World Food Day

20th October World statistics day

24th October United Nations Day

31st October Rastriya Ekta Diwas (in memory of Sardar Patel),

November

1st November World vegan day

5th November World Tsunami Awareness Day

8th November World Radiography day

10th November 1. Transport Day

2. World Science Day for Peace and Development

14th November* 1. Children’s Day in India

2. Jawaharlal Nehru birthday
3. World Diabetes Day

17th November National Journalism Day

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 18th November World Adult day

19th November National Integration Day (In memory of Indira Gandhi)

20th November World Children’s day

21st November World Television day

December

1st December* World AIDS Day

2nd December World Computer Literacy Day

4th December* Navy Day

5th December World Soil Day

7th December Armed Forces Flag Day

10th December* Human Rights Day

14th December International Energy day

18th December International Migrants day

23rd December Kisan Divas (National Farmer’s Day)

(Note:- All the stars (*) which are above mentioned are important and some of them were previously asked in
exams.)