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Important Days
January
Date/ Day Importance
9 NRI Day (Return of Mahatma Gandhi from South Africa in 1915)
12 National Youth Day (Birthday of Swami Vivekananda)
15 Army Day
24 National Girl Child Day
25 National Tourism Day, National Voters’ Day
26 India’s Republic Day, International Customs Day
27 Day to Remember the Victims of the Holocaust
28 Data Protection Day
29 National Newspaper Day
30 Martyrs’ Day (Assassination of Mahatma Gandhi)
Last Sunday World Leprosy Eradication Day
February
Date/ Day Importance
1 World Hijab Day
2nd Sunday World Marriage Day
2 World Wetlands Day
4 World Cancer Day
6 International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation
11 International Day of Women and Girls in Science
13 World Radio Day
14 St Valentine’s Day
20 World Day of Social Justice
21 World Mother Language Day
24 Central Excise Day
28 National Science Day (This day in 1928 marked the discovery of ‘Raman Effect’ by Dr C V Raman)
March
Date/Day Importance
2nd Monday Commonwealth Day
2nd Thursday World Kidney Day
1 Zero Discrimination Day
3 National Defence Day, World Wildlife Day
4 National Security Day
8 International Women’s Day
10 Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) Raising Day
12 Mauritius Day
14 Pi Day [Observed on March 14 (3/14 in the month/day date format) since 3, 1 and 4 are the three significant digits of Pi]
15 World Disabled Day; World Consumer Rights Day
16 National Vaccination Day
20 International Day of Happiness
21 World Forestry Day; International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination; World Poetry Day; World Down Syndrome Day
22 World Water Day
23 World Meteorological Day
24 World Tuberculosis Day
27 World Theatre Day
April
Date/Day Importance
2 World Autism Awareness Day
4 International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action
5 National Maritime Day
7 World Health Day
12 International Day of Human Space Flight
17 World Haemophilia Day
18 World Heritage Day
21 Secretaries’ Day, National Civil Services Day
22 Earth Day
23 World Book and Copyright Day; English Language Day
25 World Malaria Day
26 World Intellectual Property Day
28 World Day for Safety and Health at Work
29 Day of Remembrance for All Victims of Chemical Warfare, International Dance Day
30 World Jazz Day
May
Date/Day Importance
1 Workers’ Day (International Labour Day)
2 World Tuna Day
3 International Energy Day, World Press Freedom Day
1st Tuesday World Asthma Day
2nd Sunday Mother’s Day
4 Coal Miners’ Day
8 World Red Cross Day; World Thalassaemia Day
11 National Technology Day
12 International Nurses Day
15 International Day of Families
17 World Hypertension Day; World Telecommunication and Information Society Day
21 World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development
22 International Day for Biological Diversity
25 World Thyroid Day
29 International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers
31 World No-Tobacco Day
June
Date/Day Importance
1 Global Day of Parents, World Milk Day
4 International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression
5 World Environment Day
8 World Oceans Day
3rd Sunday Father’s Day
12 World Day Against Child Labour
13 International Albinism Awareness Day
14 World Blood Donor Day
15 World Elder Abuse Awareness Day
16 International Day of Family Remittances
17 World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought
19 International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict
20 World Refugee Day
21 International Yoga Day
23 United Nations Day for Public Service; International Widows’ Day
25 Day of the Seafarer
26 International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking
29 National Statistics Day (Birthday of PC Mahalanobis, who founded the Indian Statistical Institute)
30 International Asteroid Day
July
Date/Day Importance
1 National Doctors’ Day (Birthday of BC Roy)
1st Saturday International Day of Cooperatives
6 World Zoonoses Day
11 World Population Day
12 Malala Day
15 World Youth Skills Day
18 Nelson Mandela International Day
26 Kargil Victory Day
28 World Hepatitis Day
30 International Day of Friendship, World Day against Trafficking in Persons
August
Date/Day Importance
1st Sunday International Friendship Day
6 Hiroshima Day
7 National Handloom Day
8 World Senior Citizens’ Day
9 Quit India Day, Nagasaki Day; International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples
12 International Youth Day
15 Indian Independence Day
19 World Photography Day; World Humanitarian Day
20 Sadbhavana Diwas (Birthday of Rajiv Gandhi)
29 National Sports Day (Birthday of Dhyan Chand, the hockey wizard); International Day against Nuclear Tests
30 Small Industry Day; International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances
September
Date/Day Importance
2 World Coconut Day
5 Teachers’ Day (Birthday of Dr S Radhakrishnan); International Day of Charity
8 World Literacy Day (UNESCO)
10 World Suicide Prevention Day
12 United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation
15 Engineers’ Day; International Day of Democracy
16 World Ozone Day
21 Alzheimer’s Day; Day for Peace & Non-violence (UN)
22 Rose Day (Welfare of cancer patients)
25 Social Justice Day
26 International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons
27 World Tourism Day
28 World Rabies Day
29 World Heart Day
Last Sunday Day of the Deaf
Last Thursday World Maritime Day
October
Date/Day Importance
1 International Day for the Elderly, World Vegetarian Day
2 Gandhi Jayanthi, International Day of Non-Violence, World Farm Animals Day
1st Monday World Habitat Day, World Architecture Day
1st Friday World Smile Day
4 World Animal Day
5 World Teachers’ Day
7 World Day for Decent Work
8 Indian Air Force Day
9 World Post Office Day
10 World Mental Health Day
11 International Day of the Girl Child
2nd Thursday World Sight Day
2nd Friday World Egg Day
13 UN International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction
14 World Standards Day
15 World White Cane Safety Day; International Day of Rural Women, Global Handwashing Day
16 World Food Day; World Anaesthesia Day
17 International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
20 National Solidarity Day, World Statistics Day, World Osteoporosis Day
21 World Iodine Deficiency Disorders Prevention Day
24 UN Day; World Development Information Day
27 World Day for Audiovisual Heritage
28 International Animation Day
30 World Thrift Day
31 National Unity Day; World Cities Day
November
Date/Day Importance
2 International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists
5 World Tsunami Awareness Day
6 International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict
7 Infant Protection Day; National Cancer Awareness Day
9 Legal Services Day
10 World Science Day for Peace and Development
2nd Thursday World Quality Day
11 National Education Day (Birthday of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad)
14 Children’s Day (Birthday of Jawaharlal Nehru); World Diabetes Day
16 National Press Day; International Day for Tolerance
17 National Epilepsy Day, International Students’ Day
18 Sappers’ Day
Third Thursday
World Philosophy Day
Third Sunday World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims
19 World Day for Prevention of Abuse and Violence Against Children; World Citizens’ Day, International Men’s Day; World Toilet Day; Women’s Entrepreneurship Day; National Integration Day
20 Universal Children’s Day; Africa Industrialisation Day
21 World Television Day; World Hello Day
25 International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
26 Constitution Day; National Milk Day (Birthday of Verghese Kurien, father of white revolution in India)
29 International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People
30 Flag Day
December
Date/Day Importance
1 World AIDS Day
2 International Day for the Abolition of Slavery
3 World Day of the Handicapped
4 Indian Navy Day
5 World Soil Day, International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development
7 Indian Armed Forces Flag Day; International Civil Aviation Day
9 International Anti-Corruption Day
10 Human Rights Day
11 UNICEF Day; International Mountain Day
14 National Energy Conservation Day
16 Nirbhaya Day
18 International Migrants Day; Minorities Rights Day (India); Arabic Language Day
20 International Human Solidarity Day
22 National Mathematics Day
23 Farmers’ Day (Birthday of Chaudhary Charan Singh)
25 Good Governance Day (Birthday of AB Vajpayee)
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