Important Days of the Year

January:

January 01Global Family Day
January 01Army Medical Corps Establishment Day
January 04World Braille Day
January 06World Day of War Orphan’s
January 09NRI Day (Pravasi Bharatiya Divas)
January 10World Hindi Day
January 12National Youth Day (Birthday of Swami Vivekananda).
January 15Indian Army Day
January 16National Religious Freedom Day
January 19National Disaster Response Force Raising Day
January 23Netaji Subhash Chandra bose Birthday (Desh Prem Divas)
January 24National Girl Child Day (Rashtriya Balika Diwas) (India)
January 25National Tourism Day (India)
January 25National Voters Day (foundation day of the Election Commission of India)
January 26Indian Republic Day
January 26International Customs Day.
January 28Lala Lajpat Rai birthday
January 28Data protection Day
Last Sunday of JanuaryWorld Leprosy Eradication Day
January 30Martyrs’ Day (Shaheed Diwas) (assassination of Mahatma Gandhi in 1948)

February:

February 01Indian Coast Guard Day
February 02World Wetland Day
February 04World Cancer Day
February 11International Day of Women and Girls in Science
February 12Darwin Day
Feb 12th – 18thNational Productivity Week
February 13World Radio Day
February 13National Women’s Day (Sarojini Naidu’s Birthday)
February 14Valentine’s Day
February 20World Day of Social Justice
February 21International Mother Language Day
February 22World Thinking day
February 23World Peace And Understanding Day
February 24Central Excise Day (India)
February 28National Science Day (to honor the discovery of the Raman Effect by Dr. C.V. Raman)

March:

2nd Thursday in MarchWorld Kidney Day
3rd Friday in MarchWorld Sleep Day
March 1Zero Discrimination Day
World Civil Defence Day
March 3World Wildlife Day
World Hearing Day
March 4World Day of fight against sexual exploitation
National Security Day
National Safety Day
March 8International Women’s Day
Mar 10Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) Raising Day
March 14Pi Day
March 15World consumer rights Day.
March 18National Ordinance Factories Day
March 20World Day of theatre for children and young people.
March 20International Day for Francophonie
March 20World Sparrow Day
March 21International Day of Forests
March 21International Day of Nowruz (celebrating Persian New Year)
March 21International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.
March 22World Water Day
March 23World Meteorological Day
March 24World Tuberculosis Day
March 26Bangladesh National Day
March 27World Drama Day / World Theatre Day

April:

April 2World Autism Awareness Day
April 5National Maritime Day (India)
April 7World Health Day (Marks the founding of the World Health Organization (WHO) in 1948)
April 8International Romani Day
April 10World Homeopathy Day (birth anniversary of Dr. Samuel Hahnemann, the founder of homeopathy)
April 11National Safe Motherhood Day (India)
April 12World Aviation and Cosmonautics Day (also known as International Day of Human Space Flight) (Marks the anniversary of the first human space flight by Yuri Gagarin on April 12, 1961)
April 14Ambedkar Jayanthi
April 17World Haemophilia Day
April 18World Heritage Day (also known as International Day for Monuments and Sites)
April 20United Nations Chinese Language Day
April 21Civil Services Day (India)
April 22World Earth Day
April 23Word Book Day
April 24National Panchayati Raj Diwas (India) (passing of the 73rd Constitutional Amendment Act in 1992)
April 25World Malaria Day
April 26World Intellectual property Day
April 29International Dance Day
April 30International Jazz Day
Last week of AprilWorld Immunization Week

May:

May 1International Labour Day (Workers Day)
1st Sunday of MayWorld Laughter Day
1st Tuesday of MayWorld Asthma Day
May 2World Tuna Day
2nd Saturday in MayWorld Migratory Bird Day
May 3World Press Freedom Day
May 4International Fire Fighters Day
May 5World Portuguese Language Day
May 6International No Diet Day
May 7World Athletics Day
BRO’s 61st Rising Day (Border Roads Organisation in India) (Celebrates the formation of the Border Roads Organisation (BRO))
May 8World Red Cross Day
May 8World Thalassaemia Day
May 9Victory Day of Soviet Union (Russia) (Marks the defeat of Nazi Germany in 1945)
May 11National Technology Day (India) (commemorating the successful Pokhran nuclear tests in 1998)
May 12International Nurses Day
2nd Sunday of MayMother’s Day
May 15International Day of Families (also noted as World Family Day)
May 16National Dengue Day (India)
46th Statehood Day of Sikkim
International Day of Living Together in Peace
May 17World Telecommunication Day (Information society Day)
World Hypertension Day
International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia & Biphobia
May 18World AIDS Vaccine Day
International Museum Day
May 17 – 236th UN Global Traffic Safety Week
May 20World Metrology Day
World Bee Day
National Rescue Dog Day
May 21National Anti-terrorism Day (India)
International Tea Day
May 22International Day for Biological Diversity
May 23World Turtle Day
International Day to End Obstetric Fistula
May 24Commonwealth Day (India)
May 29International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers
May 31Anti-Tobacco Day (World No Tobacco Day)

June

June 1World Milk Day (India)
June 4International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression.
June 5World Environment Day
June 8World Ocean Day
June 12World Day Against Child Labour
June 14World Blood Donor Day.
June 15World Elder Abuse Awareness Day
June 17World Day to combat desertification and Drought
June 19International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict
June 20World Refugee Day
June 21World Music Day
June 21World Hydrographic Day
June 21International Yoga Day
3rd Sunday of JuneFather’s Day
June 23United Nations Public Service Day
June 23International Widows Day
June 23International Olympic Day
June 26International Day against Drug abuse & Illicit Trafficking
June 29National Statistics Day (India) (Birthday of P.C. Mahalanobis)

July:

July 1National Doctor’s Day
First Saturday of JulyInternational Day of Co-operatives
July 6World Zoonoses Day
July 7Global Forgiveness Day
July 11World Population Day
July 12World Malala Day
July 15World Youth skills Day
July 17World Day for International Justice (International Justice Day)
July 18Nelson Mandela International Day
July 26Kargil vijay Diwas (Kargil Memorial Day)
July 28World Nature Conservation Day
World Hepatitis Day
July 29International Tiger Day
July 30World Day against Trafficking in Persons

August:

August (1-7)World Breastfeeding Week
First Sunday of AugustFriendship Day (India)
International Forgiveness Day
August 6Hiroshima Day
August 7National Handloom Day
August 9International Day of World’s indigenous People
Kranti Diwas (Quit India Movement Day)
Nagasaki Day
August 10World Biofuel Day
August 12International Youth Day
August 15Independence Day of India
August 19World Humanitarian Day
World Photography Day
August 20World Mosquito Day (Sir Ronald Ross’s discovery of the transmission of malaria)
August 23International Day for the remembrance of the slave trade and its abolition
August 26Women’s Equality Day
August 29National Sports Day (Dhyan Chand’s birthday)
August 29International Day against Nuclear Tests

September:

September 2World coconut Day
September 5International Day of charity
National Teacher’s Day (Dr. Radhakrishnan’s birthday)
September 8World Literacy Day (also known as International Literacy Day)
First Saturday of SeptemberWorld First Aid Day
September 14National Hindi Diwas
September 15International Day of democracy
Engineers Day (India) (celebrated on the birthday of Sir M. Visvesvaraya)
September 16World Ozone Day
September 21World Alzheimer’s Day
World Peace Day
Last Sunday of SeptemberDay of the Deaf
September 27World Tourism Day
September 28World Rabies Day
September 29World Heart Day
September 30International Translation Day

October:

October 1International Day of Older Persons
World Vegetarian Day
October 2Mahatma Gandhi birthday
International Day of non-violence
Lal Bahadur Shastri Jayanthi
First Friday of OctoberWorld smile Day
First Monday of OctoberWorld Habitat Day
World Architecture Day
October 4World Animal Day
October 5World Teachers Day
October 8Indian Air Force Day
October 9World Post Office Day
Second Thursday of OctoberWorld sight Day
October 10World Mental Health Day
October 11International girl child Day
October 12World Arthritis Day
Second Wednesday of OctoberWorld Calamity Control Day (International Day for Disaster Reduction)
October 14World Standards Day.
October 15World White Cane Day (guiding the Blind)
October 15World Students Day (Birthday of A. P. J. Abdul Kalam).
October 16World Food Day
October 17International Day for the eradication of poverty.
October 20World Statistics Day
October 21World Iodine Deficiency day(unchecked)
October 22World Energy Day
October 24UN Day, World development information Day.
October 30World Saving Day or World Thrift Day.
October 31World Cities Day

November:

November 1World Vegan Day
November 2International Day to end impunity for crimes against Journalist
November 5World Tsunami awareness Day
November 8World Radiography Day.
November 10World Science Day for peace and development
November 12World Pneumonia Day
November 14World Diabetes Day
November 14Children’s Day in India, Jawaharlal Nehru birthday
November 16International Day for Tolerance
November 17National Journalism Day (India)
Third Thursday of NovemberWorld philosophy Day
November 19World Citizen Day
National Integration Day (Indira Gandhi’s birthday)
World Toilet Day,
November 20Africa Industrialization Day,.
Universal children’s Day
November 21World Television Day
World Fisheries Day
November 21World Hello Day
November 25International Day for the Elimination of violence against women
November 26National Constitution Day (National Law Day or Samvidhan Divas)
November 29International Day of Solidarity with Palestinian People.

December:

December 1World AIDS Day
December 2World Computer literacy Day
International Day of abolition of slavery
December 3International Day of People with Disabilities (World Disabled Day)
December 4Indian Navy Day
December 5World Soil Day
December 7National Armed Forces Flag Day
International Civil Aviation Day.
December 9International Day against corruption. (Anti-Corruption Day)
December 10Human Rights Day
December 11International Mountain Day.
December 14International Energy conservation Day (India)
December 15International Tea Day
December 17International Day Against Violence Against Sex Workers
December 18International Migrants Day
December 19Goa’s Libration Day
December 20International Human Solidarity Day
December 23Kisan Divas (Farmer’s Day) (Birth anniversary of Chaudhary Charan Singh)
December 25National Good Governance Day (Birth anniversary of Atal Bihari Vajpayee)

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