Important Days of the Year

Days of the Year:

JANUARY  

1^st January – Army Medical Corps Establishment Day, English New Year, Global Family Day, World Peace Day

4^th January- World Braille Day

6^th January -World War Orphans Day

8^th January – African National Youth Congress Foundation Day

9^th January – NRI Day (Pravasi Bharatiya Divas)

10^th January – World Hindi Day

11^th January – National Human Trafficking Awareness Day

12th January – National Youth Day (Birthday of Swami Vivekananda)

15^th January – Indian Army Day

17^th January – World Religion Day   

23th January – Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose’s Birth Anniversary

24th January – National Girl Child Day

25th January – Indian Tourism Day, National Voters Day

26th January – Republic Day, International Customs Day

27th January – International Holocaust Day, International Day of Commemoration

28^th January – Data Protection Day, Birth Anniversary of Lala Lajpat Rai

30^th January – National Martyr’s Day or Sarvodaya Day

Last Sunday of January: World Leprosy Eradication Day

FEBRUARY

1^st February – Indian Coast Guard Day

2^nd February- World Wetlands Day

4^th February – World Cancer Day, National Day of Srilanka, Facebook day

6^th February – International Day of Zero Tolerance against Female Genital Mutilation

7^th February – International Development Week

10^th February – National De-worming Day

11^th February – World Day of the Sick, International Day of Women and Girls in Science

12^th February – Darwin’s Day, National Productivity Day, Abraham Lincoln’s Birthday

13^th February – World Radio Day, National Women’s Day or Sarojini Nayudu’s Birthday

14^th February – St. Valentine’s Day

20^th February – World Day of Social Justice

21^st February – International Mother Language Day

22^nd February – World Scout Day, World Thinking day

23^rd February – World Peace and Understanding Day

24^th February – Central Excise Day

27^th February – World Sustainable Energy Day

28^th February – National Science Day

2^nd Sunday of February – World Marriage Day

2^nd Day of 2^nd week – Safer Internet Day

MARCH

1^st March – Zero Discrimination Day, World Civil Defense Day

3^rd March – World Wildlife Day, World Hearing Day,

4^th March – National Security Day, World Day of the fight against sexual exploitation

8^th March – International Women’s Day, World Kidney Day

10^th March – CISF Raising Day

12^th March – Mauritius Day

14^th March – Pi Day, International Day of action for rivers

15^th March – World Disabled Day, World Consumer Rights Day

16^th March – National Vaccination Day, World Sleep Day

18^th March – Global Recycling Day, Ordinance Factories Day (India)

20^th March – International Day of Happiness, World Sparrow Day

21^st March – World Forestry Day, World Down Syndrome, World Poetry Day, World Puppetry Day, International Day for the elimination of Racial Discrimination

22^nd March – World Water Day, Bihar Day

23^rd March – World Meteorological Day, Pakistan Day

24^th March – World Tuberculosis Day

25^th March – International Day of the victims of slavery and the transatlantic slave trade

26^th March – World Purple Day (Epilepsy Awareness) Day

27^th March – World Theatre Day

Second Wednesday of March – No Smoking Day

Second Thursday of March – World Kidney Day

APRIL

1^st April – April Fools’ Day, Prevention of Blindness Week, Odisha Day, Utkal Diwas

2^nd April – World Autism Awareness Day

4^th April – International Day for Mine awareness and assistance in Mine action

5^th April – National Maritime Day

7^th April – World Health Day, World Handloom Day

8^th April – World Tradition Day

10^th April – World Homeopathy Day

11^th April – National Safe Motherhood Day, National Pet Day

12^th April – International Day of Human Space Flight

13^th April – Jallianwala Bagh Massacre Day

14^th April – B.R. Ambedkar Remembrance Day, Cultural Unity Day (Recognized by India, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Bangladesh and Nepal)

17^th April – World Hemophilia Day

18^th April –World Heritage Day

19^th April – World Liver Day

21^st April – Secretaries Day, Civil Services Day (National Administrative Professionals Day)

22^nd April – Earth Day

23^rd April – World Book and Copyright Day, World English Language Day

24^th April – National Panchayati Day, World Lab Animals Day

25^th April – World Malaria Day, Italy Liberation Day

26^th April – World Intellectual Property Day

28^th April – World Day for safety and health at work, World Veterinary Day, International Workers’ Memorial Day

29^th April – International Dance Day

30^th April – Ayushmann Bharat Diwas

MAY

1^st May – International Labor Day, Maharashtra Day, May Day, Gujarat Day

3^rd May – Press Freedom Day

4^th May – Coal Miners Day, International Fire Fighters Day

6^th May – International Diet Day

7^th May – World Athletics Day, Rabindranath Tagore Jayanti

8^th May – International Red Cross Day, World Thalassemia Day

9^th May – Surdas Jayanti, Ramanuj Acharya Jayanti, Shankaracharya Jayanti, Victory Day

11^th May – National Technology Day

12^th May – International Nurses Day

13^th May – International Criminal Court Day

14^th May – World Migration Day

15^th May – International Day of the Family

17^th May – World Telecommunication and Information Society Day, World Hypertension Day, International Day against Homophobia and Transphobia

18^th May – World AIDS Vaccines Day, International Museum Day, World Meteorology Day

21^st May – National Anti-Terrorism Day, National Day for Cultural Development

22^nd May – International Day for Biological Diversity

24^th May – Commonwealth Day

29^th May – International Day of Peacekeepers

31^st May – Anti Tobacco Day

1^st Sunday – World Laughter Day

1^st Tuesday – World Asthma Day

2^nd Sunday – Mother’s Day

3^rd Friday – National Endangered Species Day

3^rd Saturday – Armed Forces Day

Last Sunday – National Memorial Day

JUNE

1^st June – Global Day of Parents, World Milk Day

2^nd June – International Sex Workers Day, Telangana Formation Day

3^rd June – World Bicycle Day

4^th June – World Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression Day

7^th June –International Level Crossing Day, World Oceans Day

12^th June – World Day against Child Labor

13^th June –International Albinism Awareness Day

14^th June – World Blood Donor Day

15^th June – World Elder Abuse Awareness Day, World Wind Day

16^th June – International Integration Day, Martyrdom of Guru Arjan Dev

17^th June – World Day to combat desertification and drought

18^th June – World Autistic Pride Day

19^th June – World Sickle Cell Day, World Sauntering Day

20^th June – World Refugee Day

21^st June –World Music Day, International Day of Yoga, World Hydrograph Day

23^rd June – International Olympic Day, UN Public Service Day, International Day of Widows

26^th June – International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, International Day in support of victims of torture

27^th June – World Diabetes Day

30^th June – World Asteroid Day

3^rd Sunday – World Father’s Day

JULY

1^st July – National Doctor’s Day (Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy’s Birthday), Nationa Postal Workers Day, Canada Day, Chartered Accountants Day

2^nd July – UFO Day, Anisette Day, World Sports Journalists Day

4^th July – USA Independence Day, International Cooperative Day

6^th July – World Zoonoses Day

11^th July – World Population Day, National 7-eleven day

12^th July – Malala Day (Malala Yousafzai’s Birthday), National Simplicity Day, Paper Bag Day

14^th July – Bastille Day

17^th July – World Day for International Justice

18^th July – Nelson Mandela Day

22^nd July – Pi Approximation Day

24^th July – National Thermal Energy Day

26^th July – Kargil Vijay Diwas

28^th July – World Hepatitis Day, World Nature Conservation Day

29^th July – International Tiger Day

4^th Thursday – National Refreshment Day

4^th Sunday – National Parents Day

AUGUST

1st August – Yorkshire Day

6^th August – Hiroshima Day

8^th August – World Senior Citizen Day

9^th August – Nagasaki Day, International Day of the World’s Indigenous People, Quit India Day

11^th August – National Daughters Day

12^th August – International Youth Day

13^th August – International Left Hander’s Day, Organ Donation Day

14^th August – Independence Day of Pakistan

15^th August – Independence Day of India, UK’s Victory over Japan Day,

19^th August – World Humanitarian Day, World Photography Day

20^th August – National Harmony Day or Sadbhavna Diwas (Birth Anniversary of Rajeev Gandhi), Indian Akshay Urja Diwas

21^st August – National Senior Citizens Day

23^rd August – International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Tradition

26^th August – International Women’s Equality Day

29^th August – National Sports Day (Dhyanchand’s Birthday)

30^th August – International Day of Victims of Enforced Disappearances, Small Industry Day

1^st Sunday – International Day of Friendship

1^st week – World Breastfeeding Week

SEPTEMBER

1^st -7^th September- National Nutrition Week

5^th September– National Teachers’ Day (Dr. Radhakrishnan’s Birthday), Sanskrit Day, International Day of Charity

7^th September – World Forgiveness Day, Independence Day of Brazil

8^thSeptember– World Literacy Day

10^th September- World Anti-Suicide Day

11^th September – Patriot Day
14^th September– Hindi Diwas, World First Aid Day

15^th September – Engineers Day, International Day of Democracy

16^th September – World Ozone Day, International Day for preservation

20^th September – RPF Foundation Day

21^st September – Alzheimer’s Day, Biosphere Day, World Day for Peace and Non-Violence (UN), World Rivers Day

22^nd September – Welfare of Cancer Patients Day

23^rd September – International Day of Sign Languages, International Day of the Deaf

25^th September – Social Justice Day

26^th September – World Contraception Day

27^th September – World Tourism day, World Maritime Day

28^th September – World Rabies Day, Right to Know Day

29^th September – World Heart Day

30^th September – International Translation day, International Blasphemy Rights Day

OCTOBER

1^st October – International Day of Elderly, World Vegetarian Day

2^nd October – International Non-Violence Day (Mahatma Gandhi’s Birthday)

3^rd October – German Unity Day

4^th October – World Animal Welfare Day

5^th October – World Teachers Day

6^th October – German American Day

8^th October – Indian Armed Forces Day

9^th October – World Post Office Day

10^th October – World Mental Health Day

11^th October – International Day of the Girl Child

12^th October – World Arthritis Day

13^th October – UN International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction

14^th October – World Standards Day

15^th October – World Students Day (Dr. A.P.J Abdul Kalam), World White Cane Day (Guiding the blind), Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day, International Day of Rural Women

16^th October – World Food Day

17^th October – International Poverty Eradication Day

20^th October – National Solidarity Day, International Day of Air Traffic Controller, World Osteoporosis Day, World Statistics Day

24^th October – United Nations Day, World Development Information Day, World Polio Day

27^th October – World Day for Audiovisual Heritage

30^th October – World Thrift Day,

31^st October – Rashtriya Ekta Diwas (Sardar Vallabhai Patel’s Birthday)

1^st Monday – World Habitat Day                                                                         

2^nd Thursday – World Sight Day

NOVEMBER

1^st November – World Vegan Day

5^th November – National Tsunami Day, National Ayurveda Day

6^th November – International Day for preventing the exploitation of the environment in war and armed conflict

7^th November – Infant Protection Day, World Cancer Awareness Day

8^th November – World Radiography Day

9^th November- World Legal Services Day, Uttarakhand Foundation Day

10^th November – World Science Day for Peace and Development, Public Transport Day, World Immunization Day

11^th November – National Education Day, Veterans Day (US)

12^th November – World Pneumonia Day, Public Service Broadcasting Day

13^th November – World Kindness Day

14^th November – National Children’s Day(Birthday of Jawahar Lal Nehru Jayanti) , World Diabetes Day

16^th November – International Day for Tolerance

17^th November – International Students Day, National Epilepsy Day, National Journalism Day, Guru Nanak Dev’s Birth Anniversary

18^th November – World Adults Day, World Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

19^th November – World Toilet Day, International Men’s Day, National Integration Day (Birthday of Smt. Indira Gandhi), World Citizen Day, Rani Laxmibai’s Birth Anniversary

20^th November – World’s Children Day, Africa Industrialization Day, Transgender Day of Remembrance

21^st November – World Fisheries Day, World Television Day

25^th November – International Day for the elimination of violence against women

26^th November – National Law Day or National Constitution Day, National Milk Day

29^th November – International Day of Solidarity with Palestinian People

30^th November – National Flag Day

3^rd Thursday – World Philosophy Day

3^rd Sunday – World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims

DECEMBER

1^st December – World AIDS Day

2^nd December – National Pollution Control Day, International Day for the abolition of Slavery, World Computer Literacy Day

3^rd December – UN’s International Day of Persons with Disabilities/ National Advocate’s Day

4^th December – Indian Navy Day

5^th December – International Volunteers Day for Economic and Social Development, World Soil Day

7^th December – Armed Forces Flag Day, Civil Aviation Day

9^th December – International Day against Corruption

10^th December – Human Rights Day, International Children’s Day of Broadcasting

14^th December – World Energy Conservation Day

15^th December – International Tea Day

16^th December – Vijay Diwas

18^th December – National Minorities Rights Day, International Migrants Day

20^th December- International Human Solidarity Day

22th December- National Mathematics Day

23^rd December- Kisan Diwas (Farmers Day)

24^th December- National Consumers Day

25^th December – National Good Governance Day (Birthday of Atal Bihari Vajpayee)

29^th December – International Biodiversity Day