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Important Days & Dates in January
Date
Events
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
Death anniversary of Lal Bahadur Shastri
12th
January
National Youth Day
(Birth Day of Swami Vivekanand)
15th January
Army Day (Field Marshall K.M.
Cariappa took over the command of Army on this day in 1949 from the British)
Birth Anniversary of Lala Lajpat Rai; Data protection day
30th January
Mahatma Gandhi’s Martyrdom Day (Martyr’s day)
Important Days & Dates in February
Date
Events
1st February
Indian Coast Guard Day
4th
February
World
Cancer Day; National
Day of Sri Lanka
12th February
Abraham Lincoln's Birthday
13th February
National
Women’s Day (Sarojini Naidu’s Birth Anniversary); World
Radio Day (UNESCO)
20th
February
World
Day of Social Justice
21st February
International Mother Language Day
22nd
February
World
Scout Day
24th February
Central Excise Day
27th
February
World
Sustainable Energy Day
28th February
National Science Day
Important Days & Dates in March
Date
Events
1st March
Zero Discrimination Day;
World Civil Defence Day
3rd
March
World Wildlife Day;
World
Hearing Day
4th March
National Safety Day
8th
March
International
Women’s Day
10th March
CISF Raising Day
14th
March
Pi Day
15th March
World Consumer Rights Day
16th
March
National
Vaccination Day
18th March
Ordnance Factories Day
20th
March
World
Sparrow Day
21st March
International Day of Forests;
World Down syndrome Day;
World Poetry Day
22nd March
Bihar Day; World Water Day
23rd
March
World
Meteorological Day
24th March
World Tuberculosis (TB) Day
27th
March
World
Theatre Day
March (2nd Wednesday)
No Smoking Day
Important Days & Dates in April
Date
Events
1st April
Orissa
Day;
Prevention of Blindness week
2nd
April
World
Autism Awareness Day
4th April
International Day for Mine Awareness
5th
April
National
Maritime Day
7th April
World Health Day
10th
April
World
Homeopathy Day
11th April
National
Safe Motherhood Day;
National Pet Day
13th
April
Jallianwallah
Bagh Massacre Day (1919)
14/15th April (1st Boishakh)
West Bengal Day (Paschimbanga Dibas)
17th
April
World Haemophilia
Day
18th April
World Heritage Day
21st
April
National
Civil Service Day;
Secretaries's
Day
22nd April
World Earth Day
23rd April
World Book and Copyright Day
24th
April
National
Panchayati Raj Day
25th April
World Malaria Day
26th
April
World
Intellectual Property Day
28th April
World
Day for Safety and Health at Work;
World
Veterinary Day
30th
April
Ayushman
Bharat Diwas
Important Days & Dates in May
Date
Events
1st May
International Labour Day; May Day; Maharashtra Day; Gujarat Day
3rd May
Press Freedom Day
4th May
Coal miner’s day
8th May
World Red Cross Day
11th May
National Technology Day
12th May
International Nurses
day
14th May
International Migratory day
15th May
International Day of
the Family
17th May
World Telecommunication Day (Information Society
Day)
21st May
Anti-terrorism Day
24th May
Commonwealth Day
31st May
World No Tobacco Day
May (2nd Sunday)
Mother’s Day
Important Days & Dates in June
Date
Events
1st June
World Milk Day
2nd June
Telangana Formation Day
3rd June
World Bicycle Day
5th June
World Environment Day
7th June
World Food Safety Day
8th June
World Oceans Day;
World Brain Tumour Day
12th June
World Day Against Child Labour
14th June
World Blood Donor Day
20th June
World Refugee Day
21st June
International Yoga Day;
World Hydrography Day;
World Music day
23rd June
International
Olympic Day; United
Nations Public Service Day; International
Widow’s Day
27th
June
World
Diabetes Day
29th June
National Statistics Day
30th
June
World
Asteroid Day
June (3rd Sunday)
Father’s Day
Important Days & Dates in July
Date
Events
1st July
National
Doctor’s Day (Dr. Bidhan Chandra
Birthday); National
Postal Worker Day;
Chartered Accountants Day
4th
July
American
Independence day
11th July
World Population Day
12th
July
World
Malala day
17th July
World Day for International Justice
18th
July
Nelson
Mandela International Day
26th July
Kargil Vijay Diwas
28th
July
World
Nature conservation day
29th July
International Tiger Day
Important Days & Dates in August
Date
Events
2nd August
International Friendship Day
6th
August
Hiroshima
Day
9th August
Quit
India Day;
Nagasaki
Day
12th
August
International
Youth day
14th August
Independence Day of Pakistan
15th
August
Independence
Day
19th August
World Photography day
20th
August
Sadbhavna Diwas
29th August
National Sports Day (Major Dhyan Chand Birthday)
30th
August
Small
Industry Day
Important Days & Dates in September
Date
Events
1 September
Police Day (WB)
5
September
Teachers’
Day (Dr. Radhakrishnan’s Birthday)
8 September
World Literacy Day
14
September
Hindi
Day
15 September
Engineer’s Day (Dr. M. Visvesvaraya Birthday)
16
September
World
Ozone Day
21 September
Alzheimer’s Day
25
September
Social
Justice Day
27 September
World Tourism Day
Important Days & Dates in October
Date
Events
2nd October
Mahatma Gandhi Birthday; International Day of
Non-violence
3rd October
World Nature Day
4th October
World Animal Welfare Day
5th October
World Teachers Day
6th October
World Wildlife Day
8th October
Indian Air Force Day
9th October
World Post Office Day
10th October
National Post Day
11th October
International Girl Child Day
16th October
World Food Day
20th October
World Statistics Day
21st October
Police Commemoration Day
24th October
United Nations Day / World Polio Day
28th October
National Ayurveda Day
31st October
Rashtriya Ekta Diwas / National Unity Day
(In memory of Sardar Patel)
Important Days & Dates in November
Date
Events
1st November
Karnataka Formation Day
7th November
Infant Protection day;
World Cancer Awareness Day
9th November
World Services Day
10 November
Transport Day
11 November
National Education Day
(Maulana
Abul Kalam Azad Birthday)
14 November
Children’s Day (Jawaharlal
Nehru Birthday)
26 November
Constitution Day;
National Law Day;
National Milk Day (Dr.
Verghese Kurien Birthday)
Important Days & Dates in December
Date
Events
1st December
World Aids Day;
BSF
Raising Day
2 December
World Computer Literacy Day
4th December
Navy Day
7th December
Armed Forces Flag Day;
International Civil Aviation Day
10 December
Human Right Day
11 December
International Mountain Day
16 December
Vijay Diwas
19 December
Goa’s Liberation Day
20 December
SSB Raising Day
22 December
National Mathematics Day
(Srinivasa
Ramanujan Birthday)
23 December
Kisan Divas / Farmer’s Day)
(Chaudhary Charan Singh Birthday)
25 December
National
Good Governance Day
(Atal
Bihari Vajpayee Birthday)
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