List of Important Days and Dates of the year
Welcome everybody! Here you get the month-wise list of all important days and dates in the year. We covered all essential National as well as International Days and Dates.
Most of all important days there is a holiday declared by Govt. In India, there are regnal festivals which are being celebrated, but their dates are not fixed. It depends on the Hindu Traditional calendar called ‘Panchag‘. Thus we have not covered this part here.
Hope it will be useful for you. If you have any suggestions please comment below, and we will update the below list. So let’s explore the list;
Important Days in January
In January, important dates and days are 24 as below :
| Sr. | Date | Imp. Date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 01-Jan | English New Year, Army Medical Corps Establishment Day, Global family day, World Peace Day. |
| 2 | 04-Jan | World Braille Day |
| 3 | 06-Jan | World War Orphans Day |
| 4 | 08-Jan | African National Congress Foundation Day |
| 5 | 09-Jan | Pravasi Bharatiya Divas NRI Day |
| 6 | 10-Jan | World Laughter Day, World Hindi Day |
| 7 | 11-Jan | Death anniversary of Lal Bahadur Shastri |
| 8 | 12-Jan | National Youth Day (Birth Day of Swami Vivekanand) |
| 9 | 15-Jan | Army Day (Field Marshall K.M. Cariappa took over the command of Army on this day in 1949 from the British), Pongal, Makar Sankranti |
| 10 | 25-Jan | International Customs Duty Day, India Tourism Day, National Voters Day |
| 11 | 26-Jan | India Republic Day |
| 12 | 27-Jan | International Holocaust Day (The largest Nazi death camp, Auschwitz- Birkenau was liberated by Soviet troops on Jan 27, 1945.), International Day of Commemoration |
| 13 | 28-Jan | Birth Anniversary of Lala Lajpat Rai |
| 14 | 30-Jan | Mahatma Gandhi’s Martyrdom Day (Martyr’s day) World Leprosy Eradication Day |
Important Days in February
In February, there are 12 Important days which are as below :
| Sr. | Date | Imp. Day |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 01-Feb | Indian Coast Guard Day |
| 2 | 02-Feb | World Wetlands Day |
| 3 | 04-Feb | World Cancer Day |
| 4 | 07-Feb | International Development Week |
| 5 | 12-Feb | Darwin Day |
| 6 | 18-Feb | Taj Mahotsav |
| 7 | 20-Feb | World Day of Social Justice |
| 8 | 21-Feb | International Mother Language Day |
| 9 | 22-Feb | World Scout Day |
| 10 | 24-Feb | Central Excise Day |
| 11 | 27-Feb | World Sustainable Energy Day |
| 12 | 28-Feb | Marathi Bhasha Diwas (Marathi Language Day) |
| 13 | 28-Feb | National Science Day |
Important Days of March
In March, there are 22 Important days as below :
| Sr. | Date | Imp. Day |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 01-Mar | Zero Discrimination Day, World Civil Defence Day |
| 2 | 03-Mar | World Wildlife Day, World Hearing Day |
| 3 | 04-Mar | National Safety Day |
| 4 | 08-Mar | International Women’s Day |
| 5 | 10-Mar | CISF Raising Day |
| 6 | 13-Mar | No Smoking Day (Second Wednesday of March) |
| 7 | 14-Mar | Pi Day, International Day of Action for Rivers |
| 8 | 15-Mar | World Consumer Rights Day |
| 9 | 16-Mar | National Vaccination Day |
| 10 | 18-Mar | Ordnance Factories Day (India) |
| 11 | 20-Mar | International Day of Happiness, World Sparrow Day |
| 12 | 21-Mar | World Forestry Day, World Down syndrome Day, World Poetry Day |
| 13 | 22-Mar | World Water Day |
| 14 | 23-Mar | World Meteorological Day |
| 15 | 24-Mar | World Tuberculosis (TB) Day |
| 16 | 27-Mar | World Theatre Day |
Important Days of April
In April, there are 21 Important days as below :
| Sr. | Date | Imp. Day |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 01-Apr | Orissa Day, Prevention of Blindness week |
| 2 | 02-Apr | World Autism Awareness Day |
| 3 | 04-Apr | International Day for Mine Awareness |
| 4 | 05-Apr | National Maritime Day |
| 5 | 07-Apr | World Health Day |
| 6 | 10-Apr | World Homeopathy Day |
| 7 | 11-Apr | National Safe Motherhood Day, National Pet Day |
| 8 | 13-Apr | Jallianwallah Bagh Massacre Day (1919) |
| 9 | 17-Apr | World Haemophilia Day |
| 10 | 18-Apr | World Heritage Day |
| 11 | 21-Apr | National Civil Service Day, Secretaries’s Day |
| 12 | 22-Apr | World Earth Day |
| 13 | 23-Apr | World Book and Copyright Day |
| 14 | 24-Apr | National Panchayati Day |
| 15 | 25-Apr | World Malaria Day, World Veterinary Day |
| 16 | 26-Apr | World Intellectual Property Day |
| 17 | 28-Apr | World Day for Safety and Health at Work |
Important Days of May
In May, there are 13 Important days as below :
| Sr. | Date | Imp. Day |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 May | International Labour Day |
| 2 | 3 May | Press Freedom Day |
| 3 | 8 May | World Red Cross Day |
| 4 | 9 May | Victory day |
| 5 | 2nd Sunday in May | Mother’s Day |
| 6 | 11 May | National Technology Day |
| 7 | 12 May | International Nurses day |
| 8 | 14 May | World Migratory day |
| 9 | 15 May | International Day of the Family |
| 10 | 17 May | World Telecommunication Day (Information Society Day) |
| 11 | 21 May | Anti-terrorism day |
| 12 | 24 May | Commonwealth Day |
| 13 | 31 May | Anti-Tobacco Day |
Important Days of June
In June, there are 13 Important days as below :
| Sr. | Date | Imp. Day |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 04-Jun | International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression |
| 2 | 05-Jun | World Environment Day |
| 3 | 07-Jun | International level crossing awareness day |
| 4 | 08-Jun | World ocean day |
| 5 | 12-Jun | World day against Child Labour |
| 6 | 14-Jun | World blood donor day |
| 7 | 17-Jun | World day to combat desertification and drought |
| 8 | 20-Jun | World Refugee day |
| 9 | 21-Jun (3rd Sunday) | Father’s Day |
| 10 | 21-Jun | World Music Day, International Yoga Day |
| 11 | 23-Jun | United Nation’s public service day |
| 12 | 23-Jun | International Widow’s day |
| 13 | 26-Jun | International day against Drug abuse & Illicit Traffickin |
Important Days of July
In July, there are 5 important days.
| Sr. | Date | Imp. Day |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 01-Jul | National Doctor’s day |
| 2 | 11-Jul | World Population Day |
| 3 | 12-Jul | World Malala day |
| 4 | 17-Jul | World Day for International Justice |
| 5 | 18-Jul | Nelson Mandela International Day |
| 6 | 28-Jul | World Nature conservation day |
Important Days of August
In August, there are 10 Important days as below :
| Sr. | Date | Imp. Day |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 02-Aug | International Friendship Day |
| 2 | 03-Aug | Independence day of Niger |
| 3 | 05-Aug | Independence day of upper Volta |
| 4 | 06-Aug | Hiroshima Day |
| 5 | 09-Aug | International day of World’s indigenous people |
| 6 | 09-Aug | Quit India Day and Nagasaki Day |
| 7 | 12-Aug | International Youth day |
| 8 | 15-Aug | Independence Day of India |
| 9 | 23-Aug | International Day for the remembrance of the slave trade and its abolition |
| 10 | 29-Aug | National Sports Day |
Important Days of September
In September, there are 12 Important days as below :
| Sr. | Date | Imp. Day |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 05-Sep | Teachers’ Day (Dr. Radhakrishnan’s birthday), Forgiveness day |
| 2 | 08-Sep | World Literacy Day |
| 3 | 14-Sep | Hindi day, World First Air Day |
| 4 | 15-Sep | Engineer’s day in India |
| 5 | 16-Sep | World Ozone Day |
| 6 | 21-Sep | Alzheimer’s Day, International day of peace |
| 7 | 25-Sep | Social justice day |
| 8 | 26-Sep | Day of the Deaf |
| 9 | 27-Sep | World Tourism Day |
Important Days of October
In October, there are 20 Important days as below :
| Sr. | Date | Imp. Day |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 01-Oct | International day of the Older person |
| 2 | 02-Oct | Mahatma Gandhi birthday, International day of non-violence |
| 3 | 03-Oct | World Habitat Day, World nature day |
| 4 | 04-Oct | World Animal Welfare Day |
| 5 | 05-Oct | World Teacher’s day |
| 6 | 08-Oct | Indian Air Force Day |
| 7 | 09-Oct | World Post Office day |
| 8 | 10-Oct | National Post Day |
| 9 | 11-Oct | International girl child day |
| 10 | 12-Oct | World Arthritis day |
| 11 | 13-Oct | UN International Day for National disaster reduction |
| 12 | 14-Oct | World Standards Day |
| 13 | 16-Oct | World Food Day |
| 14 | 17-Oct | International day for the eradication of poverty |
| 15 | 20-Oct | World statistics day |
| 16 | 24-Oct | UN Day, World development information Day |
| 17 | 30-Oct | World Thrift Day |
Important Days of November
In November, there are 18 Important days as below :
| Sr. | Date | Imp. Day |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 01-Nov | World vegan day |
| 2 | 05-Nov | World Radiography day |
| 3 | 09-Nov | World services day |
| 4 | 14-Nov | Children’s Day in India,Jawaharlal Nehru birthday |
| 5 | 16-Nov | International day for Endurance |
| 6 | 17-Nov | World Student day, National Journalism day |
| 7 | 18-Nov | World Adult day |
| 8 | 19-Nov | World Citizen day |
| 9 | 20-Nov | Africa Industrialization Day, Universal children day |
| 10 | 21-Nov | World Television day, World Fisheries day |
| 11 | 25-Nov | World Non-veg day |
| 12 | 26-Nov | Law day |
| 13 | 29-Nov | International Day of Solidarity with Palestinian People |
| 14 | 30-Nov | Flag day |
Important Days of December
In December, there are 17 Important days as below :
| Sr. | Date | Imp. Day |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 01-Dec | World Aids Day |
| 2 | 02-Dec | World Computer literacy day, International day of abolition of slavery |
| 3 | 03-Dec | International Day of People with disabilities, World conservation day |
| 4 | 04-Dec | Navy Day |
| 5 | 05-Dec | International volunteer day for economic and social development |
| 6 | 07-Dec | Armed Forces Flag Day, International civil aviation day |
| 7 | 09-Dec | The International day against corruption |
| 8 | 10-Dec | Human Right Day |
| 9 | 11-Dec | International Mountain day |
| 10 | 14-Dec | International Energy day |
| 11 | 18-Dec | International Migrants day |
| 12 | 19-Dec | Goa’s liberation day |
| 13 | 20-Dec | International Human solidarity |
| 14 | 23-Dec | Kisan Divas (Farmer’s Day) |
We covered National and International important days and dates. We are continuously updating the above list.
If you have any suggestions regarding important days, then please let us know. Comment below with your valuable suggestion. We will definitely take them into consideration and it will help us a lot.
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