list of important days

Important Days in January: 

January 6: World War Orphan Day 
January 9: NRI Day 
January 10: World Laughter Day 
January 12: National Youth Day (Birth Anniversary of Swami Vivekananda) 
January 15: Army day 
January 25: National Voters day 
January 26: India’s Republic Day; India Tourism Day; International Customs Day 

January 30: Martyrs’ Day(Mahatma Gandhi’s Martyrdom Day); World Leprosy Eradication Day

Important Days in February: 

February 14: Valentine Day 
February 24: Central Excise Day
February 28: National Science Day

Important Days in March: 

March 3: National Defense Day 
March 4: National Security Day 
March 8: International Women’s Day; International literacy Day 
March 15: World Disabled Day; World Consumer Rights Day 
March 16: National Vaccination Day; 
March 18: Ordnance Factories Day (India) 
March 21: World Forestry Day 
March 22: World Day for Water 
March 23: World Meteorological Day 
March 24: World TB Day

Important Days in April: 

April 5: International Day for Mine Awareness; National Maritime Day
April 7: World Health Day 
April 13: Jallianwala Bagh massacre 
April 14: Ambedkar Jayanti 
April 17: World Haemophilia Day 
April 18: World Heritage Day 
April 21: National Civil Services Day; Secretaries’ Day 
April 22: Earth Day 
April 23: World Book and Copyright Day 
April 24: Panchayat Raj Day

Important Days in May: 

May 1: Workers’ Day (International Labour Day) 
May 3: Press Freedom Day; World Asthma Day 
May 2nd Sunday: Mother’s Day 
May 4: Coal Miners’ Day 
May 8: World Red Cross Day 
May 9: World Thalassaemia Day 
May 11: National Technology Day 
May 12: World Hypertension Day; International Nurses Day 
May 15: International Day of the Family 
May 17: World Telecommunication Day 
May 21: Anti-Terrorism Day(Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated) 
May 22: International Bio Diversity Day 
May 24: Commonwealth Day 
May 25: World Thyroid Day 
May 29: International Day of UN Peace keepers 
May 31: Anti-tobacco Day 

Important Days in June:

June 1: World Milk day 
June 4: International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression 
June 5: World Environment Day 
June 8: World Oceans Day 
June 12: Child Labour Prohibition Day 
June 3rd Sunday: Father’s Day 
June 14: World Blood Donor Day 
June 21: International day of yoga 
June 26: International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking 
June 29: National Statistics Day 

Important Days in July: 

July 1: Doctor’s Day 
July 4: Americans Indepence day 
July 6: World Zoonoses Day 
July 11: World Population Day 
July 17: World Day of International Justice 
July 18: Mandela Day 
July 26: Kargil Vijay Diwas (India) 
July 28: World hepatitis Day 

Important Days in August: 

August 1st Sunday: International Friendship Day 
August 6: Hiroshima Day 
August 8: World Senior Citizen’s Day
August 9: Quit India Day; Nagasaki Day 
August 15: Indian Independence Day 
August 18: International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples 
August 19: Photography Day 
August 29: National Sports Day 

Important Days in September: 

September 2: Coconut Day 
September 5: Teachers’ Day; Sanskrit Day 
September 8: World Literacy Day (UNESCO) 
September 15: Engineers’ Day 
September 16: World Ozone Day 
September 21: Alzheimer’s Day; Day for Peace & Non-violence (UN) 
September 22: Rose Day (Welfare of cancer patients) 
September 25: Social Justice Day 
September 26: Day of the Deaf 
September 27: World Tourism Day

Important Days in October: 

October 13: UN International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction 
October 14: World Standards Day 
October 15: World White Cane Day (guiding the blind) 
October 16: World Food Day 
October 24: United Nations Day; World Development Information Day 
October 30: World Thrift Day 

Important Days in November: 

November 5: World tsunami day 
November 9: Legal Services Day 
November 11: National Education Day(Birth Anniversary of Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad) November 14: Children’s Day; Diabetes Day(Birthday of Jawaharlal Nehru) 
November 17: National Epilepsy Day 
November 19: National Integration Day (Martyrdom of Smt.Indira Gandhi) 
November 20: Africa Industrialization Day 
November 21: World Fisheries Day 
November 26: National Constitution Day(Constitution was adopted on this day 1949) 
November 29: International Day of Solidarity with Palestinian People

Important Days in December: 

December 1: World AIDS Day 
December 3: World Day of the Handicapped 
December 4: Indian Navy Day 
December 7: Indian Armed Forces Flag Day 
December 10: Human Rights Day; International Children’s Day of Broadcasting 
December 11: UNICEF Day  
December 18: Minorities Rights Day (India) 
December 22: National Mathematics Day
December 23: Kisan Divas (Farmer’s Day) (India) 
December 25: Christmas Day