Important Days
January
January 1 – Army Medical Corps Establishment Day
January 8 – African National Congress Foundation Day
January 10 – World Laughter Day
January 9 – Pravasi Bharatiya Divas
January 11 – Death anniversary of Lal Bahadur Shastri
January 12 – National youth Day (Birth Day of Swami Vivekanand)
January 15 – Army Day
January 23 – Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose’s birth anniversary
January 25 – International Customs Duty Day,
India Tourism Day,
Indian Voter Day
January 26 – Republic Day
January 28 – Birth anniversary of Lala Lajpat Rai
January 30 – (Martyr’s day) Mahatma Gandhi’s Martyrdom Day
World Leprosy Eradication Day
January 31 – World Leprosy Eradication Day
February
Feb 2 – World Wetlands Day
February 4 – World Cancer Day
National Day of Sri Lanka
February 5 – Kashmir Day (Organised by Pakistan)
February 13 – Sarojini Naidu’s Birth Anniversary
February 14 – St. Valentine”s Day
February 20 – World Day of Social Justice
February 21 – International Mothers Language Day
February 22 – World Scout Day
February 24 – Central Exise Day
February 28 – National Science Day
March
March 3 – National Defence Day
March 4 – National Security Day
March 8 – International Women”s Day
United Nation’s day for Women’s Right and International Peace
March 9 – CISF Raising Day
March 12 – Mauritius Day
Central Industrial Security Force Day
March 15 – World Consumer Day
March 16 – National Vaccination Day
March 18 – Ordinance Factories Day
March 21 – World Forestry Day
International Days for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
March 22 – World Water Day
March 23 – World Meteorological Day
March 24 – World TB Day
March 26 – Bangladesh Liberation Day
March 27 – World Theater Day
April
April 1 – Orissa Day
April 5 – National Maritime Day
April 7 – World Health Day
April 9 – World Homeopathy Day
April 11 – National Safe Motherhood Day
April 13 – Jallianwallah Bagh Massacre Day (1919)
April 14 – B. R. Ambedkar Remembrance Day
April 17 – World Haemophilia Day
April 18 – World Heritage Day
April 21 – National Civil Services Day
April 22 – World Earth Day
April 23 – World Books Day
April 24 – Panchayati Raj Day
April 26 – World Intellectual Property Day
May
May 1 – International Labour Day
Maharashtra Day
May 3 – International Press Freedom day
International Energy Day
May 4 – Coal Miners Day
May 7 – Worlds AIDS Orphans day
May 8 – International Red Cross Day (It is celebrated to commemorate the birth anniversary of the founder of the Red Cross Organization Jean Henry Dunant)
May 11 – National Technology Day
May 15 – International Family Day
May 17 – World Telecom Day
May 18 – International Museums Day
May 22 – International Bio Diversity Day
May 24 – Commonwealth Day
May 25 – Worlds Thyroid Day
May 29 – International Day of UN Peace Keepers
May 30 – Hindi Journalism Day
May 31 – World No Tobacco Day
June
June 1 – World Milk Day (FAO)
June 5 – World Environment Day
June 8 – World Oceans Day
June 12 – World Day Against Child Labour/Child Labour Prohibition Day
June 14 – World Blood Donor Day
June 15 – World Elder Abuse Awareness Day
June 17 – World Day to Combat Desertification
June 20 – World Refugee Day
June 21 – International Day of Yoga
June 23 – United Nations Public Service Day
June 26 – International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking
June 29 – National Statistics Day
July
July 1 – Doctor’s DayJuly 2World UFO Day
July 4 – American Independence Day
July 7 – International Day of Cooperatives
July 11 – World Population Day
July 17 – World Day for International Justice
July 18 – Mandela Day
July 26 – Kargil Victory Day
July 27 – Central Reserve Police Force Foundation Day
July 28 – World Hepatitis Day
August
August 6 – Hiroshima Day
August 7 – National Handloom Day
August 9 – Quit India Movement Day
August 12 – International youth Day
August 14Pakistan’s Independence Day
August 15 – India’s Independence Day
August 19 – World Photography Day
August 20 – Sadbhavana Diwas
August 29 – National Sports Day of India (Dhyanchand’s Birth Day)
August 30 – Small Industry Day
September
September 5 – Teacher”s Day (Dr. Radhakrishnan’s Birth Day)
September 7 – Forgiveness Day
September 8 – International Literacy Day
September 14 – Hindi day,World First Aid Day
September 16 – World Ozone Day
September 21 – International Day of Peace
World Alzheimer”s day
September 25 – Social Justice Day
September 27 – World Tourism Day
October
October 1 – International Day for the Elderly (UN)
October 2 – Gandhi Jayanti
International Day of Non-Violence
October 3 – World Nature Day
World Habitat Day
October 4 – World Animal Day
October 5 – World Teacher”s Day
October 6 – World Wildlife Day
World Food Security Day
October 8 – Indian Air-force day
October 9 – World Postal Day
October 10 – World Mental Health Day
National Post Day
October 11 – International Girl Child Day
October 12 – World Sight Day
October 13 – World Calamity Control Day(UN)
October 14 – World Standard Day
October 15 – World White cane day(guiding the blind)
October 16 – World Food Day
October 17 – International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
October 20 – National Solidarity Day (China attacked India on that day)
October 24 – United Nations Day
October 30 – World Thrift Day
October 31 – Rastriya Ekta Diwas (Sardar Patel)
National Integration Day (In memory of Indira Gandhi)
November
November 1 – Karnataka Rajyotsava Day
November 5 World Tsunami Awareness Day
November 7 – Infant Protection Day
World Cancer Awareness Day
November 9 – Legal Service Day
November 10 – World Science Day for Peace Development
November 11 – National Education Day
November 12 – National Broadcasting Day
November 14 – Children”s day
World Diabetics day
November 17 – Guru Nanak Dev’s Birth Anniversary
November 18 – Territorial Army Day
November 19 – National Integration Day
November 21 – World Fisheries Day
World Television Day
November 26 – National Law Day
December
December 1 – World AIDS Day
December 3 – World Disability Day
December 4 – Navy Day
December 7 – Armed Force Flag Day
December 10 – Human Rights day
December 11 – UNICEF Day
December 14 – National Energy Conservation Day
December 19 – Goa”s Liberation day
December 23 – Kisan Divas (Farmer’s Day)
December 25 – Christmas