The list of important days and dates is compiled on the basis of events and festivals in India and across the world. Check month-wise wise important days and dates:
Day in January
Occasion
1st January
English New Year, Army Medical Corps Establishment Day,
Global family day, World Peace Day
4th January
World Braille Day
6th January
World War Orphans Day
8th January
African National Congress Foundation Day
9th January
Pravasi Bharatiya Divas NRI Day
10th January
World LAugusthter Day, 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), Pongal,
Makar Sankranti
23rd January
Netaji Subhash Chandra bose birthday
24th January
National Girl Child day of India
25th January
International Customs Duty Day, India Tourism Day, National Voters Day
26th January
Republic Day of India and International Customs day
27th January
International Holocaust Day (The largest Nazi death camp, Auschwitz- Birkenau was liberated by Soviet troops on Jan 27, 1945.), International Day of Commemoration
28th January
Birth Anniversary of Lala Lajpat Rai
28th January
Data protection day
30th January
Mahatma Gandhi’s Martyrdom Day (Martyr’s day)
World Leprosy Eradication Day
Day in February
Occasion
1st February
Indian Coast Guard Day
2nd February
World Wetlands Day
4th February
World Cancer Day
4th February
National Day of Sri Lanka
6th February
International day against female genital mutilation
7th February
International Development Week
11th February
World Day of the Sick
2nd Sunday of February
World Marriage Day
12th February
Darwin Day
12th February
Abraham Lincoln’s Birthday
13th February
Sarojini Naidu’s Birth Anniversary
14th February
Saint Valentine’s Day
18th February
Taj Mahotsav
20th February
World Day of Social Justice
21st February
International Mother Language Day
22nd February
World Scout Day
23rd February
World peace and understanding day
24th February
Central Excise Day
27 February
World Sustainable Energy Day
28 February
National Science Day
Day in March
Occasion
1st March
Zero Discrimination Day, World Civil Defence Day
3rd March
World Wildlife Day, World Hearing Day
4th March
National Safety Day
8 March
International Women’s Day
10 March
CISF Raising Day
13 March
No Smoking Day (Second Wednesday of March)
14 March
Pi Day, International Day of Action for Rivers
15 March
World Consumer Rights Day
16 March
National Vaccination Day
18 March
Ordnance Factories Day (India)
20 March
International Day of Happiness, World Sparrow Day
21 March
World Forestry Day, World Down syndrome Day, World Poetry Day
22 March
World Water Day
23rd March
World Meteorological Day
24 March
World Tuberculosis (TB) Day
27 March
World Theatre Day
List of Important Days in April
Occasion
1 April
Orissa Day, Prevention of Blindness week
2 April
World Autism Awareness Day
4 April
International Day for Mine Awareness
5 April
National Maritime Day
7 April
World Health Day
10 April
World Homeopathy Day
11 April
National Safe Motherhood Day, National Pet Day
13 April
Jallianwallah Bagh Massacre Day (1919)
17 April
World Haemophilia Day
18 April
World Heritage Day
21 April
National Civil Service Day, Secretaries’s Day
22 April
World Earth Day
23 April
World Book and Copyright Day
24 April
National Panchayati Day
25 April
World Malaria Day
26 April
World Intellectual Property Day
28 April
World Day for Safety and Health at Work, World Veterinary Day
Day in May
Occasion
1-May
International Labour Day
3-May
Press Freedom Day
4-May
Coal miner’s day
May (2nd Sunday)
Mother’s Day
8-May
World Red Cross Day
9-May
Victory day
11-May
National Technology Day
12-May
International Nurses day
14-May
World Migratory day
15-May
International Day of the Family
17-May
World Telecommunication Day (Information Society Day)
21-May
Anti-terrorism day
24-May
Commonwealth Day
31-May
Anti-Tobacco Day
Day in June
Occasion
1-June
Global Parents Day
4-June
International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression
5-June
World Environment Day
7-June
International level crossing awareness day
8-June
World ocean day
12-June
World day against Child Labour
14-June
World blood donor day
17-June
World day to combat desertification and drought
20-June
World Refugee day
21-June
Father’s Day, World Music day
June (3rd Sunday)
Father’s Day
23-June
United Nation’s public service day
23-June
International Widow’s day
26-June
International Day against Drug abuse & Illicit Trafficking
27-June
World Diabetes Day
Day in July
Occasion
1-July
National Doctor’s day
1-July
World UFO day, World Sports Journalists Day
July (1st Saturday)
International Day of Cooperatives
4-July
American Independence day
6-July
World Zoonoses Day
11-July
World Population Day
12-July
World Malala day
18-July
Nelson Mandela International Day
28-July
World Nature conservation day
29-July
International Tiger Day
Day in August
Occasion
2-August
International Friendship Day
3-August
Independence day of Niger
5-August
Independence day of upper Volta
6-August
Hiroshima Day
9-August
International day of World’s indigenous people
9-August
Quit India Day and Nagasaki Day
12-August
International Youth day
14-August
Independence Day of Pakistan
15-August
Independence Day of India
19-August
World Photography day
20-August
Sadbhavna Diwas
23-August
International Day for the remembrance of the slave trade and its abolition
29-August
National Sports Day
30-August
Small Industry Day
Day in September
Occasion
5-September
Teachers’ Day (Dr. Radhakrishnan’s birthday), Forgiveness day
8-September
World Literacy Day
14-September
Hindi day, World First Air Day
15-September
Engineer’s day in India
16-September
World Ozone Day
21-September
Alzheimer’s Day, International day of peace
25-September
Social justice day
26-September
Day of the Deaf
27-September
World Tourism Day
Day in October
Occasion
1-October
International day of the Older person
2-October
Mahatma Gandhi birthday, International day of non-violence
3-October
World Habitat Day, World nature day
4-October
World Animal Welfare Day
5-October
World Teacher’s day
6-October
World Wildlife day, World Food Security day
8-October
Indian Air Force Day
9-October
World Post Office day
10-October
National Post Day
11-October
International girl child day
12-October
World Arthritis day
13-October
UN International Day for National disaster reduction
14-October
World Standards Day
15-October
World White Cane Day (guiding the Blind)
16-October
World Food Day
17-October
International day for the eradication of poverty
20-October
World statistics day
24-October
UN Day, World development information Day
30-October
World Thrift Day
31-October
Rastriya Ekta Diwas (in memory of Sardar Patel), National Integration Day (In memory of Indira Gandhi)
Day in November
Occasion
1-November
World vegan day
5-November
World Radiography day
7-November
Infant Protection day, World Cancer Awareness Day
9-November
World services day
10-November
Transport Day
14-November
Children’s Day in India, Jawaharlal Nehru birthday
16-November
International day for Endurance
17-November
World Student day, National Journalism day
18-November
World Adult day
19-November
World Citizen day
20-November
Africa Industrialization Day, Universal children day
21-November
World Television day, World Fisheries day
25-November
World Non-veg day
26-November
Law day
29-November
International Day of Solidarity with Palestinian People
30-November
Flag day
Day in December
Occasion
1-December
World Aids Day
2-December
World Computer literacy day, International day of abolition of slavery
3-December
International Day of People with disabilities, World conservation day
4-December
Navy Day
5-December
International volunteer day for economic and social development
7-December
Armed Forces Flag Day, International civil aviation day
