List of Important National and International days and dates

  Last Update - 2023-05-26

Important Dates and Days of January

  • January 9: NRI Day
  • January 12: National Youth Day
  • January 15: Army day
  • January 25: National Voters day
  • January 26: India’s Republic Day, International Customs Day
  • January 30: Martyrs’ Day; World Leprosy Eradication Day

Important Dates and Days of February

  • February 4: World Cancer Day
  • February 14: Valentine Day
  • February 24: Central Excise Day
  • February 28: National Science Day

Important Dates and Days of March

  • March 8: International Women’s Day
  • March 15: World Disabled Day; World Consumer Rights 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 Dates and Days of April

  • April 5: International Day for Mine Awareness; National Maritime Day
  • April 7: World Health Day
  • April 17: World Haemophilia Day
  • April 18: World Heritage Day
  • April 21: Secretaries’ Day
  • April 22: Earth Day
  • April 23: World Book and Copyright Day

Important Dates and Days of May

  • May 1: Workers’ Day (International Labour Day)
  • May 3: Press Freedom Day
  • May (1st Sunday): World Laughter Day
  • May (1st Tuesday): 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 24: Commonwealth Day
  • May 31: Anti-tobacco Day

Important Dates and Days of June

  • June 4: International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression
  • June 5: World Environment 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

Important Dates and Days of July

  • July 1: Doctor’s Day
  • July 6: World Zoonoses Day
  • July 11: World Population Day

Important Dates and Days of 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: IntI. Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples
  • August 19: Photography Day
  • August 29: National Sports Day

Important Dates and Days of September

  • September 2: Coconut Day
  • September 5: Teachers’ Day; Sanskrit Day
  • September 8: International Literacy Day
  • 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 26: Day of the Deaf
  • September 27: World Tourism Day

Important Dates and Days of October

  • October 1: International Day for the Elderly
  • October 2: Gandhi Jayanthi
  • October(first monday) : World Habitat Day
  • October 4: World Animal Welfare Day
  • October 8: Indian Air Force Day
  • October 9: World Post Office Day
  • October 10: National Post Day
  • October 2nd Thursday: World Sight Day
  • 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: UN Day; World Development Information Day
  • October 30: World Thrift Day

Important Dates and Days of November

  • November 5: World tsunami day
  • November 9: Legal Services Day
  • November 14: Children’s Day; Diabetes Day
  • November 17: National Epilepsy Day
  • November 20: Africa Industrialization Day
  • November 29: International Day of Solidarity with Palestinian People

Important Dates and Days of 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; IntI. Children’s Day of Broadcasting
  • December 18: Minorities Rights Day (India)
  • December 22: National Mathematics Day
  • December 23: Kisan Divas (Farmer’s Day) (India)
  • December 25: Christmas Day

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