important dates and Days of the Year
January
1 Army Medical Corps Establishment Day
4 Louis Braille Day
8 African National CongressFoundation Day
9 NRI Day (Pravasi Bhartiya Diwas)
10 World Hindi Day
11 World Laughter Day
12 National Youth Day (Birthday of Swami Vivekanand)
15 Army Day
21 Manipur, Meghalaya, Tripura Diwas
23 Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose’s birth anniversary
24 Rashtriya Balika Divas, Giri Child Day
25 National Tourism Day, Voter’s Day, International Customs and Excise Day, Voters Day
26 Indian Republic Day, International Customs Day
30 Martyr’s Day (Mahatma Gandhi’s Martyrdom), World Leprosy Eradication Day
February
1 Indian Coast Guard Day
2 World Wetlands Day
4 National Day of Sri Lanka
5 Kashmir Day (Organised by Pakistan)
13 World Radio Day
20 World Social Justice Day
21 International Mother Tongue Day
24 Central Excise Day
28 National Science Day
March
3 National Defence Day, World Wildlfie Day
4 National Security Day
8 International Women’s Day
11 Andaman Nicobar Day
13 World Kidney Day
15 World Consumer Rights Day, World Disabled Day
16 National Vaccination Day
18 Ordnance Manufacturing Day
21 World Forestry Day, International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
22 World Water Day
23 World Meteorological Day
24 World TB Day
26 Bangladesh Liberation Day
27 World Theatre Day
April
2 World Autism Awareness Day
5 National Maritime Day, International Day for Mine Awareness
7 World Health Day
10 World Homeopathy Day
13 Jallianwala Bagh Massacre Day (1919)
14 BR Ambedkar Remembrance Day; Fire Extinguishing Day
17 World Haemophilia Day
18 World Heritage Day, Azad Hind Fauz Day
21 Civil Services Day
22 World Earth Day
23 World Book and Copyright Day
24 Panchayat Divas
25 World Malaria Day
26 World Intellectual Property Day
May
1 International Labour Day (May Day), Maharashtra Day, Gujarat Day
2 World Asthma Day
3 World Press Freedom Day, International Energy Day
8 World Red Cross Day
11 National Technology Day
12 International Nurses Day
15 International Family Day
17 World Telecommunications Day
21 Anti-Terrorism Day, Rajiv Gandhi Death Anniversary
22 World Biodiversity Day
24 Commonwealth Day
31 World Anti-Tobacco Day
June
1 Global Day of Parents
5 World Environment Day
20 World Refugee Day
21 International Yoga Day
23 International Widow Day, International Olympic Day
29 National Statistics Day
July
1 Doctor’s Day, State Bank of India Foundation Day
4 American Independence Day
7 International Day of Co-operatives
11 World Population Day
18 International Nelson Mandela Day
26 Kargil Victory Day
28 World Nature Conservation Day, World Hepatitis Day
August
1 World Breast Feeding Day
6 Hiroshima Day (World Peace Day)
9 Kranti Divas, Nagasaki Day, Quit India Day, International Day of word’s Ingenious People
12 International Youth Day
15 India’s Independence Day
19 World Photography Day
20 Sadbhavna Diwas
29 National Sports Day (Dhyanchand’s birthday)
30 Small Industry Day
September
5 Teachers’ Day, Dr Radhakrishnan’s Birthday
8 International Literacy Day (UNESCO)
14 World First Aid Day
15 Engineers Day, International Day of Democracy
16 World Ozone Day
18 Biosphere Day, World Alzheimer’s Day
20 Railway Police Force Foundation Day
21 International Day of Peace
24 World Deaf Day, World Heart Day
27 World Tourism Day
October
1 International Day for the Elderly (UN)
2 International Non-violence Day, Lal Bahadur Shastri and Mahatma Gandhi’s Birthday
3 World Habitat Day
4 World Animal Welfare Day
5 World Teacher’s Day
8 Indian Air Force Day
9 World Postal Day
10 World Mental Health Day; National Post Day
11 International Girl Child Day
13 World Calamity Control Day (UN)
14 World Standards Day
15 World White Cane Day (Guiding the blind)
16 World Food Day
17 International Poverty Eradication Day
20 National Solidarity Day (China attacked India on that day)
21 World Iodine Shortage Day
22 World Energy Day
24 United Nations Day, World Polio Day
31 World Thrift Day, National Integration Day
November
7 Infant Protection Day; National Cancer Awareness Day
10 Transport Day, Malala Day (by UN)
11 National Education Day
14 Children’s Day, World Diabetics Day
16 National Press Day
17 National Epilepsy Day
18 World Adult Day
19 World Citizen Day, National Integration Day, World Toilet Day
20 Universal Children’s Day (UN), Africa Industrialisation Day
21 World Fisheries Day
25 World Non-veg Prevention Day
26 Law Day, National Milk Day, Samvidhan Diwas
December
1 World AIDS Day
2 International Day for the Abolition of Slavery, World Computer literacy Day
3 World Disabled Day
4 Navy Day
5 International Volunteers Day
7 Armed Forces Flag Day
10 Human Rights Day
11 UNICEF Day
14 National Energy Conservation Day
16 Vijay Divas
19 Goa’s Liberation Day
23 Kisan Divas (Farmer’s Day)
25 National Good Governance Day, X-Mas Day
29 International Biodiversity Day
