List of Important Days & Dates (Na onal & Interna onal)
Aspirants should have all informa on about our important days and dates in India. There is a
list of dates and their importance, which will help the aspirants to understand the days and
dates of both na onal and interna onal significance.
Day Events
January
4th Jan Interna onal World Braille Day
6th Jan World Day -War Orphans
9th Jan Pravasi Bhar ya Diwas
10th Jan World Hindi Day
11th Jan Na onal Human Trafficking Awareness Day
12th Jan Na onal Youth Day (India)
15th Jan Army Day (India)
17th Jan World Religion Day
24th Jan Na onal Girl child day (India)
25th Jan Tourism Day
Na onal Voters Day
26th Jan Republic Day (India)
27th Jan Interna onal Holocaust Remembrance Day
30th Jan Martyrs’ Day
World Neglected Tropical Diseases
Last Sunday of World Leprosy Eradica on Day
January
February
2nd Feb World Wetlands Day
4th Feb World Cancer Day
6th Feb Interna onal Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mu la on
9th Feb Safer Internet Day
10th Feb Na onal De-Worming Day
11th Feb Interna onal Day of Women and Girls in Science
13th Feb World Radio Day (UNESCO)
Na onal Women’s Day
20th Feb World Day of Social Jus ce
21st Feb Interna onal Mother Language Day
23th Feb World Peace and Understanding Day
24th Feb Central Excise Day
27th Feb World NGO Day
28th Feb Na onal Science Day (India)
March
1st Mar Zero Discrimina on Day
World Civil Defence Day
3rd Mar World Wildlife Day
4th Mar World Day of the Fight Against Sexual Exploita on
Na onal Security Day
8th Mar Interna onal Women’s Day
11th Mar World Kidney Day
14th Mar Interna onal Day of Ac on for Rivers
15th Mar World Consumer Rights Day
16th Mar Na onal Vaccina on Day
18th Mar Ordnance Factories Day
20th Mar World Sparrow Day
Interna onal Day of Happiness
21st Mar Interna onal Day for the Elimina on of Racial Discrimina on
World Forestry Day
22nd Mar World Day for Water
23rd Mar World Meteorological Day
24th Mar World Tuberculosis Day
27th Mar World Theatre Day
April
2nd Apr World Au sm Awareness Day
4th Apr Interna onal Day of Mine Awareness
5th Apr Na onal Mari me Day
7th Apr World Health Day
10th Apr World Homeopathy Day
11th Apr Na onal Pet Day
Na onal Safe Motherhood Day
14th Apr Cultural Unity Day (recognized by India, Sri Lanka, Maldives,
Bangladesh, and Nepal)
15th Apr World Art Day
17th Apr World Haemophilia Day
18th Apr World Heritage Day
21st Apr Na onal Civil Services Day
Na onal Administra ve Professionals Day
22nd Apr Earth Day
23rd Apr World Book and Copyright Day
24th Apr Na onal Panchaya Raj Day
25th Apr World Malaria Day
26th Apr World Intellectual Property Day
28th Apr World Day for Safety and Health at Work
29th Apr Interna onal Dance Day
30th Apr Ayushman Bharat Diwas
May
1st May Interna onal Labour Day
2nd May Interna onal Astronomy Day
4th May World Asthma Day
7th May World Athle cs Day
8th May World Red Cross & Red Crescent Day
World Thalassemia Day
9th May World Migratory Bird Day
10th May World Mother Day
11th May Na onal Technology Day (India)
12th May Interna onal Nurses Day (India)
16th May Dengue Preven on Day (India)
17th May World Telecommunica on Day
World Informa on Society Day
18th May Interna onal Museum Day
20th May World Metrology Day
World Bee Day
21st May World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development
An -Terrorism Day
22nd May Interna onal Day for Biological Diversity
23rd May World Turtle Day
24th May Commonwealth Day
28th May Interna onal Day of Ac on for Women’s Health
29th May Interna onal Day of United Na ons Peacekeepers
Interna onal Mount Everest Day (Chosen by Nepal)
31st May World An -Tobacco Day
June
1st Jun World Milk Day
3rd Jun World Bicycle Day
4th Jun Interna onal Day of Innocent Children Vic ms of Aggression
5th Jun World Environment Day
7th Jun World Food Safety Day
8th Jun World Ocean Day
12th Jun World Day Against Child Labour
14th Jun World Blood Donor Day
15th Jun World Elder Abuse Awareness Day
16th Jun Interna onal Integra on Day
17th Jun World Day to Combat Deser fica on and Drought
19th Jun World Sickle Cell Day
20th Jun World Refugee Day
21st Jun World Music Day
Interna onal Yoga Day
23th Jun United Na ons Public Service Day
Interna onal Olympic Day
26th Jun Interna onal Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking
Interna onal An -Drugs Day
Interna onal Day in Support of Vic ms of Torture
29th June Na onal Sta s cs Day
3rd Sunday of Interna onal Father’s Day
June
July
1st Jul Na onal Doctor’s Day (India)
2st Jul World UFO Day
World Sports Journalists Day
4th Jul Interna onal Coopera ve Day
11th Jul World Popula on Day
15th Jul World Youth Skills Day
17th Jul World Day for Interna onal Jus ce
18th Jul Mandela Day
26th Jul Kargil Memorial Day (India)
28th Jul World Hepa s Day
World Nature Conserva on Day
World Nature Day
29th Jul Interna onal Tiger Day
30th Jul Interna onal Day of Friendship
August
1st Aug Clergy Sexual Abuse Awareness Day
6th Aug Hiroshima Day
9th Aug Nagasaki Day
World Tribal Day
Interna onal Day of the World’s Indigenous People
10th Aug World Biofuel Day
World Lion Day
12th Aug Interna onal Youth Day
15th Aug India’s Independence Day
19th Aug World Humanitarian Day
20th Aug World Mosquito Day
21st Aug World Senior Ci zen Day
23rd Aug Interna onal Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its
Aboli on
29th Aug Na onal Sports Day
Interna onal Day against Nuclear Tests
30th Aug Na onal Small Industry Day
September
2nd Sep World Coconut Day
5th Sep Teachers Day (India)
8th Sep Interna onal Literacy Day
12th Sep United Na ons Day for South-South Coopera on
World First Aid Day
14th Sep Hindi Day (India)
15th Sep Interna onal Day of Democracy
Na onal Engineer’s Day
16th Sep World Ozone Day
19th Sep Interna onal Talk Like a Pirate Day
21st Sep Interna onal Day of Peace
World Alzheimer’s Day
Biosphere Day
22nd Sep World Rhino Day
23rd Sep Interna onal Day of Sign Languages
28th Sep Right to Know Day
30th Sep Interna onal Blasphemy Rights Day
October
1st Oct Interna onal Day of Older Persons
2nd Oct Interna onal Day of Non-Violence
Human Rights Day (10th December)
4th Oct World Animal Welfare Day
5th Oct World Teachers’ Day
8th Oct Indian Air Force Day
10th Oct Na onal Post Day
13th Oct World Day for Natural Disaster Reduc on
15th Oct Interna onal Day of Rural Women
16th Oct World Food Day
17th Oct Interna onal Day for the Eradica on of Poverty
20th Oct Interna onal Day of the Air Traffic Controller
24th Oct United Na ons Day
World Development Informa on Day
World Polio Day
27th Oct World Day for Audiovisual Heritage
28th Oct Na onal Ayurveda Day
30th Oct World Thri Day
31st Oct Na onal Unity Day
November
2nd Nov Interna onal Journalist’s Remembrance Day
6th Nov Interna onal Day for Preven ng the Exploita on of the
Environment in War and Armed Conflict
9th Nov World Legal Services Day
10th Nov World Immuniza on Day
11th Nov Na onal Educa on Day
12th Nov World Pneumonia Day
13th Nov World Kindness Day
14th Nov Children’s Day (India)
16th Nov Interna onal Day for Tolerance
Na onal Press Day
17th Nov Interna onal Students Day
18th Nov World Chronic Obstruc ve Pulmonary Disease Day
19th Nov Interna onal Men’s Day
Na onal Integra on Day (India)
20th Nov Africa Industrializa on Day
Universal Children’s Day
Transgender Day of Remembrance
21st Nov World Television Day
World Fisheries Day
25th Nov Interna onal Day for the Elimina on of Violence against Women
26th Nov Na onal Law Day (India)
Cons tu on Day
Na onal Milk Day
29th Nov Interna onal Day of Solidarity with the Pales nian People
December
1st Dec World Aids Day
2nd Dec Interna onal Day for the Aboli on of Slavery
3rd Dec Interna onal Day of Disabled Persons
4th Dec Indian Navy Day
7th Dec Indian Armed Force Flag Day
Interna onal Civil Avia on Day
9th Dec The Interna onal Day Against Corrup on
10th Dec Human Rights Day
Interna onal Animal Rights Day
11th Dec Interna onal Mountain Day
14th Dec Na onal Energy Conserva on Day (India)
18th Dec Interna onal Migrants Day
20th Dec Interna onal Human Solidarity Day
22nd Dec Na onal Mathema cs Day
23rd Dec Farmers Day (India)
