Important Days and Dates
List of important days and dates are useful for competitive exams like UPSC, SSC , PSC, State Exams and Other Competitive Exams. This list will help you in the preparations for upcoming competitive exams. Here we provide month-wise wise important days and dates
List Of Important Days & Dates
| SL NO | DATE | SIGNIFICANCE |
| JANUARY | ||
| 1 | January 4 | World Braille day |
| 2 | January 6 | World Day of War Orphans |
| 3 | January 9 | NRI day / Pravasi Bharatiya Divas |
| 4 | January 10 | World Hindi day & World Laughter Day |
| 5 | January 11 | National Human Trafficking Awareness Day |
| 6 | January 12 | National youth day (Swamy Vivekananda Birthday) |
| 7 | January 14 | Fourth Armed Forces Veterans Day |
| 8 | January 15 | Army day & 145th Foundation Day of IMD |
| 9 | January 17 | World Religion Day |
| 10 | January 18 | 15th Raising Day of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) |
| 11 | January 23 | Birthday of Subash Chandra bose birthday |
| 12 | January 24 | (i) National Girl Child Day
(ii) International Day of Education |
| 13 | January 25 | (i) National Voters Day
(ii) National Tourism Day |
| 14 | January 26 | (i) International Customs Day
(ii) Republic Day |
| 15 | January 27 | International Day of Commemoration in memory of the victims of the Holocaust |
| 16 | January 30 | (i) World Leprosy Day
(ii) Martyrs day (iii) World Neglected Disease Day |
| 17 | Last Sunday of January | World Leprosy Eradication Day |
| FEBRUARY | ||
| 1 | February 1 | Foundation Day of the Indian Coast Guard |
| 2 | February 2 | World Wetlands Day |
| 3 | February 4 | World Cancer Day |
| 4 | February 6 | International day of Zero Tolerance to female genital mutilation |
| 5 | 2nd day of the 2nd week of February | Safer Internet Day |
| 6 | February 10 | (i) National Deworming Day
(ii) World Pulses Day |
| 7 | February 11 | International day Women and girls in Science & World Unani Day |
| 8 | February 12 | National Productivity Day |
| 9 | February 13 | (i) National Womens Day(Birth Date of Sarojini Naidu) (ii) World Radio Day |
| 10 | February 15 | World Pangolin Day |
| 11 | February 19 | Soil Health Card Day |
| 12 | February 20 | (i) World Day of Social Justice
(ii) National Democracy Day (iii) Arunachal Pradesh & Mizoram Statehood Day |
| 13 | February 21 | International Mother language day or Matribhasha Diwas |
| 14 | February 22 | World Thinking day |
| 15 | February 23 | World Peace and Understanding Day |
| 16 | February 24 | Central Excise Day |
| 17 | February 27
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World NGO Day |
| 18 | February 28 | National Science Day |
| MARCH | ||
| 1 | March 1 | (i) World Civil Defence Day
(ii) Zero Discrimination Day |
| 2 | March 3 | (i) National Defence Day
(ii) World Wildlife Day (iii) World Hearing Day |
| 3 | March 4 | National Security Day |
| 4 | March 7 | Jan Aushadhi Diwas |
| 5 | March 8 | International Women’s Day |
| 6 | March 10 | CISF Raising Day |
| 7 | Second Wednesday of March
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No Smoking Day
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| 8 | March 12 | World Kidney Day |
| 9 | March 14 | International Day of Action for Rivers |
| 10 | March 15 | World Consumer Rights Day |
| 11 | March 16 | (i) National Vaccination Day
(ii) World Sleep Day |
| 12 | March 18 | (i) Ordnance Factories Day
(ii) Global Recycling Day |
| 13 | March 20 | (i) International Day of Happiness
(ii) World Sparrow day (iii) French Language Day |
| 14 | March 21 | (i) International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
(ii) International Day of Forests (iii) World Poetry day (iv) World Down Syndrome Day (v) International Nowruz Day |
| 15 | March 22 | World Water day |
| 16 | March 23 | World Meteorological Day |
| 17 | March 24 | (i) World Tuberculosis Day
(ii) International Day for the Right to the Truth Concerning Gross Human Rights Violations and for the Dignity of Victims |
| 18 | March 25 | (i) International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade
(ii) International Day of Solidarity with Detained and Missing Staff Members |
| 19 | March 27 | World Theatre Day |
| APRIL | ||
| 1 | April 1 | (i) Prevention of Blindness Week
(ii) Utkal Divas or Odisha Day |
| 2 | April 2 | (i) World Autism Awareness Day
(ii) International Children’s Book Day |
| 3 | April 4 | National Day For Mine Awareness and assistance in Mine action |
| 4 | April 5 | (i) National Maritime Day
(ii) International Day of Conscience |
| 5 | April 6 | International Day for Sports Development and Peace |
| 6 | April 7 | World Health Day |
| 7 | April 8 | (i) World Tradition Day
(ii) International Romani Day |
| 8 | April 10 | World Homeopathy Day |
| 9 | April 11 | (i) National Safe Motherhood Day
(ii) National Pet Day |
| 10 | April 12 | International Day of Human Space Flight |
| 11 | April 13 | Jallianwala Bagh Massacre (99th anniversary) |
| 12 | April 14 | (i) Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar Jayanti
(ii) World Liver Day (iii)World Chagas Disease Day (iv) National Fire Service Day (v) Cultural Unity Day (recognized by India, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Bangladesh, and Nepal) National Dolphin Day |
| 13 | April 15 | (i) World Art Day
(ii) Himachal Day |
| 14 | April 17 | World Hemophilia Day |
| 15 | April 18 | World Heritage Day |
| 16 | April 19 | World Liver Day |
| 17 | April 20 | UN Chinese Language Day |
| 18 | April 21 | (i) Civil Services Day
(ii) World Creativity and Innovation Day |
| 19 | April 22 | World Earth Day |
| 20 | April 23 | (i) World Book and Copyright Day
(ii) English Language Day (iii) International Girls in ICT day |
| 21 | April 24 | (i) World Lab Animals Day
(ii) National Panchayati Day (iii)Women’s Political Empowerment Day (iv) International Day of Multilateralism and Diplomacy for Peace |
| 22 | April 25 | (i) World Malaria Day
(ii) International Delegate’s Day (iii) World Penguin Day (iv) World Veterinary Day |
| 23 | April 26 | (i) World Intellectual Property Day
(ii) International Chernobyl Disaster Remembrance Day |
| 24 | April 28 | World Day for Safety and Health at Work |
| 25 | April 29 | (i) International Dance Day
(ii) International Guide Dog Day |
| 26 | April 30 | (i) Ayushman Bharat Diwas
(ii) International Jazz Day |
| MAY | ||
| 1 | May 1 | (i) International Labour Day
(ii) Gujarat, Maharashtra Day |
| 2 | May 2 | (i) World Tuna Day
(ii) International Astronomy Day |
| 3 | First Sunday of May | World Laughter Day |
| 4 | First Tuesday of May | World Asthma Day |
| 5 | Second Sunday of May | Mother’s Day |
| 6 | May 3 | World Press Freedom Day |
| 7 | May 4 | International Firefighters’ Day |
| 8 | May 5 | (i) World Cartoonist’s Day
(ii) International Day of Midwife (iii)World Hand Hygiene Day |
| 9 | May 6 | International No Diet Day |
| 10 | May 7 | (i) Vesak Day
(ii) World Athletics Day (iii) Border Roads Organisation (BRO) Raising Day |
| 11 | May 8 | (i) World Red Cross Day
(ii) World Thalassaemia Day |
| 12 | May 9 | (i) World Migratory Bird Day
(ii) Victory day |
| 13 | May 11 | National Technology Day |
| 14 | May 12 | International Nurses Day |
| 15 | May 15 | International Day Of Families |
| 16 | May 16 | (i) Armed Forces Day
(ii) International Day of Light (iii) National Dengue Day |
| 17 | May 17 | (i) World hypertension day
(ii) World Telecommunication And Information Society Day (iii) International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia |
| 18 | May 18 | (i) International Museum Day
(ii) World AIDS Vaccine Day |
| 19 | May 20 | (i) World Bee Day
(ii) World Metrology Day |
| 20 | May 21 | (i) International Tea Day
(ii) World day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development, (iii) Anti-Terrorism Day |
| 21 | May 22 | International Day For Biological Diversity |
| 22 | May 23 | World Turtle Day |
| 23 | May 24 | Commonwealth Day |
| 24 | May 25 | (i) World Thyroid Day
(ii) International Missing Children’s Day |
| 25 | May 28 | (i) International Day of Action for Women Health
(ii) World Hunger Day |
| 26 | May 29 | International Day Of UN Peacekeepers |
| 27 | May 30 | Statehood Day of Goa |
| 28 | May 31 | (i) World No Tobacco Day
(ii) Anti-Tobacco Day |
| JUNE | ||
| 1 | June 1 | (i) World Milk Day
(ii) Global Parents Day |
| 2 | June 2 | Telangana Formation Day |
| 3 | June 3 | World Bicycle Day |
| 4 | June 4 | International Day of Innocent Children of Aggression |
| 5 | June 5 | World Environment Day |
| 6 | June 6 | Russian Language Day |
| 7 | June 7 | World Food Safety Day |
| 8 | June 8 | (i) World Ocean Day
(ii) World Brain Tumour Day |
| 9 | June 9 | World Accreditation Day (WAD) |
| 10 | June 12 | World Day Against Child Labour |
| 11 | June 13 | International Albinism Awareness Day |
| 12 | June 14 | World Blood Donors Day |
| 13 | June 15 | (i) World Elder Abuse Day
(ii) World Wind Day (iii) World Elder Abuse Awareness Day |
| 14 | June 16 | (i) International Integration Day
(ii) International Day of Family Remittance |
| 15 | June 17 | World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought |
| 16 | June 18 | (i) Sustainable Gastronomy Day
(ii) Mask Day |
| 17 | June 19 | (i) International Day for Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict
(ii) World Sickle Cell Day |
| 18 | June 20 | World Refugee Day |
| 19 | Third Sunday of June
|
Father’s Day |
| 20 | June 21 | (i) International Yoga Day
(ii) World Music Day (iii) International Day of the celebration of the Solstice (iv) World Hydrography Day |
| 21 | June 23 | (i) United Nations Public Service Day
(ii) International Olympic Day (iii) International Widows’ Day |
| 22 | June 25 | Day of Seafarer |
| 23 | June 26 | (i) International Day in Support of Victims of Torture
(ii) International Day Against Drug Abuse And Illicit Trafficking |
| 24 | June 27 | Micro and Small and Medium Sized Enterprises Day |
| 25 | June 29 | National Statistics Day |
| 26 | June 30 | (i) International Asteroid Day
(ii) International Day of Parliamentarism |
| JULY | ||
| 1 | July 1 | (i) National Doctors’ Day
(ii) National Charted Accountants Day (iii) Goods And Services Tax Day (iv) National Poster Workers Day |
| 2 | July 2 | (i) World Sports Journalists Day
(ii) World UFO(Unidentified Flying Objects) day |
| 3 | July 4 | (i) America Independence Day
(ii) Dharma Chakra Day |
| 4 | July 6 | World Zoonosis Day(infectious diseases (virus, bacteria and parasites) that can be spread from animals to humans) |
| 5 | July 7 | (i) Global forgiveness day
(ii) World Chocolate Day |
| 6 | First Saturday of July | International Day Of Cooperatives |
| 7 | July 10 | National Fish Farmers Day |
| 8 | July 11 | World Population Day |
| 9 | July 12 | (i) International Malala Day
(ii) NABARD Foundation Day |
| 10 | July 15 | World Youth Skills Day |
| 11 | July 17 | World Day for International Justice |
| 12 | July 18 | Nelson Mandela International Day |
| 13 | July 20 | World Chess Day |
| 14 | July 23 | National Broadcasting Day |
| 15 | July 26 | Kargil Vijay Diwas |
| 16 | July 27 | Raising Day of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) |
| 17 | July 28 | (i) World Hepatitis Day
(ii) World Nature Conservation Day |
| 18 | July 29 | International Tiger Day |
| 19 | July 30 | (i) World Day against Trafficking in Persons
(ii) International Day of Friendship |
| 20 | July 31 | World Ranger Day |
| AUGUST | ||
| 1 | August 1 | (i) Earth Overshoot Day
(ii) Muslim Women’s Right Day |
| 2 | August 6 | Hiroshima day |
| 3 | August 7 | National Handloom Day |
| 4 | First Sunday | International Friendship Day |
| 5 | August 8 | August Kranti Din |
| 6 | August 9 | (i) Nagasaki Day
(ii) Quit India Movement (iii) International Day Of The World’s Indigenous Peoples |
| 7 | August 10 | World Biofuel Day |
| 8 | August 12 | (i) International Youth Day
(ii) World Elephant Day |
| 9 | August 13 | (i) International left handers day
(ii) World Organ Donation Day |
| 10 | August 14 | (i) Shaheed Saman Diwas
(ii) Independence Day of Pakistan |
| 11 | August 15 | (i) Independence Day |
| 12 | August 19 | (i) World Photography Day
(ii) World Humanitarian Day |
| 13 | August 20 | (i) World Mosquito Day
(ii) National Sadbhavana Day |
| 14 | August 21 | (i) World senior citizen day
(ii) International Day of Remembrance and Tribute to the Victims of Terrorism |
| 15 | August 23 | International Day for Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition |
| 16 | August 26 | (i) Women’s Equality Day
(ii) National Sports Day (iii) Telugu Language Day (iv) International Day against Nuclear Tests |
| 17 | August 30 | International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances |
| SEPTEMBER | ||
| 1 | September 1 | National Nutrition Week |
| 2 | September 2 | Coconut Day |
| 3 | September 5 | Teachers’ Day |
| 4 | September 5 | International Day of Charity |
| 5 | September 7 | International Day of Clean Air for blue skies |
| 6 | September 8 | International Literacy Day |
| 7 | September 9 | International Day to Protect Education from Attack |
| 8 | September 10 | World Suicide Prevention Day |
| 9 | September 12 | (i) World First Aid Day
(ii) International Day for South-South Cooperation |
| 10 | September 14 | Hindi Diwas |
| 11 | September 15 | (i) Engineers’ Day
(ii) International Day of Democracy |
| 12 | September 16 | (i) World Ozone Day
(ii) International Day for Preservation |
| 13 | September 17 | World Patient Safety Day |
| 14 | September 18 | (i) World Water Monitoring Day
(ii) World Bamboo Day (iii) International Equal Pay Day |
| 15 | Third Saturday of September | International Red Panda Day |
| 16 | September 19 | International Coastal Clean-Up Day |
| 17 | September 21 | (i) Alzheimer’s Day
(ii) Biosphere Day (iii) International Day of Peace |
| 18 | September 22 | (i) Rose Day (Welfare of Cancer patients)
(ii) World Rhino Day |
| 19 | September 23 | International Day of Sign Languages |
| 20 | September 24 | World Maritime Day |
| 21 | September 25 | (i) Antyodaya Divas
(ii) World Pharmacist Day |
| 22 | September 26 | (i) World Contraception Day
(ii) World Environmental Health Day (iii) International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons |
| 23 | September 27 | (i) World Tourism Day
(ii) World Maritime Day |
| 24 | September 28 | (i) World Rabies Day
(ii) International Day for Universal Access to Information |
| 25 | September 29 | World Heart Day, International Day of Awareness on Food Loss and Waste Reduction |
| 26 | September 30 | (i) International Translation Day
(ii) International Blasphemy Rights Day |
| 27 | Fourth Sunday of September | World rivers day |
| OCTOBER | ||
| 1 | October 1 | International Day for the Older Persons |
| 2 | October 2 | (i) Gandhi Jayanthi
(ii) International Day of Non-Violence |
| 3 | First Monday of October | World Habitat Day |
| 4 | October 4 | World Animal Welfare Day |
| 5 | October 5 | World Teacher’s Day |
| 6 | October 8 | Indian Air Force Day |
| 7 | October 9 | World Post Office Day |
| 8 | October 10 | (i) World Mental Health Day
(ii) National Post Day |
| 9 | October 11
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National Girl Child Day |
| 10 | October 12 | World Arthritis day |
| 11 | Second Thursday of October | World Sight Day |
| 12 | October 13 | International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction |
| 13 | October 14 | World Standards Day |
| 14 | October 15 | (i) World Students Day
(ii) International Day of Rural Women (iii) World White Cane Day |
| 15 | October 16 | World Food Day |
| 16 | October 17 | International Day of Eradication of Poverty |
| 17 | October 20 | (i) World Statistics Day
(ii) World Osteoporosis Day (iii) International Chef’s Day (iv) International Day of the Air Traffic Controller |
| 18 | October 21 | National Police Commemoration Day |
| 19 | October 22 | International Stuttering Awareness Day |
| 20 | October 23 | World Snow Leopard Day |
| 21 | October 24 | (i) World Development Information Day
(ii) United Nations Day (iii) World Polio Day |
| 22 | October 27 | Infantry Day of Indian Army |
| 23 | October 28 | (i) National Ayurveda Day
(ii) International Internet Day |
| 24 | October 30 | World Thrift Day |
| 25 | October 31 | National Unity Day or Rashtriya Ekta Diwas(in memory of Sardar Patel) |
| NOVEMBER | ||
| 1 | November 1 | World Vegan Day |
| 2 | November 2 | International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalism |
| 3 | November 5 | World Tsunami Awareness Day |
| 4 | November 6 | International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict |
| 5 | November 7 | National Cancer Awareness Day |
| 6 | November 8 | International Day for Radiology |
| 7 | November 9 | National Legal service Day |
| 8 | November 10 | (i) World Immunization Day
(ii) World Science Day for Peace and Development |
| 9 | November 11 | National Education Day |
| 10 | November 12 | (i) Public Service Broadcasting Day
(ii) World Pneumonia Day |
| 11 | November 13 | (i) National Ayurveda Day
(ii) World Kindness Day |
| 12 | November 14 | (i) Children’s Day
(ii) World Diabetes Day |
| 13 | November 15 | World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims |
| 14 | November 16 | (i) International Day of Tolerance
(ii) National Press Day (iii) International day for Endurance |
| 15 | November 17 | (i) National Epilepsy Day
(ii) International Students Day (iii) National Journalism day |
| 16 | November 18 | (i) National Naturopathy Day
(ii) World Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Day (iii) World Adult day |
| 17 | November 19 | (i) World Citizen day
(ii) International Men’s Day (iii) National Integration Day (India) (iv) World Toilet Day |
| 18 | November 20 | (i) Africa Industrialization Day
(ii) World Children’s Day |
| 19 | November 21 | (i) World Fisheries Day
(ii) World Television Day |
| 20 | November 25 | International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women |
| 21 | November 26 | (i) National Milk Day
(ii)Indian Constitution Day or Samvidhan Diwas |
| 22 | November 29 | Important Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People |
| 23 | November 30 | Day of Remembrance for all victims of chemical warfare |
| DECEMBER | ||
| 1 | December 1 | World AIDS Day |
| 2 | December 2 | National Pollution Control |
| 3 | December 2 | (i) World Computer literacy day (ii) International day of abolition of slavery |
| 4 | December 3 | (i) World Day of the Handicapped
(ii) World conservation day |
| 5 | December 4 | Indian Navy Day |
| 6 | December 5 | International volunteer day for economic and social development |
| 7 | December 7 | (i) Indian Armed Forces Flag Day
(ii) International civil aviation day |
| 8 | December 9 | The International day against corruption |
| 10 | December 10 | Human Rights Day |
| 11 | December 11 | International Mountain Day |
| 12 | December 14 | World Energy Conservation Day |
| 13 | December 16 | Vijay Diwas |
| 14 | December 18 | (i) Minorities Rights Day (India)
(ii) International Migrants Day |
| 15 | December 19 | Goa’s liberation day |
| 16 | December 20 | International Human solidarity |
| 17 | December 22 | National Mathematics Day |
| 18 | December 23 | Kisan Divas (Farmer’s Day) (India) |
| 19 | December 24 | National Consumers Day |
| 20 | December 25 | Christmas Day |
| 21 | December 29 | International Bio-diversity day |
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