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Important Days and Dates : National and International


Important Days and Dates : National and International

Important Days of January

January 1= New year celebration ,Global Family Day

January 4= World Braille Day     

January 6= World War Orphans Day 

January 8= African National Congress Foundation Day 

January 9= Non-Resident Indian (NRI) Day or Pravasi Bharatiya Divas

January 10= World Hindi Day, World Laughter Day

January 11= Death Anniversary of Lal Bahadur Shastri

January 12= National Youth Day or Swami Vivekananda Jayanti

January 13= Lohri Day

January 15= Indian Army Day

January 23= Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Jayanti

January 24= National Girl Child Day

January 25= National Voters Day, National Tourism Day

January 26= Republic Day , International Customs Day

January 27= International Day of Commemoration 

January 28= Birth Anniversary of Lala Lajpat  Rai

January 30= Mahatma Gandhi's Martyrdom Day (Martyrs Day or Shaheed Diwas), World Leprosy Eradication Day



Important Days of February

February 1= Indian Coast Guard Day

February 2= World Wetlands Day

February 4= World Cancer Day , National Day of Sri Lanka 

February 6= International Day Against Female Genital Mutilation

February 7= International Development Week

February 11= World Day of the Sick

February 12= Darwin Day , Abraham Lincoln's Birthday

February 13= Sarojini Naidu's Birth Anniversary , World Radio Day

February 14= Valentine Day

February 18= Taj Mahotsav

February 20= World Day of Social Justice

February 21= International Mother Language Day

February 22= World Scout Day

February 23= World Peace and Understanding Day

February 24= Central Excise Day

February 27= World Sustainable Energy Day,  World NGO Day

February 28=National Science Day



Important Days of March

March 1= World Civil Defence Day , Zero Discrimination Day 

March 3= World Wildlife Day , World Hearing Day

March 4= National Safety Day

March 8= International Women's Day , Rasmakrishna Jayanti

March 1= CISF Raising Day

March 12= Mauritius Day

March 14= Pi Day , International Day of Action for Rivers

March 15= World Consumer Rights Day

March 16 = National Vaccination Day

March 18 = Ordnance Factories Day

March 20= International Day of Happiness , World Sparrow Day

March 21= World Forestry Day , World Down Syndrome Day , World Poetry Day

March 22= World Water Day

March 23= World Meteorological Day

March 24= World Tuberculosis Day

March 27= World Theatre Day

Second Wednesday of March= No Smoking Day



Important Days of April

April 1= April Fool's Day , Odisha Foundation  Day (Utkal Diwas)

April 2= World Autism Awareness Day

April 4= International Day of Mine Awareness

April 5= National Maritime Day

April 7= World Health Day

April 10= World Homeopathy Day

April 11= National Safe Motherhood Day , National Pet Day

April 13= Jallianwala Bagh Massacre

April 17= World Haemophilia Day

April 18= World  Heritage Day

April 19= World Liver Day

April 21=Civil Services Day , Secretaries' Day

April 22= Earth Day

April 23= World Book and Copyright Day , English Language Day

April 24= National Panchayati Raj Day

April 25= World Malaria Day

April 26= World Intellectual Property Day

April 27= World Veterinary Day

April 28= World Day for Safety and Health at  work

April 29= International Dance Day

April 30= Ayushman Bharat Diwas



Important Days of May

May 1= International Labour Day or May Day , Maharashtra Day

May 3= Press Freedom Day

May 4= Coal Miner's Day , International Firefighter's Day

May 7= World Athletics Day

May 8= World Red Cross Day

May 9= Victory Day

May 11= National Technology Day

May 12= International Nurses Day

May 14= World Migratory Day

May 15= International Day of the Family

May 17= World Telecommunication Day

May 21= Anti-Terrorism Day

May 24= Commonwealth Day

May 31= Anti-Tobacco Day

First Sunday of May= World Laughter Day

Second Sunday of May= Mother's Day

First Tuesday of May= World Asthma Day



Important Days of June

June 1= World Milk Day

June 2= Telengana Formation Day

June 3=World Bicycle Day

June 4= International day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression

June 5=World Environment Day

June 7= World Food Safety Day , International Level Crossing Awareness Day

June 8= World Ocean Day , World Brain Tumor Day

June 11= Green Mizoram Day

June 12= World Day Against Child Labour

June 14= World Blood Donor Day

June 17= World Crocodile Day , World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought

June 19=World Sickle Cell Day

June 20= World Refugee Day

June 21= International Yoga Day , World Music Day , World Hydrographic Day

June 23= United Nations Public Service Day , International Widow's Day , International Olympic Day

June 26= International Day Against Drug Abuse & Illicit Trafficking  

Third Sunday of June= Father's Day



Important Days of July

July 1= Doctor's Day , National Postal Worker Day , Canada Day 

July 2= World Sports Journalists Day

July 4= Independence Day USA

July 6= World Zoonoses Day

July 11= World Population Day

July 12= World Malala Day , Paper Bag Day

July 17= World Day for International Justice

July 18= International Nelson Mendela Day

July 24= National Thermal Engineers Day

July 26= Kargil Victory Day (Kargil Vijay Diwas)

July 28= World Hepatitis Day , World Nature Conservation Day

July 29= International Tiger Day

Fourth Sunday of July= National Parent's Day


Important Days of August

August 1= Yorkshire Day 

August 4= U.S Coast Guard Day

August 6=Hiroshima Day

August 9= Quit India Movement Day , Nagasaki Day , Day of the World's Indigenous People

August 12= International Youth Day

August 13= International Left-handers Day

August 14= Pakistan Independence Day

August 15= Independence Day (India)

August 16= Bennington Battle Day

August 17= Indonesian Independence Day

August 19= World Photography Day , World Humanitarian Day

August 20= World Mosquito Day

August 23= International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition , European  Day of Remembrance for Victims of Stalinism and Nazism

August 26=Women's Equality Day

August 29= National Sports Day

August 30= Small Industry Day

August 31= Malaysia National Day

First Friday of August= International Beer Day


Important Days of September

1 to 7 September= National Nutrition Week      

September 2= Coconut Day

September 3= Skyscraper Day

September 5= Teacher's Day (India) , International Day of Charity

September 7=Independence Day , Forgiveness Day

September 8= International Literacy Day

September 10= World Suicide Prevention Day

September 11= Patriot Day

September 14= Hindi Diwas , World First Aid Day

September 15= International Day of Democracy , Engineer's Day (India)

September 16= World Ozone Day , International Day for Preservation

September 21= Alzheimer's Day , Day for Peace and Non-Violence (UN)

September 22=Rose Day (Welfare of cancer  patients)

September 23= International Day of Sign Languages 

September 26= World Contraception Day , European Day of Languages

September 27= World Tourism Day 

September 29= World Heart Day

September 30= International Translation Day

Fourth Sunday of September= World Rivers Day

Last week of September= World Day of Deaf



Important Days of October

October 1= International Day of the Elderly(UN) , International Coffee Day ,World Vegetarian Day

October 2= Mahatma Gandhi Birthday (Gandhi Jayanti) , International Day of Non-Violence

October 3= World Nature Day , World Habitat , German Unity Day

October 4= World Animal Welfare Day

October 5= World Teachers' Day

October 6= German-American Day

October 8= Indian Air Force Day 

October 9= World Post Office Day

October 10= World Mental Health Day , National Post Day

October 12= World Arthritis Day

October 11= International Girl Child Day

October 13= UN International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction 

October 14= World Standards Day

October 15= World Students Day , Global White Cane Day (guiding the Blind) , Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day , Global Hand washing Day

October 16= World Food Day

October 17= International Poverty Eradication Day

October 20= National Solidarity Day , World Statistics Day

October 23= Mole Day 

October 24= United Nations Day , World Development Information Day

October 30= World Thrift Day

October 31= Halloween , Rashtriya Ekta Diwas    

           

Important Days of November

 November 1= World Vegan Day , All Saints' Day 

November 2= All Souls' Day

November 5= World Tsunami Day              

November 7= National Cancer Awareness Day , Infant Protection Day

November 9= Uttarakhand Foundation Day , Iqbal Day , National Legal Services Day  

November 10= Transport Day 

November 11= Veterans Day (U.S)

November 12= Guru Nanak Dev's Birth Anniversary , World Pneumonia Day

November 13= World Kindness Day

November 14= Children's Day (India) , World  Diabetes Day   

November 15= Jharkhand Foundation Day

November 17= National Epilepsy Day

November 19=International Men's Day , World Toilet Day

November 20= Universal Children's Day , Africa Industrialisation Day

November 21= World Television Day

November 25= International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women , World Non-Veg Day

November 26= Constitution Day of India

November 29= International Day of  Solidarity with Palestinian People 

November 30= Saint Andrew's Day

Fourth Thursday of November=Thanksgiving Day 



Important Days of December

 December 1= World AIDS Day

December 2= National Pollution Control Day , International Day for the Abolition of Slavery ,  World Computer Literacy Day

December 3= World Day of the Handicapped

December 4=Indian Navy Day

December 5= International Volunteer Day , World Soil Day

December 7= Indian Armed Forces Flag Day  , International Civil Aviation Day

December 9= International Anti-Corruption Day

December 10= Human Rights Day 

December 11= International Mountain Day , UNICEF Day

December 14= National Energy Conservation Day 

December 15= International Tea Day

December 16= Victory Day of Bangladesh

December 18=Minorities Rights Day (India) ,  International Migrants Day

December 19= Goa's Liberation Day

December 20= International Human Solidarity Day

December 22= National Mathematics Day

December 23= Farmer's Day (India) 

December 24= National Consumer Rights Day

December 25= Christmas Day , Good Governance Day (India)

December 31= New Year's Eve

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