List of Important Days and Dates : Each month nationally or internationally has some important days and events. These days and dates are recognized to commemorate and honour the things which happened. Here we have compiled the list of important days and dates on the basis of events and festivals in India as well as across the world. Check month-wise wise important days and dates throughout the year. There are some very popular exams such as Railway Recruitment, CGL, MTS, Selection Post etc. Some questions on general awareness like important days and dates will help you in securing good marks in the general awareness section of various competitive exams. The list of special days and important days of the year will help candidates in attempting such questions with 100% accuracy which might be helpful in clearing the exam.
Important Days
Students must know about the important days and dates of the year which is mandatory for them to clear competitive exams. Each exam these days contain at least 1-3 questions related to important days and dates of the year. So, candidates should learn all these important days and dates celebrated throughout the year nationally and internationally. Here scroll on to find out month-wise list of important national and international days and dates.
List of Important Days and Dates nationally and internationally
Here is the list of month-wise important dates and days for national and international occasions which will boost up your general knowledge and increase your chances of scoring well in various competitive exams like bank, railway, SSC, SSC CGL, SSC MTS, SSC CHSL etc. It is advised to keep this page bookmarked and revise these important dates and days on a time-to-time basis before the exam.
List of Important Days in January | |
01 January | New Year's Day, Global Family Day |
04 January | World Braille Day |
06 January | World War Orphans Day |
08 January | African National Congress Foundation Day |
09 January | NRI Day (Pravasi Bhartiya Diwas) |
10 January | World Hindi Day |
11 January | National Human Trafficking Awareness Day, National Road Safety Week starts, Death Anniversary of Lal Bahadur Shastri |
12 January | National Youth Day |
14 January | Makar Sankranti, Lohri Day, Pongal |
15 January | Indian Army Day |
18 January | National Immunization Day (Polio Day) |
23 January | Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose's Birthday |
24 January | National Girl Child Day |
25 January | National Tourism Day, National Voters Day |
26 January | Republic Day of India, International Customs Day |
27 January | International Holocaust Day, International Day of Commemoration |
28 January | Birth Anniversary of Lala Lajpat Rai, Data Protection Day |
30 January | World Leprosy Eradication Day, Mahatma Gandhi's Martyrdom Day (Martyr's Day) |
List of Important Days in February | |
01 February | Indian Coast Guard Day |
02 February | World Wetlands Day |
04 February | World Cancer Day, National Day of Sri Lanka |
06 February | International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation |
08 February | Safer Internet Day (second day of the second week of February) |
10 February | National De-worming Day |
11 February | International Day of Women and Girls in Science, World Day of the Sick |
Second Sunday of February | World Marriage Day |
12 February | National Productivity Day, Darwin Day, Abraham Lincoln's Birthday |
13 February | World Radio Day, National Women's Day (Sarojini Naidu's Birth Anniversary) |
14 February | Valentine's Day |
20 February | World Day of Social Justice |
21 February | International Mother Language Day |
24 February | Central Excise Day |
27 February | World NGO Day, World Sustainable Energy Day |
28 February | National Science Day |
28 or 29 February | Rare Disease Day |
List of Important Days in March | |
01 March | Zero Discrimination Day, World Civil Defence Day |
03 March | World Wildlife Day, World Hearing Day |
04 March | National Security Day |
08 March | International Women's Day |
09 March | No Smoking Day (Second Wednesday of March) |
10-Mar | CISF Raising Day |
10 March (Second Thursday of March) | World Kidney Day |
14 March | International Day of Action for Rivers, Pi Day |
15 March | World Consumer Rights Day |
16 March | National Vaccination Day |
18 March | Ordnance Factories Day (India) |
20 March | International Day of Happiness, World Sparrow Day |
21 March | World Forestry Day, World Down Syndrome Day, World Poetry Day |
22 March | World Water Day, Bihar Day |
23 March | World Meteorological Day |
24 March | World Tuberculosis (TB) Day |
27 March | World Theatre Day |
List of Important Days in April | |
01 April | Orissa Day, Prevention of Blindness week |
02 April | World Autism Awareness Day |
04 April | International Day for Mine Awareness |
05 April | National Maritime Day |
07 April | World Health Day |
10 April | World Homeopathy Day |
11 April | National Safe Motherhood Day, National Pet Day |
13 April | Jallianwala Bagh Massacre (1919) |
17 April | World Haemophilia Day |
18 April | World Heritage Day |
19 April | World Liver Day |
21 April | Secretaries' Day, National Civil Service Day |
22 April | World Earth Day |
23 April | World Book and Copyright Day |
24 April | National Panchayati Day |
25 April | World Malaria Day |
26 April | World Intellectual Property Day |
28 April | World Day for Safety and Health at Work |
29 April | International Dance Day |
30 April | Ayushman Bharat Diwas |
List of Important Days in May | |
01 May | International Labour Day, Maharashtra Day |
03-May | Press Freedom Day |
04-May | Coal miner's day, International Firefighters Day |
1st Sunday of May | World Laughter Day |
1st Tuesday of May | World Asthma Day |
2nd Sunday of May | Mother's Day |
07-May | World Athletics Day |
08-May | World Red Cross Day, World Thalassaemia Day |
11-May | National Technology Day |
12-May | International Nurses Day |
14-May | World Migratory Day |
15-May | International Day of the Family |
17-May | World Telecommunication Day, World Hypertension Day |
18-May | World AIDS Vaccine Day, International Museum Day |
21-May | National Anti-terrorism Day |
22-May | International Day for Biological Diversity |
24-May | Commonwealth Day |
31-May | Anti-Tobacco Day |
List of Important Days in June | |
01 June | World Milk Day |
03 June | World Bicycle Day |
04 June | International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression |
05 June | World Environment Day |
07 June | World Food Safety Day |
08 June | World Ocean Day, World Brain Tumour Day |
12 June | Anti-Child Labor Day |
13 June | International Albinism Awareness Day |
14 June | World Blood Donor Day |
15 June | World Wind Day |
20 June | World Refugee day |
21 June | International day of yoga, World Music Day, World Hydrography Day |
3rd Sunday of June | Father's Day |
23 June | United Nation's public service day |
23 June | United Nations Public Service Day, International Olympic Day |
26 June | International Day against Drug abuse & Illicit Trafficking |
List of Important Days & Dates in July | |
01 July | National Doctor's Day, Canada Day, Chartered Accountants Day |
02 July | World UFO Day |
04 July | Independence Day of USA |
06 July | World Zoonoses Day |
11 July | World Population Day |
12 July | World Malala day, National Simplicity Day |
18 July | International Nelson Mandela Day |
28 July | World Nature Conservation Day, World Hepatitis Day |
29 July | International Tiger Day |
List of Important Days in August | |
01 August | World Wide Web Day |
06 August | Hiroshima Day |
07 August | International Friendship Day (first Sunday), National Handloom Day |
09 August | International Day of World's Indigenous People, Nagasaki Day, Quit India Day |
12 August | International Youth Day, World Elephant Day |
14 August | Independence Day of Pakistan |
15 August | Independence Day of India |
19 August | World Photography Day |
20 August | Sadbhavna Diwas, World Mosquito Day |
23 August | International Day for the Remembrance of Slave Trade and Abolition |
26 August | International Dog Day |
29 August | National Sports Day, Telugu Language Day |
30 August | Small Industry Day |
List of Important Days in September | |
02 September | Coconut Day |
05 September | Teachers's Day |
08 September | International Literacy Day |
14 September | Hindi day |
15 September | Engineer's Day, International Day of Democracy |
16 September | World Ozone Day, International Day for Preservation |
21 September | Alzheimer's Day; Day for Peace & Non-violence (UN) |
22 September | Rose Day (Welfare of Cancer patients) |
23 September | International Day of Sign Languages |
26 September | Day of the Deaf, World Contraception Day |
27 September | World Tourism Day, World Maritime Day |
30-Sep | International Translation Day |
Fourth Sunday of September | World Rivers Day |
List of Important Days and Dates in October | |
01 October | International Day for the Elderly |
02 October | Gandhi Jayanthi, International Day of Non-Violence |
03 October | World Habitat Day (First Monday) |
04 October | World Animal Welfare Day |
08 October | Indian Air Force Day |
09 October | World Post Office day |
10 October | National Post Day, World Mental Health Day |
11 October | International Girl Child Day |
12 October | World Arthritis Day |
13 October | UN International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction |
14 October | World Standards Day |
15 October | World White Cane Day (guiding the Blind), World Students Day |
16 October | World Food Day |
20 October | World Statistics Day |
24 October | UN Day, World Development Information Day |
30 October | World Thrift Day |
31 October | National Unity Day |
List of Important Days in November | |
01-Nov | World Vegan Day |
05 November | World Tsunami Day |
07 November | Infant Protection Day, National Cancer Awareness Day |
09 November | Legal Services Day |
10 November | Transport Day |
14 November | Children's Day (Jawaharlal Nehrus birthday), Diabetes Day |
17 November | National Epilepsy Day |
18 November | World Adult Day |
19 November | World Citizen Day |
20 November | Africa Industrialization Day |
21 November | World Television Day |
29 November | International Day of Solidarity with Palestinian People |
List of Important Days in December | |
01 December | World Aids Day |
02 December | World Computer Literacy Day, International day of abolition of slavery, National Pollution Control Day |
03 December | International Day of Disabled People |
04 December | Navy Day |
07 December | Indian Armed Forces Flag Day, International Civil Aviation Day |
09 December | International day against corruption |
10 December | Human Right Day |
11 December | International Mountain day |
14 December | World Energy Conservation Day |
18 December | Minorities Rights Day (India), International Migrants Day |
19 December | Goa's Liberation Day |
22 December | National Mathematics Day |
23 December | Kisan Divas |
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