List of Important National and International days and dates

List of Important National and International days and dates

Important Dates and Days of January

• January 9: NRI Day
• January 12: National Youth Day
• January 15: Army day
• January 25: National Voters day
• January 26: India’s Republic Day, International Customs Day
• January 30: Martyrs’ Day; World Leprosy Eradication Day

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Important Dates and Days of February

• February 4: World Cancer Day
• February 14: Valentine Day
• February 24: Central Excise Day
• February 28: National Science Day

Important Dates and Days of March

• March 8: International Women’s Day
• March 15: World Disabled Day; World Consumer Rights Day
• March 18: Ordnance Factories Day (India)
• March 21: World Forestry Day
• March 22: World Day for Water
• March 23: World Meteorological Day
• March 24: World TB Day

Important Dates and Days of April

• April 5: International Day for Mine Awareness; National Maritime Day
• April 7: World Health Day
• April 17: World Haemophilia Day
• April 18: World Heritage Day
• April 21: Secretaries’ Day
• April 22: Earth Day
• April 23: World Book and Copyright Day

Important Dates and Days of May

• May 1: Workers’ Day (International Labour Day)
• May 3: Press Freedom Day
• May (1st Sunday): World Laughter Day
• May (1st Tuesday): World Asthma Day
• May (2nd Sunday): Mother’s Day
• May 4: Coal Miners’ Day
• May 8: World Red Cross Day
• May 9: World Thalassaemia Day
• May 11: National Technology Day
• May 12: World Hypertension Day; International Nurses Day
• May 15: International Day of the Family
• May 17: World Telecommunication Day
• May 24: Commonwealth Day
• May 31: Anti-tobacco Day

Important Dates and Days of June

• June 4: International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression
• June 5: World Environment Day
• June (3rd Sunday): Father’s Day
• June 14: World Blood Donor Day
• June 21: International day of yoga
• June 26: International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking

Important Dates and Days of July

• July 1: Doctor’s Day
• July 6: World Zoonoses Day
• July 11: World Population Day

Important Dates and Days of August

• August (1st Sunday): International Friendship Day
• August 6: Hiroshima Day
• August 8: World Senior Citizen’s Day
• August 9: Quit India Day, Nagasaki Day
• August 15: Indian Independence Day
• August 18: IntI. Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples
• August 19: Photography Day
• August 29: National Sports Day

Important Dates and Days of September

• September 2: Coconut Day
• September 5: Teachers’ Day; Sanskrit Day
• September 8: International Literacy Day
• September 15: Engineers’ Day
• September 16: World Ozone Day
• September 21: Alzheimer’s Day; Day for Peace & Non-violence (UN)
• September 22: Rose Day (Welfare of cancer patients)
• September 26: Day of the Deaf
• September 27: World Tourism Day

Important Dates and Days of October

• October 1: International Day for the Elderly
• October 2: Gandhi Jayanthi
• October(first monday) : World Habitat Day
• October 4: World Animal Welfare Day
• October 8: Indian Air Force Day
• October 9: World Post Office Day
• October 10: National Post Day
• October 2nd Thursday: World Sight Day
• October 13: UN International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction
• October 14: World Standards Day
• October 15: World White Cane Day (guiding the blind)
• October 16: World Food Day
• October 24: UN Day; World Development Information Day
• October 30: World Thrift Day

Important Dates and Days of November

• November 5: World tsunami day
• November 9: Legal Services Day
• November 14: Children’s Day; Diabetes Day
• November 17: National Epilepsy Day
• November 20: Africa Industrialization Day
• November 29: International Day of Solidarity with Palestinian People

Important Dates and Days of December

• December 1: World AIDS Day
• December 3: World Day of the Handicapped
• December 4: Indian Navy Day
• December 7: Indian Armed Forces Flag Day
• December 10: Human Rights Day; IntI. Children’s Day of Broadcasting
• December 18: Minorities Rights Day (India)
• December 22: National Mathematics Day
• December 23: Kisan Divas (Farmer’s Day) (India)
• December 25: Christmas Day