List of Important Days – National and International
Month wise
National and
International Days from
January to
December are shared here.
Important Days in January
1 January
Global family day, World Day Of Peace, New Year Day.
6 January
World War Orphans Day.
9 January
Pravasi Bharatiya Divas NRI Day.
10 January
World Hindi Day.
11 January
Death anniversary of Lal Bahadur Shastri.
12 January
National Youth Day (birthday of Swami Vivekananda).
13 January
Lohri.
15 January
Indian Army Day.
21 January
World Hug Day.
23 January
Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose’s birthday.
24 January
National Girl Child Day.
25 January
India Tourism Day, National Voters Day.
26 January
Republic Day.
27 January
International Holocaust Day.
28 January
Birth anniversary of Lala Lajpat Rai.
30 January
Martyrs’ Day (Also death anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi).
Jan (last Sunday)
World Leprosy Eradication Day.
Suggested Read: List of Festival celebrated in January
Important Days in February
1 February
Indian Coast Guard Day.
2 February
World Wetlands Day.
4 February
World Cancer Day, National Day of Sri Lanka.
7 February
International Development Week.
11 February
World Day of Sick.
12 February
Abraham Lincoln’s Birthday, Darwin Day.
13 February
Sarojini Naidu’s Birth Anniversary, World Radio Day.
14 February
Valentine’s Day.
20 February
World Day of Social Justice.
21 February
International Mother Language Day.
22 February
World Scout Day, World Thinking Day.
24 February
Central Excise Day.
27 February
World NGO Day.
28 February
National Science Day.
Last day of February
Rare Disease Day.
Suggested Read: List of Festival celebrated in February
Important Days in March
1 March
Zero Discrimination Day, World Civil Defence Day.
3 March
World Wildlife Day, World Hearing Day.
4 March
National Safety Day.
8 March
International Women’s Day.
10 March
CISF Raising Day.
14 March
International Day of Action for Rivers.
15 March
World Consumer Rights Day.
16 March
National Vaccination Day .
18 March
Ordnance Manufacturing Day.
20 March
International Day of Happiness, World Oral Health Day.
21 March
World Forestry Day, World Poetry Day.
22 March
World Water Day, Bihar Day.
23 March
World Meteorological Day.
24 March
World Tuberculosis Day.
27 March
World Theatre Day.
Friday before the March Equinox
World Sleep Day.
Second Wednesday
No Smoking Day.
Second Thursday
World Kidney Day.
Suggested Read: List of Festival celebrated in March
Important Days in April
1 April
April Fools’ Day, Odisha Day
2 April
World Autism Awareness Day
4 April
International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action
5 April
National Maritime Day.
7 April
World Health Day (anniversary of the founding of WHO in 1948).
10 April
World Homeopathy Day.
12 April
International Day of Human Space Flight.
13 April
Jallianwala Bagh Massacre Day.
18 April
World Heritage Day.
21 April
World Creativity and Innovation Day, National Civil Services Day
22 April
Earth Day.
23 April
World Book and Copyright Day, World English Language Day
24 April
National Panchayati Raj Day
25 April
World Malaria Day, Italy Liberation Day
28 April
International Worker’s Memorial Day, World Day for Safety and Health at work
29 April
World Dance Day
Wednesday of last full week in April
Secretaries day
Last week April
World Immunization Week.
Suggested Read: List of Festival celebrated in April
Important Days in May
1 May
International Labour Day, Gujarat Day, Maharashtra Day .
3 May
International Press Freedom Day.
4 May
Coal Miners Day(Intl.), International Firefighters’ Day.
5 May
World Athletics Day, World Midwives Day.
6 May
World No Diet Day.
8 May
World Red Cross Day.
11 May
National technology day.
12 May
International Nurses Day.
15 May
International Day of the Family.
16 May
Sikkim State Day.
17 May
World Hypertension Day, World Telecommunication Day.
18 May
World Museum Day.
20 May
World Metrology Day .
21 May
Anti-Terrorism Day (Death anniversary of Rajiv Gandhi), International Tea Day.
22 May
International Day for Biological Diversity.
24 May
Commonwealth Day.
28 May
Menstrual Hygiene Day.
29 May
Mount Everest Day (First conquest of World highest peak in 1953).
31 May
World No Tobacco Day.
1st Sunday of May
World Laughter Day.
Second Saturday of May
International Migratory Bird Day.
Suggested Read: List of Festival celebrated in May
Important Days in June
1 June
World Milk Day, Global Day of Parents.
2 June
Telangana Formation Day.
3 June
World Bicycle Day.
4 June
World Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression.
5 June
World Environment Day.
7 June
World Food Safety Day.
8 June
World Brain Tumor Day, World Oceans Day.
11 June
Coal Miners Day.
12 June
World Day Against Child Labor.
14 June
World Blood Donor Day.
15 June
World Wind Day, World elder abuse awareness day.
16 June
International Integration Day.
18 June
International Picnic Day.
20 June
World Refugee Day.
21 June
World Music Day, International Yoga Day.
23 June
International Olympic Day, United Nations Public Service Day, International Widows Day.
26 June
International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking.
30 June
World Asteroid Day.
3rd Sunday of June
World Father’s Day.
Suggested Read: List of Festival celebrated in June
Important Days in July
1 July
International Joke Day, National Doctor’s Day, National Postal Worker Day, Canada Day.
2 July
World Sports Journalists Day, World UFO day.
4 July
America Independence Day.
6 July
World Zoonoses Day.
7 July
World Forgiveness day, World Chocolate Day.
11 July
World Population Day.
12 July
National Simplicity Day, Paper Bag Day.
14 July
Bastille Day or French National Day.
15 July
World Youth Skills Day.
17 July
World Day for International Justice, World Emoji Day.
18 July
International Nelson Mandela Day.
22 July
National Mango Day.
24 July
National Thermal Engineer Day.
26 July
Kargil Vijay Diwas or Kargil Memorial Day or Kargil Victory Day.
28 July
World Hepatitis Day, World Nature Conservation Day.
29 July
International Tiger Day.
30 July
International Friendship Day.
1st Saturday of July
International Day of Cooperatives.
4th Thursday of July
National Refreshment Day.
4th Sunday of July
National Parents Day.
Suggested Read: List of Festival celebrated in July
Important Days in August
1st Friday, August
International Beer Day .
1 August
National Mountain Climbing Day.
3 August
World Sanskrit Day.
6 August
Hiroshima Day, Anti Nuclear Day.
9 August
Quit India Day, Intl. Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples.
11 August
National Son and Daughter’s Day.
12 August
International Youth day.
13 August
International Left-Handers Day.
14 August
Independence Day of Pakistan.
15 August
Independence Day of India.
19 August
World Photography Day, World Humanitarian Day.
20 August
Sadbhavana Diwas (Birth anniversary of Rajiv Gandhi), Akshay Urja Diwas.
21 August
World Senior Citizen’s Day.
23 August
International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and Its Abolition.
26 August
Women’s Equality Day .
29 August
National Sports Day (Birth anniversary of Dhyanchand).
30 August
Small Industry Day, International Day of the victims of enforced Disappearances.
Suggested Read: List Of Festivals Celebrated In The Month Of August
Important Days in September
2 September
World Coconut Day.
3 September
National Skyscraper Day.
5 September
Teacher’s Day in India, the International Day of Charity .
7 September
National Labor Day for the US, Brazilian Independence Day.
8 September
International Literacy Day, World Physical Therapy Day .
9 September
Himalaya Diwas.
10 September
World Suicide Prevention Day.
13 September
Grandparents Day.
14 September
Hindi Diwas, World First Aid Day.
15 September
National Engineer’s Day, International Day of Democracy .
16 September
World Ozone Day.
21 September
International Day of Peace.
24 September
World Maritime Day.
25 September
World Pharmacist Day.
27 September
World Tourism Day.
29 September
World Heart Day.
Fourth Sunday in September
Daughter’s Day.
Suggested Read: List Of Festivals Celebrated In The Month Of September
Important Days in October
1 October
International Day of Older Persons, World Vegetarian Day.
2 October
Non-violence Day (Birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi).
4 October
World Animal Day.
5 October
World Teacher’s Day.
8 October
Indian Airforce Day.
9 October
World Post Day.
10 October
World Mental Health Day.
11 October
International Day of the Girl Child.
12 October
World Arthritis Day.
13 October
International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction.
14 October
World Standards Day.
15 October
Global Hand Washing Day, International Day of Rural Women, World White Cane Safety Day.
16 October
World Food Day.
17 October
International Poverty Day for its Eradication.
20 October
World Osteoporosis Day, World Statistics Day, National Solidarity day, International Chef Day.
24 October
United Nations Day, World Development Information Day, World Polio Day.
27 October
World day for Audio Visual Heritage.
28 October
International Animation Day.
31 October
World Savings Day or World Thrift Day, Halloween Day, National Unity Day.
1st Monday, in October
World Habitat Day.
1st Friday, in October
World Smile Day.
2nd Thursday, in October
World Sight Day.
Suggested Read: October Festivals Celebrated In India
Important Days in November
1 November
World Vegan Day, All Saints’ Day , Haryana Day.
2 November
All Souls’ Day .
5 November
World Tsunami Awareness Day.
9 November
Uttarakhand Foundation Day.
10 November
World science day, World Immunity Day.
11 November
National Education day.
12 November
World Pneumonia Day.
13 November
World Kindness Day.
14 November
Children’s Day, World Diabetes Day.
15 November
Jharkhand Foundation Day.
16 November
International Day for Tolerance.
19 November
International Men’s Day, World Toilet Day.
20 November
Universal Children’s Day.
21 November
World Television Day.
25 November
International Day for Elimination of Violence against Women.
26 November
Law day or Constitution Day.
1st Wednesday of November
National Stress Awareness Day.
Suggested Read: November Festivals Celebrated In India
Important Days in December
1 December
World AIDS Day.
2 December
World Pollution Prevention Day.
3 December
International Day of People with Disability or World Disability Day.
4 December
Indian Navy Day.
5 December
International Volunteer Day, World Soil Day.
7 December
Armed Forces Flag Day, International Civil Aviation Day
8 December
SAARC Day.
9 December
International Anti-Corruption Day.
10 December
Human Rights Day, International Children’s Day of Broadcasting.
11 December
International Mountain Day, UNICEF Day.
14 December
National Energy Conservation Day(India).
16 December
Vijay Diwas.
18 December
International Migrants Day, National Minority Rights Day.
19 December
Goa’s Liberation Day.
20 December
International Human Solidarity Day.
23 December
National Farmer’s Day, Kisan Diwas (India).
24 December
National Consumers Day.
25 December
Christmas Day.
Suggested Read: December Festivals Celebrated In India
