List of Important Days – National and International
Month wise National and International Days from January to December are shared here.
Suggested Read: List of Festival celebrated in January
Suggested Read: List of Festival celebrated in February
Suggested Read: List of Festival celebrated in March
Suggested Read: List of Festival celebrated in April
Suggested Read: List of Festival celebrated in May
Suggested Read: List of Festival celebrated in June
Suggested Read: List of Festival celebrated in July
Suggested Read: List Of Festivals Celebrated In The Month Of August
Suggested Read: List Of Festivals Celebrated In The Month Of September
Suggested Read: October Festivals Celebrated In India
Suggested Read: November Festivals Celebrated In India
Suggested Read: December Festivals Celebrated In India
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |