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Important Days of the Year
Each day is an important day in our life. Some of the days are special as it blends with it unforgettable past memories. These important days connect people with friends
and others who work, study and live around them. We grab the opportunities to join them in our educational institutions, office and social events etc. Here is a list of
Important days of the year compiled by us.
January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November |
December
January
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1 January
New Year Day
Road Safety Week
Army Medical Corps Establishment Day
8 January African National Congress Foundation Day
9 January NRI Day
11 January
APSRTC Establishment Day
Death anniversary of Lai Bahadur Shastri
12 January National Youth Day (Birth day of Swami Vivekanand)
15 January Army Day
21 January
Manipur Day
Meghalaya Day
Tripura Day
23 January
Desh Prem Divas
Netaji Subhash Chandra Boses birth anniversary
25 January
Himachal Pradesh Day
National Tourism Day
26 January
Indian Republic Day
Jammu & Kashmir Day
International Customs Day
28 January Birth anniversary of Lala Lajpat Rai
30 January
Martyrs Day, Mahatma Gandhis Martyrdom Day
World Leprosy Eradication Day
Sarvodaya Day
February
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2 February
National day of Srilanka
World Wetlands Day
5 February Kashmir Day (Organized by Pakistan)
13 February Sarojini Naidus Birth Anniversary
14 February St. Valentines Day
24 February Central Excise Day
28 February National Science Day
March
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3 March National Defence Day
4 March National Security Day
8 March
International Womens Day
Mothers Day
9 March CISF Raising Day
12 March Mauritius Day; Central Industrial Security Force Day
13 March No Smoking Day
15 March World Consumer Rights Day, World Disabled Day
16 March National Vaccination Day
17 March St. Patricks Day
18 March Ordnance Factories Day (India)
19 March World Disabled Day
World Forestry Day
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21 March
International Day for th eElimination of Racial Discrimination
22 March World Water Day
23 March World Meteorological Day
24 March World TB Day
26 March Bangladesh Liberation Day
27 March World Stage Artists Day
31 March Financial Year Ending
April
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1 April
Orissa Day
Fools Day
3 April World Austism Day
5 April National Maritime Day, International Day for Mine Awareness
7 April World Health Day , WHO started in this day in 1948
8 April World Tradition Day
13 April Jallianwallah Bagh Massacre Day (1919)
14 April B.R. Ambedkar Remembrance Day; Fire Extinguishing Day
17 April World Haemophilia Day
18 April World Heritage Day
21 April Secretaries Day, National Civil Services Day
22 April World Earth Day
23 April
World Books and Copyright Day
Easter Day
24 April World Lab Animals Day
25 April National Administrative Professionals Day
29 April World Intellectual Property Day
May
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1 May
Gujarat Statehood Day
Workers Day (International Labour Day) (May Day)
Maharastra Statehood Day
3 May
International Energy Day
International Sun Day
World Press Freedom Day
4 May Coal Miners Day
5 May World Athletics Day
7 May National Institute of Sports Founders Day
8 May World Red Cross Day
9 May World Thalassaemia Day
11 May
National Resurgence Day
National Technology Day
12 May International Nurses Day, World Hypertension Day
13 May
International Criminal Court Day
National Solidarity Day
15 May International Family Day
16 May Sikkim Day
17 May World Telecommunications Day
20 May World Metrology Day
21 May Anti Terrorism Day
22 May International Day for Biological Diversity
24 May Commonwealth Day
25 May World Thyroid Day
28 May
Official Language Day
Telugu Peoples Self-respect Day
29 May International Mount Everest Day (Designated by Nepal)
30 May Goa Statehood Day
31 May World No Tobacco Day
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June
1 June International Childrens Day, World Milk Day
3 June World Naturist Day
4 June International Day for Innocent Children, Victims of Aggression
5 June World Environment Day
14 June World Blood Donere Day
21 June Hugging Day
World Music Day
23 June International Olympic Day
26 June
International Anti Drugs Day
International Day against Drug Abuse and illicit Trafficking
27 June World Diabetes Day
July
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1 July
Architecture Day
Doctors Day
International Jokes Day
Vana Mahotsav Week 1-7
2 July World Sports Journalists Day
4 July American Independence Day
6 July World Zonnosis Day
7 July International day of Co-Operatives
11 July World Population Day
20 July Man Walks on the Moon
26 July Kargil Victory Day
August
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1 August World Breast-feeding Week
3 August
Hiroshima Day
Liberation Day
6 August Hiroshima Day
8 August World Senior Citizens Day
9 August
August Kranti Divas
International day of Solidarity with the strugleof Women in South Africa
International day of the worldsIndigenous People
Nagasaki Day
Quit India Movement Day
10 August Dengue Prevention Day
12 August
International Youth Day
Librarians Day
13 August Left Handers Day
14 August Pakistans Independence Day
15 August
Indias Independence Day
West Bengal Day
18 August Day of the Worlds Indigenous People
19 August World Photography Day
20 August
Sadbhavna Divas
World Mosquito Day
24 August
Kolkatas Birth Day
Sanskrit Day
26 August Womens Equality Day
29 August
National Sports Day
Sports Day (Dhyanchands birthday)
Telugu Language Day
30 August Small Industry Day
September
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1 September Nutrition Week 1-7
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2 September Coconut Day
4 September Minority Welfare Day
5 September Teachers Day
7 September Forgiveness Day
8 September
International Literacy Day (UNESCO)
World Literacy Day
10 September
Haryana Statehood Day
Punjab Statehood Day
13 September World Flowers Day
14 September Hindi Day, World First Aid Day
15 September
Engineers Day
International Day of Democracy
16 September World Ozone Day
18 September International Day of Peace
21 September
Biosphere Day
World Alzheimers Day
22 September Girl Child Week 22-26, Rose Day (Welfare of cancer patients)
24 September
Girl Child Day
World Heart Day
25 September Social Justice Day
26 September CSIR Foundation Day, Day of the Deaf
27 September World Tourism Day
28 September Gunners Day
October
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1 October
International Day for the Elderly (UN)
International Music Day
National Voluntary Blood Donation Day
2 October
Gandhi Jayanti, International Non-violence Day
Human Rights Protection Day
Prisoners Day
World Ostony Day
World Wide Life Week (2-8)
3 October World Nature Day, World Habitat Day
4 October
International Mental Health Health Week (4-10)
World Animal Welfare Day
World Space Week(4-10)
5 October World Habitat Day; World Teachers Day
6 October World Wildlife Day
8 October
Indian Air force Day
Rapid Action Force Raising Day
9 October
National Postal Week(9-14)
World Postal Day
10 October
World Disaster Reduction Day (2nd Wednes Day)
World Mental Health Day; National Post Day
12 October World Sight Day
13 October
World Arthritis Day
World Calamity Control Day (UN)
14 October World Standards Day
15 October
World White Cane Day
World White cane day (guiding the blind)
16 October
World Anaesthesiologists Day
World Food Day
17 October International Poverty Eradication Day
20 October National Solidarity Day (China attacked India on that day)
21 October
Global Iodine Deficiency Disorders Day
Police Commemoration Day
24 October
Disarmament Week(24-30)
United Nations Day
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27 October Infantry Day
30 October World Thrift day
31 October
Halloween Day
National Integration Day
November
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1 November
Andhra Pradesh Formation Day
Haryana, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab States Formation Day
5 November International Week of Science and Peace (5-11)
7 November Infant Protection Day; World Cancer Awareness Day
9 November
Legal Services Day
Pravasiya Bharatiya Divas/Legal Services Day
Uttaranchal State Formation Day
10 November
Forest Martyrs Day
Transport Day
11 November
Armistice Day
Education Day
12 November National Broadcasting Day
14 November
Childrens Day, World Diabetics day
Cooperative Week
National Book Week
National Land Resources Conservation Week (14-20)
National Library Week
Universal Childrens Day
World Diabetes Day
15 November
Jharkhand State Formation Day
New Born Week (15-21)
Thanks Giving Day
16 November
International Day for Tolerance
National Press Day
Pharmacy Week (16-22)
17 November
Guru Nanak Devs Birth Anniversary
National Epilepsy Day
18 November Territorial Army Day
19 November
National Integration Day, Citizens Day
World Heritage Week (19-25)
20 November Universal Childrens dAy (UN), Africa Industrilisation Day
21 November
World Fisheries Day
World Hello Day
World Television Day
25 November International Day against Violence against Women
26 November Law Day, National Law Day
29 November international Day of Solidarity with Palestinian People
December
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1 December
Border Security Force (BSF) Raising Day
Nagaland Day
World AIDS Day
2 December International Day for Abolition of Slavery (UNO)
3 December
International Day of Disabled Persons
World Conservation Day
4 December
Chemical Disaster Prevention Day
Navy Day
5 December International Volunteers Day
6 December Armed Forces Day, Civil Defence Day
7 December
Armed Forces Flag Day
International Civil Aviation Day
8 December
Home Guards Raising Day
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Submarine Day
9 December National Immunization Day
10 December
Human Rights Day
International Childrens Day of Broadcasting
11 December UNICEF Day
12 December Assam Rifles Raising Day
14 December National Energy Conservation Day
16 December Vijay Divas
17 December Pensioners Day
18 December
International Migrants Day
Minorities Rights Day (India)
19 December Goas Liberation Day
22 December Mathematics Day
23 December Kisan Divas (Farmers day)
24 December National Consumer Day
25 December X-Mas Day
26 December Boxing Day
28 December Central Reserve Police Force Anniversary
29 December International Day for Biological Diversity
World Marriage Day: February 2nd SundayWorld Kidney Day: March 2nd ThursdayCommonwealth Day: March 2nd MondayWorld Asthma Day: May 1st
TuesdayWorld Laughter Day: It takes place on the first Sunday in May.
World Laughter Day was created in 1998 by Dr. Madan Kataria, founder of the worldwide Laughter Yoga movement.Mothers Day: May 2nd SundayFathers Day: June
3rd SundayInternational Friendship Day: August 1st Sunday
World Sight Day: October 2nd Thursday
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