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List of National and International Important Days and Dates of the Year
In this article, we shared the complete list of national and international important days and dates of the year. In most of the government competitive examinations, usually 2-3 questions are asked on important days and dates. This list will not only provide you with a glance at important days and dates of the year but also boost your general knowledge. In this post, we have provided all the national and international important days and dates of the year according to months. So, in order to prepare better for competitive exams, you can bookmark this article for future reference.
To know about the list of national and international important days and dates of the year, refer to the tables given below according to month-wise.
Important Days and Dates of January
To know about the list of national and international important days and dates of the January month, refer to the table below.
1 January | English New Year, Global family day |
4 January | World Braille Day |
6 January | World War Orphans Day |
9 January | NRI Day (Pravasi Bharatiya Divas) |
10 January | World Hindi Day |
11 January | National Human Trafficking Awareness Day, Death anniversary of Lal Bahadur Shastri |
12 January | National Youth Day (Birth Day of Swami Vivekanand) |
15 January | Indian Army Day (Field Marshall K.M. Cariappa took over the command of Army on this day in 1949 from the British) |
23 January | Parakram Diwas (Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose birthday) |
24 January | National Girl Child Day of India |
25 January | National Tourism Day, National Voters’ Day |
26 January | Republic Day of India, International Customs Day |
27 January | International Holocaust Remembrance Day |
28 January | Birth Anniversary of Lala Lajpat Rai, Data protection day |
30 January | Martyrs’ Day (The date was chosen as it marks the assassination of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi in 1948) |
Last Sunday of January | World Leprosy Eradication Day |
Important Days and Dates of February
To know about the list of national and international important days and dates of the February month, refer to the table below.
1 February | Indian Coast Guard Day |
2 February | World Wetlands Day |
4 February | World Cancer Day, National Day of Sri Lanka |
6 February | International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation |
2nd Day of the 2nd Week of February | Safer Internet Day |
10 February | National Deworming Day |
11 February | International Day of Women and Girls in Science |
2nd 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 |
23 February | World Peace and Understanding 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 and Dates of March
To know about the list of national and international important days and dates of the March month, refer to the table below.
1 March | Zero Discrimination Day, World Civil Defence Day |
3 March | World Wildlife Day, World Hearing Day |
4 March | National Security Day |
8 March | International Women’s Day |
10 March | CISF Raising Day |
2nd Wednesday of March | National No Smoking Day |
2nd Thursday of March | World Kidney Day |
14 March | Pi Day, International Day of Action for Rivers |
15 March | World Consumer Rights 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 TB Day |
27 March | World Theatre Day |
Important Days and Dates of April
To know about the list of national and international important days and dates of the April month, refer to the table below.
1 April | Utkal Divas (Odisha day) |
2 April | World Autism Awareness Day |
4 April | International Day for Mine Awareness |
5 April | National Maritime Day |
7 April | World Health Day |
10 April | World Homeopathy Day |
11 April | National Safe Motherhood Day, National Pet Day |
13 April | Jallianwallah Bagh Massacre Day (1919) |
17 April | World Haemophilia Day |
18 April | World Heritage Day or (International Day for Monuments and Sites) |
19 April | World Liver Day |
21 April | Secretaries Day, Civil Services Day |
22 April | 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 |
Last Saturday of April | World Veterinary Day |
28 April | World Day for Safety and Health at Work |
29 April | International Dance Day |
30 April | Ayushman Bharat Diwas |
Important Days and Dates of May
To know about the list of national and international important days and dates of the May month, refer to the table below.
1 May | International Workers’ Day, Maharashtra Day |
3 May | World Press Freedom Day |
1st Sunday of May | World Laughter Day |
1st Tuesday of May | World Asthma Day |
2nd Sunday in May | Mother’s Day |
4 May | Coal Miners Day |
7 May | World Athletics Day |
8 May | World Red Cross Day, World Thalassaemia Day |
11 May | National Technology Day |
12 May | International Nurses 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 | Indian Commonwealth Day |
31 May | World No Tobacco Day (Anti-Tobacco Day) |
Important Days and Dates of June
To know about the list of national and international important days and dates of the June month, refer to the table below.
1 June | World Milk Day |
3 June | World Bicycle Day |
4 June | International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression |
5 June | World Environment Day |
7 June | World Food Safety Day |
8 June | World Oceans Day, World brain tumour day |
12 June | World Day Against Child Labour |
13 June | International Albinism Awareness Day |
14 June | World Blood Donor Day |
15 June | Global Wind Day or (World Wind Day) |
17 June | World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought |
20 June | World Refugee Day |
3rd Sunday of June | Father’s Day |
21 June | International Day of Yoga, World Music Day, World Hydrography Day |
23 June | United Nations Public Service Day, International Widows Day, International Olympics Day |
26 June | International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking |
Important Days and Dates of July
To know about the list of national and international important days and dates of the July month, refer to the table below.
1 July | National Doctors’ Day |
2 July | World UFO Day, World Sports Journalists Day |
1st Saturday in July | International Co-operative Day |
4 July | American Independence Day |
6 July | World Zoonoses Day |
11 July | World Population Day |
17 July | World Day for International Justice |
18 July | Nelson Mandela International Day |
28 July | World Hepatitis Day, World Nature Conservation Day |
29 July | International Tiger Day |
Important Days and Dates of August
To know about the list of national and international important days and dates of the August month, refer to the table below.
1st Sunday of August | Friendship Day |
6 August | Hiroshima Day |
9 August | Quit India Day, Nagasaki Day,
International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples |
12 August | International Youth Day |
15 August | Indian Independence Day |
19 August | World Photography Day, World Humanitarian Day |
23 August | International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition |
29 August | National Sports Day |
30 August | National Small Industry Day |
Important Days and Dates of September
To know about the list of national and international important days and dates of the September month, refer to the table below.
2 September | World Coconut Day |
5 September | Teachers’ Day (Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan birthday) |
8 September | International Literacy Day |
14 September | Hindi Diwas |
15 September | National Engineer’s Day, International Day of Democracy |
16 September |
World Ozone Day or International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer
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21 September | World Alzheimer’s Day, International Day of Peace |
22 September | World 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
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Last Thursday of September | World Maritime Day |
4th Sunday of September | World Rivers Day |
29 September | World Heart Day |
30 September | International Translation Day |
Important Days and Dates of October
To know about the list of national and international important days and dates of the October month, refer to the table below.
1 October | International Day for Older Persons, World Vegetarian Day |
2 October | Gandhi Jayanti, International Day of Non-Violence |
1st Monday of October | World Habitat Day |
4 October | World Animal Day |
5 October | World Teacher’s Day |
8 October | Indian Air Force Day |
9 October | World Post Office Day |
10 October | National Postal Day, World Mental Health Day |
11 October | International Girl Child Day |
12 October | World Arthritis Day |
2nd Thursday of October | World Sight Day |
13 October | International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction |
14 October | World Standards Day |
15 October | World Students’ Day, World White Cane Day (Guiding the Blind) |
16 October | World Food Day |
17 October | International Day for the Eradication of Poverty |
20 October | National Solidarity Day |
24 October | United Nations Day, World Development Information Day |
31 October | National Unity Day (Birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel), World Savings Day (Previously known as World Thrift Day) |
Important Days and Dates of November
To know about the list of national and international important days and dates of the November month, refer to the table below.
1 November | World Vegan Day |
5 November | World Tsunami Awareness Day |
7 November | National Cancer Awareness Day, Infant Protection Day |
9 November | National Legal Services Day |
14 November |
Children’s Day (Birth anniversary of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru), World Diabetes Day
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16 November | International Day for Tolerance |
17 November | National Epilepsy Day |
18 November | World Adult Day |
20 November | Africa Industrialization Day, World Children’s Day |
21 November | World Television Day, World Fisheries Day |
29 November | International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People |
Important Days and Dates of December
To know about the list of national and international important days and dates of the December month, refer to the table below.
1 December | World AIDS Day |
2 December | National Pollution Control Day |
3 December | International Day of Disabled Persons |
4 December | Indian Navy Day |
7 December | Indian Armed Forces Flag Day, International Civil Aviation Day |
9 December | International Anti-Corruption Day |
10 December |
Human Rights Day,
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11 December | International Mountain Day |
14 December | National Energy Conservation Day |
16 December | Bijoy Dibos or Vijay Diwas |
18 December | National Minorities Rights Day, International Migrants Day |
19 December | Goa Liberation Day |
20 December | International Human Solidarity Day |
22 December | National Mathematics Day |
23 December | National Kisan Divas (Farmer’s Day) (Birthday of Choudhary Charan Singh) |
24 December | National Consumer Day |
25 December | Good Governance Day (Birthday of Atal Bihari Vajpayee) |
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