Important Days of the Year

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Important Days

DateDayRemarks
Jan 12National Youth DayBirthday of Swami Vivekananda
Jan 15Army DayField Marshall K.M. Cariappa took over the command of Army on this day in 1949 from the British.
Jan 27International Holocaust DayThe largest Nazi death camp, Auschwitz-Birkenau, was liberated by Soviet troops on Jan 27, 1945.
Jan 30Martyr's DayMartyrdom day of Mahatma Gandhi
Feb 14St. Valentine's Day-
Feb 28National Science Day-
Mar 8International Women's Day-
Mar 15World Consumer DayPresident John F Kennedy formally addressed the issue of consumer rights on this day in 1963.
Apr 7World Health DayWHO was formed on this day in 1948, but the first World Health Day was observed in 1950.
May 1International Worker's Day-
May 8International Red Cross DayJH Dunant, the man behind Red Cross was born on this day in 1828.
May 11National Technology DayNuclear tests at Pokhran carried out in 1998 on this day.
May 21Anti-terrorism DayFormer PM Shri Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated on this day in 1991.
Jun 5World Environment Day-
Jun 21International Yoga Day-
Jul 11World Population DayInspired by 5 Billion Day in 1987
Jul 12Malala DayBirthday of Malala Yousafzai
Aug 6Hiroshima DayBombing of Hiroshima on 6 Aug, 1945
Aug 9August Kranti DiwasLaunch of Quit India Movement in 1942
Aug 20Sadbhawna DiwasBirthday of Shri Rajiv Gandhi (1944)
Aug 29National Sports DayBirthday of Shri Dhyanchand (1905)
Sep 5Teacher's DayBirthday of Dr. Radhakrishanan (1888)
Sep 8International Literacy Day-
Sep 14Hindi DiwasHindi accorded the Official language status by the Constituent Assembly on this day in 1949.
Sep 27World Tourism DayStatutes of United Nations World Tourism Organisation adopted on this day in 1980.
Oct 2International Non-violence DayBirthday of Mahatma Gandhi (1869)
Oct 8Indian Air Force DayIAF was officially established on this day in 1932.
Oct 16World Food DayFood and Agricultural Organisation was founded on this day in 1945.
Oct 24United Nations DayCharter of the United Nations came into force on this day in 1945.
Oct 31Rashtriya Ekta DiwasBirth Anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
Nov 11National Education DayBirthday of Shri Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (1888), the first Education Minister of India.
Nov 14Children's DayBirthday of Shri Jawaharlal Nehru (1889)
Nov 19National Integration DayMartyrdom of Smt Indira Gandhi (1984)
Dec 1World AIDS Day-
Dec 4Navy Day-
Dec 7Armed Forces Flag Day-
Dec 10Human Rights' DayUniversal Declaration of Human Rights was proclaimed and adopted on this day in 1948.
Dec 16Vijay DiwasMarks India's victory over Pakistan in the Indo-Pak war in 1971.
Dec 18Minorities Rights DayUnited Nations adopted and promulgated the Declaration on the Rights of Persons belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities on this day in 1992.
Dec 24National Consumers' Day-
Jan 25National Voters' DayWith effect from 2011

IMPORTANT DAYS

January
1-Jan Global Family Day
9-Jan NRI Day
10-Jan World Laughter Day
12-Jan National Youth Day
15-Jan Army Day(India)
25-Jan National Voters Day
25-Jan National Tourism Day
26-Jan India’s Republic Day, International Customs Day
30-Jan Martyrs’ Day; World Leprosy Eradication Day
February     
4-Feb World Cancer Day
13-Feb World Radio day
20-Feb World Day of Social Justice
21-Feb International Mother Language Day
22-Feb World Scout Day
28-Feb National Science Day
March
4-Mar World Day for the Fight Against Sexual Exploitation
8-Mar International Women’s Day
15-Mar World Consumer Rights Day
16-Mar National Vaccination Day
21-Mar World Forestry Day
22-Mar World Water Day
23-Mar World Meteorological Day/ World Earth Day
24-Mar World TB Day
April
7-Apr World Health Day
17-Apr World Haemophilia Day
18-Apr World Heritage Day
21-Apr National Civil Services Day
22-Apr Earth Day
25-Apr World Malaria Day
26-Apr World Intellectual Property Day
29-Apr International Dance Day
May
1-May International Labour Day
3-May Press Freedom Day; World Asthma Day
May, 2nd Sunday - Mothers Day
8-May World Red Cross Day
11-May National Technology Day
12 May International Nurses Day
14-Mar World Migratory day
17-May World Telecommunication Day
21-May Anti-Terrorism day
22-May International Day for Biological Diversity
24-May Commonwealth Day
28-May World Hunger Day
31-May Anti-tobacco Day
June
5-Jun World Environment Day
June, 3rd Sunday Father’s Day
8-Jun World Ocean Day
12-Jun World Day against Child Labour
14-Jun World Blood Donor Day
20-Jun World Refugee Day
21-Jun World Music Day
23-Jun International Olympic Day
27-Jun International Diabetes Day
July
1-Jul Doctor’s Day
11-Jul World Population Day
12-Jul Malala Day
18-Jul Nelson Mandela International Day
August 1st Sunday International Friendship Day
6-Aug Hiroshima Day
6-Aug Organ Donation Day
7-Aug Forgiveness Day
8-Aug World Senior Citizen’s Day
9-Aug Quit India Day, Nagasaki Day
12-Aug International Youth Day
19-Aug Photography Day
29-Aug National Sports Day
September
5-Sep Teachers’ Day
5-Sep International day of charity
8-Sep International Literacy Day (UNESCO),
14-Sep Hindi Diwas
15-Sep Engineers’ Day
16-Sep World Ozone Day
22-Sep Rose Day (Welfare of cancer patients)
27-Sep World Tourism Day
29-Sep World Heart Day
October
1-Oct International Day for the Elderly
2-Oct Gandhi Jayanthi; International Day of Nonviolence
4-Oct World Animal Welfare Day
8-Oct Indian Air Force Day
9-Oct World Post Office Day
16-Oct World Food Day
24 Oct UN Day; World Polio Day
November
17-Nov National Journalism Day
19-Nov Citizens’ Day, World Toilet Day, National Integration Day
21-Nov World Television Day; World Fisheries day
26-Nov Constitution Day
December
1-Dec World AIDS Day
2-Dec World Computer literacy Day
3-Dec World Day of the Handicapped
4-Dec Indian Navy Day
7-Dec Armed Forces Flag Day; International Civil Aviation Day
10-Dec Human Rights Day; Intl. Children’s Day of Broadcasting
14-Dec World Energy Day
22-Dec National Mathematics Day
23-Dec Kisan Divas (Farmer’s Day) (India)
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