List of All Important Days: National & International

Important Days

January 

4 World Braille Day

9 NRI Day (Return of Mahatma Gandhi from South Africa in 1915)

12 National Youth Day (Birthday of Swami Vivekananda)

14 World Logic Day

15 Army Day

24 National Girl Child Day: International Day of Education: World Day for African and Afrodescendant Culture

25 National Tourism Day; National Voters’ Day

26 India’s Republic Day; International Customs Day; International Day of Clean Energy

27 Days to Remember the Victims of the Holocaust

28 Data Protection Day

29 National Newspaper Day

30 Martyrs’ Day (Assassination of Mahatma Gandhi)

Last Sunday world Leprosy Eradication Day

February

1 World Hijab Day

2^nd Sunday World Marriage Day

2 World Wetlands Day

4 World Cancer Day; International Day of Human Fraternity

6 International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation

10 World Pulses Day; International Day of the Arabian Leopard

11 International Day of Women and Girls in Science

13 World Radio Day

14 St Valentine’s Day

20 World Day of Social Justice

21 World Mother Language Day

24 Central Excise Day

28 National Science Day (This day in 1928 marked the discovery of the Raman Effect by Dr CV Raman).

March

Second Monday Commonwealth Day

Second Thursday World Kidney Day

1 Zero Discrimination Day; World Seagrass Day    

3 National Defence Day; World Wildlife Day s

4 National Security Day; World Engineering Day for Sustainable Development

8 International Women’s Day    

10 Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) Raising Day; International Day of Women Judges

12 Mauritius Day

14 International Day of Mathematics; Pi Day [Observed on March 14 (3/14 in the Month/Day date format) since 3, 1 and 4 are the three significant digits of Pi].

15 World Disabled Day; World Consumer Rights Day; International Day to Combat Islamophobia

16 National Vaccination Day

20 International Day of Happiness; International Francophonie Day

21 World Forestry Day; International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination; International Day of Nowruz; World Poetry Day; World Down Syndrome Day

22 World Water Day

23 World Meteorological Day

24 World Tuberculosis Day

27 World Theatre Day

30 International Day of Zero Waste

April

2 World Autism Awareness Day

4 International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action

5 National Maritime Day; International Day of Conscience

6 International Day of Sport for Development and Peace

7 World Health Day

12 International Day of Huaman Space Flight

14 World Chagas Disease Day

15 World Art Day

17 World Haemophilia Day

18 World Heritage Day

20 Chinese Language Day

21 Secretaries’ Day, National Civil Services Day; World Creativity and Innovation Day

22 Earth Day

23 World Book and Copyright Day; English Language Day; Spanish Language Day

24 International Day of Multilateralism and Diplomacy for Peace

25 World Malaria Day

26 World Intellectual Property Day

28 World Day for Safety and Health at Work

29 Day of Remembrance for All Victims of Chemical Warfare; International Dance Day

30 World Jazz Day

May

1 Workers ’ Day (International Labour Day)

2 World Tuna Day

3 International Energy Day; World Press Freedom Day

1^st Tuesday World Asthma Day

2^nd Saturday World Migratory Bird Day

2^nd Sunday Mother’s Day

4 Coal Miners’ Day

5 African World Heritage Day; World Portuguese Language Day

8 World Red Cross Day; World Thalassaemia Day

11 National Technology Day

12 International Nurses Day

15 International Day of Families

16 International Day of Light; International Day of Living Together in Peace

17 World Hypertension Day; World Telecommunication and Information Society Day

20 World Bee Day

21 World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development; International Tea Day

22 International Day for Biological Diversity

25 World Thyroid Day

29 International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers

31 World No Tobacco Day

June

1 Global Day of Parents; World Milk Day

3 World Bicycle Day

4 International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression

5 World Environment Day

7 World Food Safety Day

8 World Oceans Day

3^rd Sunday Father’s Day

12 World Day Against Child Labour

13 International Albinism Awareness Day

14 World Blood Donor Day

15 World Elder Abuse Awareness Day

16 International Day of Family Remittances

17 World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought

18 International Day for Countering Hate Speech; Sustainable Gastronomy Day

19 International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict

20 World Refugee Day

21 International Yoga Day

23 United Nations Day for Public Service; International Widows’ Day

24 International Day of Women In Diplomacy

25 Days of the Seafarer

26 International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking

29 National Statistics Day (Birthday of PC Mahalanobis, who founded the Indian Statistical Institute); International Day of the Tropics

30 International Asteroid Day; International Day of Parliamentarism

July

1 National Doctor’s Day (Birthday of BC Roy)

First Saturday International Day of Cooperatives

6 World Zoonoses Day

11 World Population Day

12 Malala Day

15 World Youth Skills Day

18 Nelson Mandela International Day

20 World Chess Day; International Moon Day

25 World Drowning Prevention Day

26 Kargil Victory Day; International Day for the Conservation of the Mangrove Ecosystem

28 World Hepatitis Day

30 International Day of Friendship; World Day against Trafficking in Persons

August

First Sunday International Friendship Day

1 World Wide Web Day

6 Hiroshima Day

7 National Handloom Day

8 World Senior Citizens’ Day

9 Quit India Day, Nagasaki Day; International Day  of the World’s Indigenous Peoples

11 World Steelpan Day

12 International Youth Day

15 Indian Independence Day

19 World Photography Day; World Humanitarian Day

20 Sadbhavana Diwas (Birthday of Rajiv Gandhi)

23 International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition

29 National Sports Day (Birthday of Dhyan Chand, the hockey wizard); International Day against Nuclear Tests

30 Small Industry Day; International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances

31 International Day for People of African Descent

September

2 World Coconut Day

5 Teacher’s Day (Birthday of Dr Radhakrishnan); International Day of Charity

7 International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies

8 World Literacy Day (UNESCO)

10 World Suicide Prevention Day

12 United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation

15 Engineers’ Day; International Day of Democracy.

16 World Ozone Day

17 World Patient Safety Day

18 World Bamboo Day: International Equal Pay Day

20 International Day of University Sport

21 Alzheimer's Day; Day for Peace & Non-Violence (UN)

22 Rose Day (Welfare of cancer patients)’ World Rhino Day

23 International Day of Sing Languages

25 Social Justice Day

26 International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons

27 World Tourism Day

28 World Rabies Day; International Day for Universal Access to Information; World News Day

29 World Heart Day

30 International Translation Day

Last Sunday Day of the Deaf

Last Thursday World Maritime Day

October

1 International Day for the Elderly, World Vegetarian Day

2 Gandhi Jayanthi, International Day of Non-Violence, World Farm Animals Day; World Habitat Day

First Monday World Habitat Day, World Architecture Day

First Friday World Smile Day

4 World Animal Day

5 World Teachers’ Day

7 World Day for Decent Work; World Cotton Day

8 Indian Air Force Day

9 World Post Office Day

10 World Mental Health Day

11 International Day of the Girl Child

2^nd Thursday World Sight Day

2^nd Friday World Egg Day

2^nd Saturday World Migratory Bird Day

13 UN International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction

14 World Standards Day

15 World White Cane Safety Day; International Day of Rural Women; Global Handwashing Day; International Day of Rural Women

16 World Food Day; World Anaesthesia Day

17 International Day for the Eradication of Poverty

20 National Solidarity Day; World Statistics Day; World Osteoporosis Day

21 World Lodine Deficiency Disorders Prevention Day

24 UN Day; World Development Information Day

27 World Day for Audiovisual Heritage

28 International Animation Day

30 World Thrift Day

31 National Unity Day; World Cities Day

November

First Thursday International Day against Violence and Bullying at School including Cyberbullying

2 International Day of End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists

5 World Tsunami Awareness Day; World Day of Romani Language

6 International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict

7 Infant Protection Day; National Cancer Awareness Day

9 Legal Services Day

10 World Science Day for Peace and Development

Second Thursday World Quality Day

11 National Education Day (Birthday of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad)

14 Children’s Day (Birthday of Jawaharlal Nehru); World Diabetes Day; International Day against Illicit Trafficking in Cultural Property

16 National Press Day; International Day for Tolerance

17 National Epilepsy Day; International Student’s Day

18 Sappers’ Day; International Day of Islamic Art

Third Thursday World Philosophy Day 

Third Sunday World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims

19 World Day for Prevention of Abuse and Violence Against Children; World Citizens’ Day International Men’s Day; World Toilet Day; Women’s Entrepreneurship Day; National Integration Day

20 Universal Children’s Day; Africa Industrialization Day

21 World Television Day; World Hello Day

25 International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women

26 Constitution Day; National Milk Day (Birthday of Verghese Kurien, father of the white revolution in India); World Oliver Tree Day; World Sustainable Transport Day

29 International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People

30 Flag Day

December

1 World AIDS Day

2 International Day for the Abolition of Slavery

3 World Day of the Handicapped

4 Indian Navy Day; International Day of Banks

5 World Soil Day, International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development

7 Indian Armed Forces Flag Day; International Civil Aviation Day

9 International Anit-Corruption Day

10 Human Rights Day

11 UNICEF Day; International Mountain Day

12 International Day of Neutrality; International Universal Health Coverage Day

14 National Energy Conservation Day

16 Nrbhaya Day

18 International Migrants Day; Minorities Rights Day (India); Arabic Language Day

20 International Human Solidarity Day

21 World Basketball Day

22 National Mathematics Day

23 Farmers’ Day (Birthday of Chaudhary Charan Singh)

25 Good Governance Day (Birthday of AB Vajpayee)