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January
Louis Braille Day	4^thJanuary
Pravasi Bhartiya Divas (Non Resident Indian Day)	9^thJanuary
World Hindi Day	10^thJanuary
National Youth Day (Birthday of Swami Vivekananda)	12^th January
Army Day (India)	15^th January
Rashtriya Balika Diwas	24^th January
Tourism Day (India)	25^th January
Republic Day (India)	26^th January
International Custom Excise Day	26^th January
International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust	27^th January
Martyrs’ Day (India)	30^th January
Leprosy Prevention Day	30^th January
Sarvodaya Day (India)	30^th January
February
World Epilepsy Day	2^nd February
World Cancer Day	4^th February
World Radio Day	13^th February
Valentine Day	14^th February
World Day of Social Justice	20^th February
International Mother Language Day	21^st February
Central Excise Tax Day (India)	24^th February
National Science Day	28^th February
March
World Wildlife Day	3^rdMarch
National Safety Day (Security of Industrial Institutions)	4^thMarch
International Women’s Day, UN Day for Women’s Rights & International Peace	8^thMarch
Commonwealth Day	2^nd Monday
World Kidney Day	10^th March
Central Industrial Security Force Foundation Day	10^th March
World Consumer Rights Day	15^th March
Ordnance Factories Day	18^th March
International Day of Happiness	20^th March
World Sparrow Day	20^th March
World Forestry day, International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination	21^stMarch
World Water Day	22^nd March
World Meteorological Day	23^rd March
Ram Manohar Lohia’s Birthday (Anniversary)	23^rd March
Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev & Rajguru’s Martyrdam Day	23^rd March
World TB (Tuberculosis) Day	24^th March
Sacrifice Day of Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi	25^th March
National Day of Bangladesh	26^th March
World Theatre Day	27^th March
April
World Autism Awareness Day	2^ndApril
International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mini Action	4^thApril
National Maritime Day	5^thApril
World Health Day	7^th April
Special Protection Group (SPG) Foundation Day	8^thApril
World Homeopathy Day (Birth day of Samuel Hanimen)	10^thApril
World Aeronautics and Cosmology Day	14^thApril
Ambedkar’s Birth Anniversary	14^th April
World Haemophilia Day	17^thApril
World Heritage Day/International Day for Monuments and Sites	18^thApril
Indian Civil Service Day	21^stApril
International Mother Earth Day	22^nd April
World Books and Copyright Day	23^rdApril
Panchayat Divas (India)	24^thApril
May
International Labour Day (Worker’s Day or May Day)	1st May
World Asthma Day	1st Tuesday
World Press Freedom Day	3rd May
World Laughter Day	1st Sunday
World Red Cross Day	8th May
Mother’s Day	2nd Sunday
International Pthyliesemia Day	8th May
World Migratory Birds Day	2nd Saturday
National Technological Day	11th May
International Nurses Day	12th May
International Day of Families	15th May
World Telecommunication/Information Society Day	17th May
International Museum Day	18th May
Anti-Terrorism Day, World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue & Development	21st May
International Day for Biological Diversity	22nd May
Death Anniversary of Jawahar Lal Nehru	27th May
International Day of UN Peacekeeper	29th May
Mount Everest Day	29th May
World No-Tobacco/No-smoking Day	31st May
June
International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression	4th June
World Environment Day	5th June
World Oceans Day	8th June
Father’s Day (in many countries)	3rd Sunday
World Blood Donation Day	14th June
World Elder Abuse Awareness Day	15th June
World Day to Combat Desertification & Drought	17th June
World Refugees Day	20th June
International Day of Yoga (w.e.f. 2015)	2st June
UN Public Service Day	23rd June
World Olympic Day	23rd June
International Day (UN) against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, Int. Day in Support of Victims of Torture	26th June
Statistics Day (India)	29th June
July
Doctor’s Day (Birthday of Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy)	1st July
State Bank of India Foundation Day	1st July
International Day of Cooperatives	1st Saturday
World Population Day	11th July
International Nelson Mandela Day	18th July
Income Tax Day	24th July
Kargil Victory Day (India)	26th July
CRPF Foundation Day	27th July
World Nature Conservation Day	28th July
August
International Day of Friendship	1st Sunday
World Breastfeeding Day	1st August
Hiroshima Day	6th August
Quit India Day (India), Nagasaki Day, International Day of the World’s Indigenous People	9th August
International Youth Day	12th August
Independence Day (India)	15th August
World Humanitarian Day	19th August
World Senior Citizen’s Day	21st August
National Sports Day (Birthday of Dhyanchand)	29th August
International Day Against Nuclear Tests	29th August
September
Teacher’s Day (Birthday of S. Radhakrishnan)	5th September
International Literacy Day	8th September
UN Day for South-South Cooperation	12th September
World Fraternity and Apology Day	14th September
Hindi Divas (Day)	14th September
International Day of Democracy	15th September
Engineer’s Day (Birthday of M. Vishweshwaraiya)	15th September
Sanchayika Diwas	15th September
World Ozone Day/ International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer	16th September
Railway Police force (RPF) Foundation Day	20th September
International Day of Peace, Alzheimer’s Day	21st September
World Tourism Day	27th September
World Heart Day	29th September
World Deaf Day	Last Sunday
October
International Day for Older Persons	1st October
Mahatma Gandhi’s Birthday (International Day of Non-Violence)	2nd October
Birthday of Lal Bahadur Shastri	2nd October
World Habitat Day	1st Monday
World Animal Welfare Day	4th October
World Teacher’s Day	5th October
World Wild Animal Day	6th October
Indian air Force Day	8th October
World Post Day	9th October
World Sight Day	10th October
International Day of the Girl Child	11th October
Birthday of Loknayak Jay Prakash Narayan	11th October
UN International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction	2nd Wednesday
World Standards Day	14th October
World Food Day	16th October
World Allergy Awareness Day	16th October
International Day for the Eradication of Poverty	17th October
World Iodine Shortage Day	21st October
UN Day, World Development Information Day	24th October
World Thrift Day/ World Savings Day	31st October
Death Anniversary of Indira Gandhi	31st October
November
International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War & Armed Conflict	6th November
National Education Day (Birthday of Maulana Azad)	11th November
Children’s Day (Birth anniversary of Jawaharlal Nehru)	14th November
World Diabetes Day	14th November
International Day for Tolerance	16th November
National Press Day	16th November
World Students Day	17th November
World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims	3rd Sunday
National Journalism Day	17th November
World Adult Day	18th November
World Citizen Day	19th November
Universal Children’s Day Africa Industrialization Day	20th November
World Television Day	21st November
International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, World Non-veg Prevention Day	25th November
World Environment Protection Day	26th November
National Law Day	26th November
International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People	29th November
December
World AIDS Day	1st December
International Day for the Abolition of Slavery	2nd December
World Disabled Day/International Day of Persons with Disabilities	3rd December
Chemical Disaster Prevention Day	4th December
Navy Day (India)	4th December
International Volunteers Day	5th December
Citizen’s Security Day	6th December
International Civil Aviation Day	7th December
Armed Forces Flag Day	7th December
International Anti-Corruption Day	9th December
International Human Rights Day	10th December
World Children’s Fund Day	11th December
International Mountain Day	11th December
World Asthma Day	11th December
National Energy Conservation Day	14th December
International Migrants Day	18th December
Liberation Day of Goa	19th December
International Human Solidarity Day	20th December
Kisan Divas (Birthday of Chaudhary Charan Singh)	23rd December
National Consumer Day	24th December
X-mas Day	25th December

International Years

2013	International Year of Water Cooperation
2014	International Year of Crystallography, International Year of Family Farming, International Year of Small island Developing States, International Year of Solidarity with the Palestinian People
2015	International Year of Light and Light-based Technologies, International Year of Soils
2016	International Year of Pulses, International Year of Camelids
2017	International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development
2019	International Year of Indigenous Language, International Year of Moderation, International Year of the Periodic Table of Chemical Element
2020	International Year of Nurse & Midlife, International Year of Plant Health
2021	International Year for the Elimination of Child Labour, International Year of Fruits and Vegetables, International Year of Peace and Trust, International Year of Creative Economy & Sustainable Development
2022	International Year of Artisanal Fisheries and Aquaculture, International Year of Glass, International Year of Basic Sciences for Sustainable Development
2023	International Year of Millets, International Year of Dialogue as a Guarantee of Peace
2024	International Year of Camelids.
2025	International Year of Glaciers' Preservation
2026	International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists

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