Important Dates – National & International

January

• 9th January - Pravasi Bhartiya Divas ( NRI Day)
• 10th January - World Hindi Day/ World Laughter Day
• 12th January - National Youth Day (Birth Day of Swami Vivekanand)
• 15th January - Army Day
• 18th January - National Immunization Day (Polio Day)
• 23rd January - 118th Birth Anniversary of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose / National Day of Patriotism
• 24th January - National Girl Child Day
• 25th January - National Voters Day
• 26th January - India’s Republic Day/ International Customs day
• 27th January - International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust
• 28th January - Birth Anniversary Lala Lajpat Rai
• 30th January - Death Anniversary Mahatma Gandhi (Martyrs’ / Sarvodaya Day)
• 30th January - World Leprosy Eradication Day

February

• 1st Feb - Indian Coast Guard Day
• 2nd Feb - World Wetland Day
• 4th Feb - World Cancer Day
• 6th Feb - International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation
• 10th Feb - National Deworming Day
• 13th Feb - World Radio Day
• 20th Feb - World Day of Social Justice
• 21st Feb- International Mother Language Day
• 24th Feb - Central Excise Day
• 28th Feb - National Science Day

March

• 1st March- Zero Discrimination Day
• 3rd March - World Wildlife Day, National Defence Day
• 4th March - National Security Day (Rashtriya Suraksha Diwas), World Day of Fight Against Sexual Exploitation.
• 8th March - International Women’s Day
• 10th March - Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) Raising Day
• 12th March - World Kidney Day
• 13th March - World Rotaract Day
• 14th March - Pi Day
• 15th March - World Consumer Rights Day
• 18th March - Ordnance Factories’ Day
• 20th March - World Sparrow Day, International Day of Happiness
• 21st March - International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
• 21st March - World Poetry Day, International Day of Nowruz
• 21st March - International Day of Forests, World Down Syndrome Day
• 22nd March - World Water Day
• 23rd March - World Meteorological Day
• 24th March - World Tuberculosis Day
• 25th March - International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade
• 27th March - World Theatre Day
• 28th March - Earth Hour

• April

• 2nd April- World Autism Awareness Day
• 4th April- International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action
• 6th April- International Day of Sport for Development and Peace
• 7th April- World Health Day
• 11th April - National Safe Motherhood Day 2015
• 12th April - International Day of Human Space Flight
• 17th April - World Hemophilia Day
• 18th April - World Heritage Day
• 21st April - National Civil Services Day
• 22nd March - World Earth Day
• 23rd April- World Book and Copyright Day, English Language Day
• 24th April- National Panchayati Day
• 25th April - World Malaria Day
• 26th April- World Intellectual Property Day (World IP Day)
• 28th April- World Day for Safety and Health at Work
• 29th April - World Dance Day, Day of Remembrance for all Victims of Chemical Warfare
• 30th April- International Jazz Day

May

• 1st May - International Labour Day
• 3rd May - World Press Freedom Day, International Sun Day, International Energy Day
• May 04 - Coal Miners Day(Intl.), International Firefighters’ Day
• 1st Tuesday of May – World Asthma Day takes place each year on the first Tuesday in May.
• 1st Sunday of May - World Laughter Day
• May 05 - World Athletics Day, World Midwives Day
• May 06 - World No Diet Day
• May 08 - World Red Cross Day, Remembrance and Reconciliation for Lost Lives of Second World War
• May 09 - World Thalassaemia Day
• May 10 - International Migratory Bird Day
• May 11 - National technology day
• May 12 - International Nurses Day
• May 13 - International Criminal Court Day
• May 15 - International Day of the Families
• May 17 - World Tele-communication and Information Society Day, Wold AIDS Vaccination day, World Hypertension Day, International day against Homophobia and Transphobia
• May 18 - World Museum Day
• May 20 - World Meteorology Day
• May 21 - National Anti Terrorism Day, National Day for Cultural Development
• May 22 - International Day for Biological Diversity
• May 24 - Commonwealth Day
• May 25 - World Missing Childrens day
• May 29 - International Day of Peacekeepers
• May 31 - World Anti Tobacco Day

June

• June 1 - World Milk Day
• June 4 - World Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression
• June 5 - World Environment Day
• June 8 - World Brain Tumor Day, World Oceans Day
• June 12 - World Day Against Child Labor
• June 14 - World Blood Donor Day
• June 15 - World elder abuse awareness day
• 3rd Sunday of June - World Father’s Day
• June 16 - International Integration Day
• June 18 - International Picnic Day
• June 20 - World Refugee Day
• June 21 - World Music Day
• June 23 - International Olympic Day, United Nations Public Service Day, International Widows Day
• June 26 - International Day against Drug abuse and Illicit Trafficking, International Day in support of Victims of torture

July :-

• July 1 - International Joke Day, World Doctor’s Day
• July 2 - World Sports Journalists Day, World UFO day
• 1st Saturday of July - International Day of Cooperatives
• July 06 - World Zoonoses Day
• July 07 - World Chocolate Day
• July 11 - World Population Day
• July 12 - International Malala Day
• July 18 - International Nelson Mandela Day
• July 26 - Kargil Vijay Diwas or Kargil Memorial Day or Kargil Victory Day
• July 28 - World Nature Conservation Day, World Hepatitis Day
• July 29 - International Tiger Day

August :-

• First Sunday in August - International Friendship Day
• August 6 - Hiroshima Day, Anti Nuclear Day
• August 8 - World Senior Citizen Day
• August 9 - Nagasaki Day, International Day of the World’s Indigenous People, Quit India Day
• August 12 - International Youth Day
• August 13 - International Left Handers Day
• August 14 - Pakistan’s Independence Day
• August 15 - India’s Independence Day, International Mourning Day
• August 19 - World Humanitarian Day, World Photography Day
• August 20 - National Sadbhavna Divas or Birthday of Rajiv gandhi, World Mosquito Day, Indain Akshay Urja Diwas
• August 21 - National Senior Citizen Day
• August 23 - International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and Its Abolition
• August 29 - National Sports Day or Dhyanchand's Birthday
• August 30 - International day of the victims of enforced Disappearances

 

September :-

• September 2 - World Coconut Day
• September 5 - National Teacher’s Day or Dr. Radhakrishanan's Birth Day, Sanskrit Day
• September 7 - World Forgiveness Day
• September 8 - World Literacy Day
• September 10 - World Anti-Suicide Day
• September 14 - Hindi Diwas or Hindi Day, World First Aid Day
• September 15 - International Day of Democracy, International Engineer’s Day
• September 16 - World Ozone Day
• September 20 - RPF Foundation day
• September 21 - World Peace Day or International day for Peace and Non-violence (UN), World Alzheimer’s Day
• September 22 - World Cancer Free Day or Rose Day
• September 23 - International Day of the Deaf
• September 26 - World Contraception Day,
• September 27 - World Tourism Day
• September 28 - World Rabies Day
• September 29 - World Heart Day

October :-

• 1st Monday of October - World Habitat Day
• October 1 - World Vegetarian Day, International Day of the older/Elderly
• October 2 - Gandhi Jayanti, International Day of Non-Violence
• October 3 - World Nature Day
• October 4 - World Animal Day
• October 5 - World Teacher’s Day
• October 6 - World Wildlife Day
• October 8 - Indian Air Force Day
• October 9 - World Postal or Post-office Day
• October 10 - World Mental Health Day, National Post-office Day
• October 11 - International Day of the Girl Child
• 2nd Thursday of October - World Sight Day
• October 12 - World Arthritis Day
• October 13 - International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction
• October 14 - World Standards Day
• October 15 - Global Hand Washing Day, International Day of Rural Women, World White Cane Safety Day
• October 16 - World Food Day
• October 17 - International Poverty Day for it's Eradication
• October 20 - World Osteoporosis Day,World Statistics Day, National Solidarity day
• October 24 - UN Day, World Development Information Day, World Polio Day
• October 27 - World day for Audio Visual Heritage
• October 28 - International Animation Day
• October 31 - World Savings Day or World Thrift day, Halloween Day

November :-

• November 1 - World Vegan Day
• November 6 - International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict
• November 7 - Infant Protection Day, World Cancer Awareness Day
• November 8 - World Radiology Day
• November 9 - World Legal Service Day
• November 10 - World Science day for Peace and Development, Public Transport Day
• November 11 - National Education Day
• November 12 - World Pneumonia Day, Public Service Broadcasting Day
• November 13 - World Kindness Day
• November 14 - Children’s Day(India), World Diabetes Day
• November 16 - International Day for Endurance or Tolerance
• November 17 - International Students Day, Gurunanak Dev's Birth Anniversary, National eplilepsy day
• November 19 - World Toilet Day, International Men’s Day, National Integration Day
• November 20 - Universal Children’s Day
• 3rd Sunday of November - World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims
• 3rd Thursday of November - World Philosophy Day
• November 21 - World Fisheries Day, World Hello Day, World Television Day
• November 25 - International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, World Non-Veg day
• November 26 - National Law Day or National constitution Day
• November 30 - National Flag Day

December :-

• December 1 - World AIDS Day
• December 2 - World Computer Literacy Day, International Day for the Abolition of Slavery
• December 3 - International Day of People with Disability or World Disability Day
• December 4 - Indian Navy Day
• December 5 - International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development
• December 7 - International Civil Aviation Day, Indian Armed Force Flag Day
• December 9 - The International Anti-Corruption Day
• December 10 - World Human Rights Day,International Children's Day of Broadcasting
• December 11 - International Mountain Day, UNICEF DayDecember 14 - National Energy Conservation Day(India)
• December 16 - Vijay Diwas
• December 18 - International Migrants Day, National Minority Rights Day
• December 19 - Goa’s Libration Day
• December 20 - International Human Solidarity Day
• December 23 - National Farmer’s Day or Kisan Diwas
• December 25 - Christmas Day