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List of International & National Important Days

January
Date Day Observed
World Day of Peace
Jan 1
Global Family Day
Jan 6 World Day For War Orphans
Pravasi Bharatiya Divas
Jan 9
NRI Day
Jan 12 National Youth Day (Birth Day of Swami Vivekanand)
Jan 14 International Kite Festival - Ahemdabad
Jan 15 Army Day
Jan 18 National Immunization Day(Polio Day)
Jan 19 Idaho Human Rights Day/Martin Luther King Day
Jan 21 Meghalaya Day
St. Agnes Day
World Hug Day
Tripura Day
118th Birth Anniversary of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose /National
Jan 23
Day of Patriotism / Desh Prem Divas.
Jan 24 Rashtriya Balika Diwas/National Girl Child Day
World Leprosy Day
Himachal Pradesh Day/ Statehood Day
Jan 25
National Tourism Day
National Voter Day
Indian Republic day
Jan 26
International Customs Day
International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of
Jan 27
the Holocaust
Jan 28 Data Protection Day
Death Anniversary Mahatma Gandhi(Martyrs/Sarvodaya
Jan 30
Day),National Cleanliness Day
Jan 31 World Leprosy Eradication Day

February
Date Day Observed
Feb 1 Indian Coast Guard Day
Feb 2 World Wetlands Day
Feb 4 World Cancer Day
Feb 5 Kashmir Solidarity Day
Feb 6 International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation
Feb 7 Rose day
Feb 8 World Marriage Day
Feb 10 National Deworming Day
Feb 11 World Day of the Sick
Feb 13 World Radio Day
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Feb 14 Saint Valentines Day

Feb 20 World Day of Social Justice
Feb 21 International Mother Language Day
Feb 22 World Thinking day
Feb 23 World Rotary Day
Feb 24 Central Excise Day
Feb 25 World Sustainable Energy Day
Feb 27 International Polar Bear Day
National Science Day
Feb 28
Rare Disease Day

March
Date Day Observed
Mar 1 Zero Discrimination Day
World Wildlife Day
Mar 3 International Sex Worker Rights Day
National Defence Day
National Security Day
Mar 4 Bus Day (Bengaluru)
World Maths Day
Mar 8 International Women's Day
Mar 9 Commonwealth Day
Mar 10 Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) Raising Day
Mar 12 World Kidney Day
World Sleep Day
Mar 13
World Rotaract Day
Mar 14 World Pie day
World Consumer Rights Day
Mar 15
World Contact Day
Mar 18 National Ordinance Factories Day
International Day of Happiness
Mar 20 World Day of Theatre for Children and Young People
World sparrow day
International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
World Poetry Day
International Day of Nowruz
Mar 21
World Down Syndrome Day
International Day of Forests
Sun-Earth Day
Mar 22 World Water Day
Mar 23 World Meteorological Day
World Tuberculosis Day
International Day for the Right to the Truth concerning Gross Human
Mar 24 Rights Violations and for the Dignity of Victims
International Day for Achievers
World TB Day
International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the
Transatlantic Slave Trade
Mar 25
International Day of Solidarity with Detained and Missing Staff
Members
Mar 26 World Purple day
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World Theatre Day

Mar 27
World Drama day

April
Date Day Observed
Prevention of Blindness Week
Apr 1 April Fools' Day
Orissa Day
World Autism Awareness Day
Apr 2
International Children's Book Day
International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine
Action
Apr 4
World Rat Day
International Pillow Fight Day
Apr 6 International Day of Sport for Development and Peace
International Day of Reflection on the Genocide in Rwanda
Apr 7
World Health Day
Apr 8 World Romani Day
International Day of Human Space Flight
Apr 12
World Aviation and Cosmonautics Day
Indian Women's Savings Day
Apr 14
Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar-Birth Anniversary
Apr 16 Emancipation Day
International Special Librarians Day - Information Ethics Day
Apr 17
World Haemophilia Day
Apr 18 World Heritage Day
Apr 22 World Earth Day
World Book and Copyright Day
Apr 23
English Language Day
World Day for Animals in Laboratories
Apr 24
National Panchayati Day
Apr 25 World Malaria Day
World Intellectual Property Day
Apr 26
Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day
Apr 28 World Day for Safety and Health at Work
Day of Remembrance for all Victims of Chemical Warfare
Apr 29 International Dance Day
International Guide Dog Day
Apr 30 International Jazz Day

May
Date Day Observed
International Labour Day
May 1
Maharashtra Day
May 2 World Naked Gardening Day
World Press Freedom Day
May 3 World Laughter Day
International Energy Day

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May 4 International Firefighters' Day

International Midwives' Day
May 5
World Asthma Day
World Red Cross Day
May 8
World Thalassaemia Day
World Migratory Bird Day
May 9
World Fair Trade Day
May 10 Mother's Day
May 11 National Technology Day
May 12 International Nurses Day
May 15 International Day of Families
World Telecommunication and Information Society Day
May 17
World Hypertension Day
World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development
May 21
Anti Terrorism Day
May 22 International Day for Biological Diversity
International Day to End Obstetric Fistula
May 23
World Turtle Day
May 25 World Childrens Missing Day
May 29 International Day of UN Peacekeepers
May 31 World No-Tobacco Day

June
Date Day Observed
Global Day of Parents
June 1 "Vesak", the Day of the Full Moon
World Milk Day
June 2 International Sex Workers Day
June 4 International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression
June 5 World Environment Day
June 7 Cancer Survivors Day
June 8 World Oceans Day
June 12 World Day Against Child Labour
International Albinism Awareness Day
June 13
World Naked Bike Day
June 14 World Blood Donor Day
June 15 World Elder Abuse Awareness Day
World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought
June 17
International Criminal Court Day
June 20 World Refugee Day
International Day of Yoga
Father's Day
June 21
World Music Day
T-Shirt Day
Public Service Day
June 23 International Widows' Day
International Olympic Day
June 25 Day of the Seafarer
International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking
June 26
International Day in Support of Victims of Torture
June 29 National Statistics Day
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July
Date Day Observed
International Joke Day
July 1
National Doctor's Day
July 2 World Sports Journalists Day
July 4 International Day of Cooperatives(first Saturday in July)
World Zoonoses Day
July 6
International Kissing Day
July 7 Global Forgiveness Day
World Population Day
July 11
State Bank Foundation Day
July 12 World Malala day
World Youth Skills Day
July 15
Pay Roll Savings Day
July 17 International Justice Day
July 18 Nelson Mandela International Day
July 26 Kargil Vijay Diwas
World Hepatitis Day
July 28
World Nature conservation day
July 29 World Tiger Day
International Day of Friendship
July 30
World Day against Trafficking in Persons

August
Date Day Observed
Aug 1 World Breastfeeding Day
International Forgiveness Day
Aug 2
International Friendship Day(1st Sunday)
Aug 6 Hiroshima Day
Aug 7 National Handloom Day
Aug 8 World Cat Day
International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples
Aug 9 Nagasaki Peace Day
Kranti Diwas (Quit India Movement Day)
Aug 12 International Youth Day
Aug 13 International Lefthanders Day
Aug 14 Pakistan Independence Day
Aug 15 Indian Independence Day
World Humanitarian Day
Aug 19
World Photography Day
World Mosquito Day
Aug 20
Sadbhavana Diwas
International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and Its
Aug 23
Abolition
Aug 26 Women's Equality Day
International Day against Nuclear Tests
Aug 29 Telugu Language Day
National Sports Day of India
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Sanskrit Day
International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances
Aug 30
Small Industry Day

September
Date Day Observed
Sep 2 World Coconut Day
International Day of Charity
Sep 5
National Teachers Day
Sep 7 Forgiveness Day
Sep 8 International Literacy Day
Sep 12 United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation
Sep 13 World Chocolate Day
Hindi Day
Sep 14
World First Aid Day
Sep 15 International Day of Democracy
Sep 16 International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer
Sep 19 International Red Panda Day
International Day of Peace
Sep 21
World Alzheimer's Day
Sep 22 World Car Free Day
World Maritime Day
Sep 25
Social Justice Day
Sep 26 International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons
World Tourism Day
Sep 27
World Deaf Day
National Gunners Day
Sep 28
World Rabies Day
Sep 29 World Heart Day
Sep 30 International Translation Day

October
Date Day Observed
International Day of Older Persons
World Vegetarian Day
Oct 1
International Music Day - IMC
National Voluntary Blood Donation Day
International Day of Non-Violence
World Farm Animals Day
Oct 2
Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti
World Smile Day
Oct 3 World Nature Day
Oct 4 World Animal Day
World Teachers Day
Oct 5 World Habitat Day(first Monday in October)
World Architecture Day
Oct 8 National Air force Day

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World Sight Day

World Post Day
Oct 9
World Egg Day
World Mental Health Day
Oct 10
National Postal Day
Oct 11 International Day of the Girl Child
Oct 12 World Arthritis day
International Day for Disaster Reduction
Oct 13
World Calamity Control Day
World Standards Day
Oct 14
World Maths Day
International Day of Rural Women
Oct 15 Global Handwashing Day
World White cane day
Oct 16 World Food Day
Oct 17 Anti Poverty Day
International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
Oct 20 World Statistics Day
World Osteoporosis Day
United Nations Day
Oct 24 World Development Information Day
Indo Tibetan Border Police Raising day
Oct 25 World Mother-in-Law's Day
Oct 27 World Day for Audiovisual Heritage
Oct 30 World Thrift Day
World Cities Day
Oct 31 World Savings Day
Rastriya Ekta Diwas (Sardar Patel)

November
Date Day Observed
World Vegan Day
Nov 1
Rajyotsava Day (Karnataka Formation Day)
Nov 2 International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists
Nov 5 World Radiography day
International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the
Nov 6
Environment in War and Armed Conflict
Nov 7 Infant Protection day
Nov 8 World services day
Legal Service Day
Nov 9
World Orphans Day (Second Monday of Nov)
World Science Day for Peace and Development
Nov 10
Transport Day
World Diabetes Day
Nov 14 National Children's Day
International Girls Day (confidence coalition)
Nov 15 World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims
Nov 16 International Day for Tolerance
World Student day
Nov 17
National Journalism day
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Nov 18 World Adult day

World Toilet Day
World Philosophy Day
World Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Day
Nov 19
International Men's Day
World Citizen day
National Integration Day - India (Indira Gandhi's birthday)
Universal Childrens Day
Nov 20
World Philosophy Day
World Television Day
Nov 21
World Hello Day
International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
Nov 25
World Non Veg Prevention Day
Nov 26 National Law Day
Nov 29 International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People
Nov 30 Flag Day

December
Date Day Observed
Dec 1 World AIDS Day
International Day for the Abolition of Slavery
Dec 2 World Pollution Prevention Day
World Computer literacy day
International Day of Persons with Disabilities
Dec 3
World Disabled Day
Dec 4 Indian Navy Day
International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development
Dec 5
World Soil Day
Dec 6 Orange Festival(Poland)
International Civil Aviation Day
Dec 7 World Choral Day
National Armed Forces Flag Day
International Day of Commemoration and Dignity of the Victims of
the Crime of Genocide and of the Prevention of this Crime
Dec 9 International Anti-Corruption Day
Balika Divas
Dec 10 Human Rights Day
Dec 11 International Mountain Day
Dec 14 National Energy Conservation Day
Dec 15 International Tea Day
Dec 17 International Day Against Violence Against Sex Workers
International Migrants Day
Dec 18
National Minority Rights Day
Dec 19 Goas Libration Day
Dec 20 International Human Solidarity Day
Kisan Divas (Ch. Charan Singh's Birth Anniversary)
Dec 23
(Farmer's Day)
Dec 26 CRPF foundation day
Dec 29 International Bio-diversity day

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