Important Dates

January

Jan 1: Army Medical Corps Establishment Day
Jan 8: African National Congress Foundation Day
Jan 10: World Laughter Day
Jan 11: Death anniversary of Lal Bahadur Shastri
Jan 12: National Youth Day (Birth day of Swami Vivekanand)
Jan 15: Army Day
Jan 23: Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose’s birth anniversary
Jan 25: International Custom Duty Day, Indian Tourism Day
Jan 26: Republic Day
Jan 28: Birth anniversary of Lala Lajpat Rai Jan 30: (Martyr’s Day) Mahatma Gandhi’s Martyrdom Day, World Leprosy Eradication Day
Jan 31: National Day of Nauru

FEBRUARY

Feb 2: World Wetlands Day
Feb 5: Kashmir Day (Organised by Pakistan) Feb 13: Sarojini Naidu’s Birth Anniversary Feb 14: St. Valentine’s Day
Feb 16: Delhi Police Day
Feb 20: Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram Day Feb 28: National Science Day
Feb 29: National Narcotics Day, Birth anniversary of Morarji Desai

MARCH

March 3: National Defence Day
March 4: National Security Day, National Safety Day
March 8: International Women Day
March 9: CISF Raising Day
March 11: Andaman & Nicobar Day
March 12: Mauritius Day; Central Industrial Security Force Day
March 15: World Consumer Day
March 16: National Vaccination Day
March 18: Bi-centenary of Indian Ordinance Factory
March 19: World Disabled Day
March 20: Social Empowerment Memorial Day
March 21: World Forestry Day
March 22: World Day for Water
March 23: World Meteorological Day
March 24: World TB Day
March 26: Bangladesh Liberation Day March 28: National Shipping Day
March 30: Rajasthan Day

APRIL

April 1: Odisha Day
April 5: National Maritime Day
April 7: World Health Day
April 10: Water Resources Day/ National Survey Day
April 11: National Janani Suraksha Day April 13: Jallianwallah Bagh Massacre Day (1919)
April 14: B.R. Ambedkar Remembrance Day, Fire Extinguishing Day
April 15: Himachal Pradesh Day
April 17: World Haemophilia Day April 18: World Heritage Day
April 20: Birth anniversary of Hanniman (Father of Homeopathy)
April 22: World Earth Day
April 23: World Books Day
April 26: World Chernobyl Day

MAY

May 1: International Labour Day (May Day) May 3: International Energy Day; Sun Day May 4: World Press Freedom Day
May 8: International Red Cross Day
May 10: Mother’s Day
May 11: National Technology Day
May 15: International Family Day
May 17: World Telecom Day
May 21: Anti Terrorism Day
May 22: World Biodiversity Day
May 24: Commonwealth Day
May 30: Journalism Day
May 31: World No Tobacco Day

 JUNE

June 1: Pulse Polio Vaccination Day
June 5: World Environment Day
June 9: Death anniversary of Birsa Munda June 12: World Day Against Child Labour June 17: World day to combat Desertification & Drought
June 20: Father’s Day
June 21: International Yoga Day, Antarctic Day
June 26: International Day Against Drug Abuse
June 27: World Diabetes Day

 JULY

July 1: Doctors Day
July 4: American Independence Day
July 11: World Population Day
July 26: Kargil Victory Day
July 27: CRPF Foundation Day
July 28: Van Mahotsva Day

 AUGUST

August 1: World Breast Feeding Day
August 3: Friendship Day (first Sunday of August)
August 4: Heart Transplantation Day
August 6: Hiroshima Day
August 8: Sanskrit Day
August 9: Quit India Movement Day; International Day of Indegenous People August 12 :International Youth Day
August 14 :Pakistan’s Independence Day
August 15 :India’s Independence Day August 20 :Sadbhavna Divas
August 29 :Sports Day

SEPTEMBER

Sept 1: Non-Aligned Day
Sept 5: Teacher’s Day
Sept 8: International Literacy Day
Sept 14: Hindi Day, World first Aid Day
Sept 15: All India Flag Day
Sept 16: World Ozone Day
Sept 21: International Day of Peace; World Alzheimer’s Day
Sept 22: National Rose Day, Welfare Day for Cancer Patients
Sept 24: World Heart Day
Sept 25: Social Justice Day
Sept 27: World Tourism Day
Sept 29: World Heart Day & world Deaf Day

OCTOBER

Oct 1: Internatioinal Day for the Elderly (UN)
Oct 2: Gandhi Jayanti
Oct 3: World Nature Day
Oct 4: World Animal Day
Oct 5: World Habitat Day, World Teachers Day
Oct 6: World Wildlife Day
Oct 8: Indian Airforce Day
Oct 9: World Postal Day
Oct 10: World Mental Health Day, National Post Day
Oct 14: World Standards Day
Oct 16: World Food Day
Oct 17: International Poverty Eradication Day
Oct 20: National Solidarity Day (China attacked India on that day). It was decided to observe 29th October as the National Solidarity Day
Oct 24: United Nations Day
Oct 30: World Thrift Day
Oct 31: National Integration Day (in memory of Indira Gandhi)

NOVEMBER

Nov 1: Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Madya Pradesh, Panjab, Haryana Day
Nov 7: Infant Protection Day, World Cancer Awareness Day
Nov 9: Pravasi Bharatiya Divas/Legal Services Day
Nov 10: Transport Day
Nov 11: Birthday of Abul Kalam Azad
Nov 12: National Public Transmission Day Nov 14: Children’s Day/World Diabetes Day Nov 17: Guru Nank Dev’s Birth Anniversary Nov 19: Citizen’s Day
Nov 25: World Environment Conservation Day, Birth Day of Guru Nanak Dev
Nov 30: Flag Day
Nov 26: National Law Day
Nov 29: International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People
Nov 29: International Day of Solidarity with Palestinian People

DECEMBER

Dec 1: World Aids Day
Dec 3: International Day for Handicapped People. Birth Day of Dr. Rajendra Prasad
Dec 4: Navy Day
Dec 5: Navy Day, Constitution Day
Dec 7: Armed Forces Flag Day
Dec 8: SAARC Day
Dec 9: International Anti-Corruption Day (UN)
Dec 10: Human Rights Day
Dec 11: UNICEF Day
Dec 14: National Energy Conservation Day Dec 18: Minorities Rights Day (India)
Dec 19: Goa’s Liberation Day
Dec 20: Arunachal Pradesh Day
Dec 23: Kisan Divas (Farmer’s Day)
Dec 24: National Consumer Right Day
Dec 25: X-mas Day, Birthday of Atal Bihari Vajpayee