List of National and International days

No  Month and date  Special Days
                                        Important Days in January
1 Jan 1 Army Medical Corps Establishment Day
2 Jan 8 African National Congress Foundation Day
3 Jan 9 Pravasi Bharatiya Divas, NRI Day
4 Jan 10 World Laughter Day (first celebration)
5 Jan 11 Death anniversary of Lal Bahadur Shastri
6 Jan 12 National youth Day (Birth Day of Swami Vivekanand)
7 Jan 15 Army Day
8 Jan 23 Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose’s birth anniversary
9 Jan 25 India Tourism Day, National Voters day
10 Jan 26 Indian Republic Day,  Australia Day, International Customs Day
11 Jan 28 Birth anniversary of Lala Lajpat Rai
12 Jan 30 (Martyr’s day) Mahatma Gandhi’s Martyrdom Day;World Leprosy Eradication Day
13 Jan Last Sunday of Jan
  Inportant Days in February
1 Feb 2 World Wetlands Day
2 Feb 4 National Day of Srilanka, World Cancer Day
3 Feb 5 Kashmir Day (Organised by Pakistan)
4 Feb 13 Sarojini Naidu’s Birth Anniversary
5 Feb 14 St. Valentine’s Day
6 Feb 23 Digital Learning Day
7 Feb 24 Central Exise Day
8 Feb 28 National Science Day
  Important Days in March
1 Mar 3 National Defence Day, World Wildlife Day
2 Mar 4 National Security Day
3 Mar 8 International Women’s Day
4 Mar 10 CISF Raising Day
5 Mar 12 Mauritius Day
6 Mar 15 World Consumer Day
7 Mar 16 National Vaccination Day
8 Mar 18 Ordnance Factories Day (India)
9 Mar 21 World Forestry Day,  Harmony Day(Australia)
10 Mar 22 World Day of Water
11 Mar 23 World Meterological Day
12 Mar 24 World TB Day
13 Mar 26 Bangaladesh Liberation Day
  Important Days in April
1 April 1 Orissa Day
2 April 5 Indian Meritime Day
3 April 7 World Health Day
4 April 11 National Safe Motherhood Day
5 April 13 Jallianwallah Bagh Massacre Day (1919)
6 April 14 B.R. Ambedkar Remembrance Day
7 April 17 World Haemophilia Day
8 April 18 World Heritage Day
9 April 21 National Civil Service Day
10 April 22 World Earth Day
11 April 23 World Books Day
12 April 24 Panchayat Raj Day
13 Apr 25 Anzac Day Australia
14 April 26 World Intellectual Property Day
  Important Days in May
1 May 1 International Labour Day, Maharashtra Day
2 May 3 International Press Freedom day; International Energy Day
3 May 4 Coal Miners Day
4 May May 2nd Sunday  Mother’s Day
5 May 7 Worlds AIDS Orphans day
6 May 8 International Red Cross Day  , World Thalassaemia Day
7 May 11 National Technology Day
8 May 12 International Nurses Day
9 May 15 International Family Day
10 May 17 World Telecom Day, World Hypertension Day;
11 May 18 International Museums Day
12 May 22 International Bio Diversity Day
13 May 23 World Turtle Day
14 May 24 Commonwealth Day
15 May 25 Worlds Thyroid Day
16 May 29 International Day of UN Peace Keepers
17 May 30 Hindi Journalism Day
18 May 31 World No Tobacco Day
  Important Days in June
1 June 1 World Milk Day (FAO)
2 Jun 4 International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression.
3 June 5 World Environment Day
4 June 8 World Oceans Day
5 June 12 World Day Against Child Labour / Child Labour Prohibition Day
6 June 14 World Blood Donor Day
7 June 15 World Elder Abuse Awareness Day
8 June 17 World Day to Combat Desertification
9 June 20 World Refugee Day
10 June 21 International Day of Yoga, World Music Day
11 June 23 United Nations Public Service Day
12 June June 3rd Sunday: Father’s Day
13 June 26 International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking
14 June 29 National Statistics Day
  Important Days in July
1 July 1 National Doctor’s Day, Canada Day
2 July 2 World UFO Day
3 July 4 American Independence Day
4 Jul 6 World Zoonoses Day
5 July 7 International Day of Cooperatives, Global Forgiveness Day
6 July 11 World Population Day
7 July 17 World Day for International Justice
8 July 18 Mandela Day
9 July 26 Kargil Victory Day
10 July 27 Central Reserve Police Force Foundation Day
11 July 28 World Hepatitis Day
  Important Days in August
1 Aug 6 Hiroshima Day, International Friendship Day.
2 Aug 7 National Handloom Day
3 Aug 8 Quit India Movement Day
4 Aug 9 World’s Indigenous Peoples
5 Aug 12 International youth Day
6 Aug 14 Pakistan’s Independence Day
7 Aug 15 India’s Independence Day
8 Aug 19 World Photography Day
9 Aug 20 Sadbhavana Diwas
10 Aug 29 National Sports Day of India (Dhyanchand’s Birth Day)
11 Aug 30 Small Industry Day
  Important Days in September
1 Sept 1st Sunday of September (Australia)
2 Sep 2 Coconut Day
3 Sept 5 Teacher’s Day (Dr. Radhakrishnan’s Birth Day)
4 Sept 8 International Literacy Day
5 Sept 9 World First Aid Day
6 Sept 14 Hindi day
7 Sept 15 Engineers’ Day
8 Sept 16 World Ozone Day
9 Sept 21 International Day of Peace, World Alzheimer’s day
10 Sept 24 Day of the Deaf
11 Sept 27 World Tourism Day
  Important Days in October
1 Oct 1 International Day for the Elderly(UN)
2 Oct 2 Gandhi Jayanti, International Day of Non-Violence,World Habitat Day
3 Oct 4 World Animal Day
4 Oct 5 World Teacher’s Day
5 Oct 8 Indian Air-force day
6 Oct 10 World Postal Day, World Mental Health day;National Post Day
7 Oct 11 International Girl Child Day
8 Oct 12 World Sight day
9 Oct 13 World Calamity Control Day(UN)
10 Oct 14 World Standard Day
11 Oct 15 World White cane day(guiding the blind)
12 Oct 16 World Food Day
13 Oct 17 International poverty Day
14 Oct 18 Diwali
15 Oct 20 National Solidarity Day (China attacked India on that day)
16 Oct 24 United Nations Day
17 Oct 30 World Thrift Day
18 Oct 31 Rastriya Ekta Diwas (Sardar Patel)
  Important Days in November
1 Nov 5 World Tsunami Awareness Day
2 Nov 7 Infant Protection day
3 Nov 9 Legal Service Day
4 Nov 10 World Science Day for Peace Development
5 Nov 11 National Education Day
6 Nov 13 World Kindness Day
7 Nov 14 Children’s day; World Diabetics day
8 Nov 19 National Integration Day
9 Nov 20 Africa Industrialization Day.
10 Nov 21 World Fisheries Day; World Television Day
11 Nov 26 National Law Day
12 Nov 29 International Day of Solidarity with Palestinian People.
  Important Days in December
1 Dec 1 World AIDS Day
2 Dec 3 World Disability Day
3 Dec 4 Navy Day
4 Dec 7 Armed Force Flag Day
5 Dec 10 Human Rights day
6 Dec 11 UNICEF Day
7 Dec 14 National Energy Conservation Day
8 Dec 19 Goa’s Liberation day
9 Dec 22 National Mathematics Day
10 Dec 23 Kisan Divas (Farmer’s Day)
11 Dec 25 Christmas Day

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