Important Days & Dates
Important Days & Dates (January - April)
JANUARY
1 January – Global Family Day
4 January – World Braille Day
9 January – NRI day / Pravasi Bharatiya Divas
10 January – World Hindi Day
12 January – National youth day
15 January – Army Day
23 January – Birth anniversary of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose
24 January – National Girl Child Day
25 January – National Voters Day
26 January – International Customs Day
26 January – Republic Day
26 January – International Customs day
27 January – International Day of Commemoration in memory of the victims of the
Holocaust
28 January – Birth anniversary of Lala Lajpat Rai
28 January – Data Protection Day
30 January – World Leprosy Eradication Day
FEBRUARY
2 February – World Wetlands Day
4 February – World Cancer Day
5 February – Kashmir Day
6 February – International day of Zero Tolerance to female genital mutilation
11 February – International day Women and girls in Science
12 February – National Productivity Day
13 February – World Radio Day
20 February – World Day of Social Justice
21 February – International Mother language day
22 February – World Thinking day
22 February – World Scout Day
23 February – World Peace and Understanding Day
28 February – National Science Day
MARCH
1 March – World Civil Defence Day
3 March – World Wildlife Day
3 March – World Hearing Day
4 March – World Day of the Fight Against Sexual Exploitation
8 March – International Women’s Day
12 March – Commonwealth Day
15 March – World Consumer Rights Day
20 March – International Day of Happiness
21 March – International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
21 March – International Day of Forests
21 March – World Down Syndrome Day
21 March – World Poetry Day
22 March – World Water Day
23 March – World Meteorological Day
24 March – World Tuberculosis Day
25 March – International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the
Transatlantic Slave Trade
27 March – World Theatre Day 2018
APRIL
2 April – World Autism Awareness Day
4 April – National Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine action
5 April – National Maritime Day
7 April – World Health Day
10 April – World Homeopathy Day
11 April – National Safe Motherhood Day
11 April – National Pet Day
17 April – World Hemophilia Day
18 April – World Heritage Day
19 April – World Liver Day
21 April – Civil Services Day
22 April – World Earth Day
23 April – World Book and Copyright Day
24 April – National Panchayati Raj Day
25 April – World Malaria Day
26 April – World Intellectual Property Day
28 April – World Day for Safety and Health at Work
28 April – World Veterinary Day
29 April – International Dance Day
30 April – Ayushman Bharat Diwas
Important Days & Dates (May-August)
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MAY
1 May – International Labour Day
1 May – World Asthma Day
3 May – World Press Freedom Day
8 May – World Red Cross Day
11 May – National Technology Day
12 May – International Nurses Day
15 May – International Day of Families
17 May – World hypertension day
17 May – International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia
17 May – World Telecommunication and Information Society Day
18 May – International Museum Day
21 May – Anti-Terrorism Day
22 May – International Day for Biological Diversity
29 May – International Day of UN Peacekeepers
31 May – Anti-Tobacco Day
JUNE
3 June – World Bicycle Day
5 June – World Environment Day
8 June – World Oceans Day
12 June – World Day Against Child Labour
13 June – International Albinism Awareness Day
14 June – World Blood Donors
15 June – World Elder Abuse Awareness Day
17 June – World Day to Combat Desertification
20 June – World Refugee Day
21 June – International Day of Yoga
23 June – United Nations Public Service Day
25 June – Day of the Seafarer
26 June – International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking
27 June – International Diabetes Day
29 June – National Statistics Day
JULY
1 July – National Doctors’ Day
7 July – International Day of Cooperatives
11 July – World Population Day
17 July – World Day for International Justice
18 July – Nelson Mandela International Day
28 July – World Hepatitis Day
28 July – World Nature Conservation Day
30 July – World Day against Trafficking in Persons
AUGUST
9 August – International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples
12 August – International Youth Day
15 August – Independence Day
19 August – World Humanitarian Day
21 August – World senior citizen day
23 August – International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition
29 August – National Sports Day (Birthday of Dhyan Chand)
Important Days & Dates (September-December)
SEPTEMBER
2 September – World Coconut Day
5 September – Teacher’s Day (Dr. Radhakrishnan’s Birth Day)
8 September – World Literacy Day
14 September – Hindi day, World First Aid Day
15 September – International Day of Democracy
16 September – International Day for Preservation
16 September – World Ozone Day
21 September – International Day of Peace
21 September – World Alzheimer’s Day
23 September – International Day of Sign Languages
25 September – Social Justice Day
27 September – World Maritime Day
27 September – World Tourism Day
28 September – World Rabies Day
29 September – World Heart Day
30 September – International Translation Day
OCTOBER
1 October – International Day of Older Persons
2 October – International day of Non-Violence
3 October – World Nature Day, World Habitat Day
5 October – World Teacher's Day
8 October – Indian Airforce Day
9 October – World Post Day
10 October – World Mental Health Day
11 October – International Day of the Girl Child
13 October – International Day for Disaster Reduction
14 October – International Standards Day
15 October – International Day of Rural Women
16 October – World Food Day
17 October – International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
20 October – World Osteoporosis Day
20 October – World Statistics Day
24 October – United Nations Day
24 October – World Polio Day
27 October – World Day for Audiovisual Heritage
31 October – Rashtriya Ekta Diwas (National Unity Day)
NOVEMBER
5 November – World tsunami day
5 November – World Radiography Day
7 November – National Cancer Awareness Day
9 November – Legal Services Day
14 November – Children’s Day; Diabetes Day
17 November – National Epilepsy Day
17 November – National Journalism Day
20 November – Africa Industrialization Day
21 November – World Television Day
29 November – International Day of Solidarity with Palestinian People
DECEMBER
1 December – World AIDS Day
2 December – World Computer Literacy Day
2 December – International Day for the Abolition of Slavery
2 December – National Pollution Control Day
3 December – World Day of the Handicapped
3 December – World Conservation Day
4 December – Indian Navy Day
6 December – Ambedkar Remembrance Day ( Mahaparinirvana diwas)
7 December – Indian Armed Forces Flag Day
9 December – The International Day Against Corruption
10 December – Human Rights Day; International Day of Broadcasting
11 December – International Mountain Day
14 December – World Energy Conservation Day
16 December – Vijay Diwas
18 December – Minorities Rights Day (India)
19 December – Goa’s Liberation Day
20 December – International Human Solidarity Day
22 December – National Mathematics Day
23 December – Kisan Divas (Farmer’s Day) (India)
24 December – National Consumers Day
25 December – Christmas Day
