So in order to prepare better, you need to remember this list of Important dates / days of the year. This list will help you learn about Important days of both National and International i.e. India and World.
Important Days / Dates – National and International - India and World
Important days / dates in January:
January 01 : Global family day, Army Medical Corps Establishment Day.
January 06 : World War Orphans Day.
January 08 : African National Congress Foundation day
January 09 : NRI day / Pravasi Bhartiya Divas.
January 10 : World laughter day.
January 11 : death day of Lal Bahadur Shastri
January 12 : National Youth Day, Swami Vivekanand Birthday
January 15 : Army Day.
January 23 : Netaji Subhash Chandra bose birthday.
January 24 : National Girl Child day of India.
January 25 : India Tourism Day Indian Voter Day, International Customs Duty Day.
January 26 : India's Republic Day
January 26 : International Customs day.
January 27 : International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
January 28 : Lala Lajpat Rai birthday
January 28 : Data protection day
January 30 : National Martyrs' Day or Sarvodaya Day
January 30 : World leprosy eradication day.
Important days / dates in February:
February 02 : World Wetlands Day
February 04 : World Cancer day, Srilanka National day, Facebook day.
February 05 : Kashmir Day (in Pakistan)
February 06 : International day against female genital mutilation.
2nd Sunday of February : World Marriage Day.
February 11 : World Day of the Sick
February 12 : Darwin day
February 13 : Sarojini Naydu's birthday, World Radio Day, National Womens day.
February 14 : Valentine’s day
February 20 : World day of social justice
February 21 : International mother language day
February 22 : World Thinking day, World scout day
February 23 : World peace and understanding day
February 24 : Central Excise Day.
February 28 : National Science Day.
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Important days / dates in March:
March 3 : National Defence Day
March 4 : World day of fight against sexual exploitation, National Security / Safety day.
March 8 : International Women's Day.
March 9 : CISF Raising Day.
2nd Thursday of March - World Kidney Day
March 12 : Mauritius Day, Central Industrial Security Force Day.
March 13 : World kidney day, World Rotaract Day.
March 14 : World Pie day.
2nd Monday of March - Commonwealth Day
March 15 :World Disabled Day, World Contact day.
March 15 : World consumer right day.
March 16 : National Vaccination Day.
March 18 : National Ordinance Factories Day
March 20 : World day of theatre for children and young people.
March 20 : International day of Happiness, International day for Francophonie, Word Sparrow day.
Friday of the second full week of March : World Sleep day.
March 21 : World Forestry Day. World Puppetry day. World Poetry day, World Down Syndrome day, International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.
March 22 : World water day.
March 23 :World Meteorological Day, Pakistan Day(Youm-e-pakistan).
March 24 : World T.B. day
March 24 : International day for achievers
March 25 : International day of remembrance-victims of slavery and transatlantic slave trade.
March 26 : Bangladesh Liberation Day, World Purple day (Epilepsy awareness day).
March 27 : World Drama day (World Theater Day)
Important days / dates in April:
April 1 : Orissa Day, April Fools day.
April 2 : World autism awareness day.
April 4 : International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action
April 5 : National Maritime Day.
April 7 : World Health Day.
April 8 : World Romani Day.
April 12 : World Aviation & Cosmonauts Day
April 13 : Jallianwallah Bagh Massacre Day.
April 14 : Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Jayanti.
April 15 : World day of Silence, Day of Dialogue
April 17 : World haemophilia day
April 18 : World Heritage Day.
April 21 : World Creativity and Innovation Day, National Secrataries day, National Civil Services Day
April 22 : World Earth Day.
April 23 : World book and copyright day, World English Language Day.
April 24 : World Lab Animals Day.
April 25 : World Malaria day, Italy Liberation Day
April 26 : World Intellectual Property Day
April 28 : International Worker’s Memorial Day, World day for Safety and Health at work
April 29 : International Dance Day
April 30 : International Jazz Day.
Important days / dates in May
May 1 : International Labour Day (Workers Day), Maharashtra day.
May 3 : Press Freedom Day, International Sun Day, World Asthma Day.
May 4 : Coal miner’s day, International Firefighters’ Day.
May (1st Sunday) : World Laughter Day
May (2nd Sunday) : Mother's Day
May 05 : World Athletics Day, World Midwives day
May 06 : World No Diet Day
May 8 : World Red Cross Day or Red Crescent day, Remembrance and Reconciliation for Lost Lives of Second World War
May 9 : Victory day, 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 14 : World Migratory day
May 15 : International Family day.
May 17 : World Telecommunication Day (Information society day), World Hypertension Day, Wold AIDS Vaccination day, International day against Homophobia and Transphobia
May 18 : World Museum Day
May 20 : World Meteorology Day
May 21 : Anti-terrorism day, National Day for Cultural Development.
May 22 : International Biological Diversity Day
May 24 : Commonwealth Day.
May 25 : World Missing Childrens day
May 29 : International Day of Peacekeepers
May 31 : World Anti-Tobacco Day.
Important days / dates in June:
June 1 : Global Parents Day.
June 4 :International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression.
June 5 : World Environment Day.
June 7 : International level crossing awareness day
June 8 : World ocean day, World Brain Tumor day.
June 12 : World day against child labour
June (3rd Sunday) : Father’s Day.
June 14 : World blood donor day.
June 15 : World Elder Abuse Awareness day.
June 16 : International Integration Day
June 17 : World day to combat desertification and drought.
June 18 : International Picnic Day
June 20 : World Refugee day.
June 21 : World Music day.
June 23 : United Nation’s public service day, International Olympic day.
June 23 : International Widow’s day
June 26 : International day against Drug abuse & Illicit Trafficking, International Day in support of Victims of torture.
Important days / dates in July:
July 1 : National Doctor’s day, World Doctor’s day.
July 2 : World UFO day, World Sports Journalists Day.
July (1st Saturday) : International Day of Cooperatives.
July 4 : American Independence day
July 6 : World Zoonoses Day.
July 7 : Global Forgiveness day, World Chocolate Day.
July 11 : World Population Day.
July 12 : World Malala day
July 18 : Nelson Mendela International day
July 26 : Kargil Victory day or vijay diwas.
July 28 : World Nature conservation day, World Hepatitis Day.
July 29 : International Tiger Day
Important days / dates in August:
August 2 : International Friendship Day.
August 3 : Independence day of Niger
August 5 : Independence day of upper volta
August 6 : Hiroshima Day
August 9 : International day of World’s indigenous people
August 9 :Quit India moment Day and Nagasaki Day.
August 12 : International Youth day.
August 14 : Independence Day of Pakistan.
August 15 : Independence Day of India
August 19 : World Photography day.
August 20 : Sadbhavna Diwas
August 23 : International day for the remembrance of the slave trade and its abolition
August 29 : National Sports Day, Dhyan chand's birthday.
August 30 : Small Industry day.
Important days / dates in September:
September 5 : Teachers' Day (Dr. Radhakrishnan’s birthday)
September 8 :World Literacy Day.
September 14 : Hindi day, World first aid day
September 16 :World Ozone Day. Engineer's day in India
September 21 :Alzheimer's Day, International day of peace
September 25 : Social Justice day
September 26 : Day of the Deaf.
September 27 : World Tourism Day.
Important days / dates in October:
October 1 : International day of the Older person
October 2 : Mahatma Gandhi birthday, International day of non-violence
October 3 :World Habitat Day, World nature day
October 4 :World Animal Welfare Day.
October 5 : World Teacher’s day.
October 6 : World Wildlife day, World Food Security day.
October 8 : Indian Air Force Day.
October 9 : World Post Office day.
October 10 : National Post Day, World Mental health day.
October 11 : International girl child day
October 12 : World Arthritis day, World Sight day.
October 13 :UN International Day for National disaster reduction (World Calamity Control day)
October 14 :World Standards Day.
October 15 : World White Cane Day( guiding the Blind)
October 16 : World Food Day.
October 17 : International day for the eradication of poverty (International Poverty day).
October 20 : World statistics day, National Solidarity Day
October 24 : UN Day, World development information Day.
October 30 :World Thrift Day.
October 31 : Rastriya Ekta Diwas (in memory of Sardar Patel), National Integration Day (In memory of Indira Gandhi)
Important Days / Dates in November:
November 1 : World vegan day
November 5 : World Radiography day.
November 7 : Infant Protection day, World Cancer Awareness Day
November 9 : Legal services day.
November 10 : Transport day.
November 14 : Children's Day in India, Jawaharlal Nehru birthday, World Diabetes day.
November 16 : International day for Endurance
November 17 : World Student day, National Journalism day, Guru Nanak Dev birthday
November 18 : World Adult day.
November 19 : World Citizen day.
November 20 : Africa Industrialization Day, Universal children day.
November 21 : World Television day, World Fisheries day.
November 25 : World Non-veg day.
November 26 : Law day
November 29 : International Day of Solidarity with Palestinian People.
November 30 : Flag day.
Important Days / Dates in December:
December 1 : World Aids Day.
December 2 : World Computer literacy day, International day of abolition of slavery
December 3 : International day of People with disabilities, World conservation day
December 4 : Navy Day.
December 5 : International volunteer day for economic and social development.
December 7 :Armed Forces Flag Day, International civil aviation day.
December 9 : The International day against corruption.
December 10 :Human Right Day.
December 11 : International Mountain day, UNICEF day
December 14 : International Energy conservation day.
December 18 : International Migrants day.
December 19 : Goa’s liberation day.
December 20 : International Human solidarity.
December 23 :Kisan Divas Farmer's Day).
December 29 : International Bio-diversity day
So this is the collection of Important days and dates of whole year for India and the World.
