List of Important Days and Dates of the year

List of Important Days and Dates

In this section, we are sharing the complete list of important days and dates of the year. This post is very important from an exam point of view especially for SSC CGL, SSC CHSL, SSC GD Constable, SSC MTS, RRB Group D, RRB NTPC, WBSSC SLST PT, WBPSC, WBCS Main Exams.

Usually, 2-3 questions from important days and dates can be seen in every competitive or government exams. So, It is a very important topic for those students who are honestly preparing for the government exams.

List of Important Days and Dates

For better preparation, you need to remember this list of important dates and days of the year. Here is the month-wise list of important national and international days and dates.

Dates	Days
1-January	New Year's Day, Global Family Day
4-January	World Braille Day
6-January	World War Orphans Day, National Technology Day
9-January	Pravasi Bhartiya Diwas(NRI Day)
10-January	World Hindi Day
11-January	National Human Trafficking Awareness Day, National Road Safety Week
12-January	National Youth Day
13-January	Lohri Day
15-January	Indian Army day
18-January	National Immunization Day (Polio Day)
23-January	Netaji Subash Chandra Bose Jayanti
25-January	National Voters day, National Tourism Day
26-January	India’s Republic Day International Customs Day Indian Tourism Day
27-January	International Day of Commemoration
30-January	Martyrs’ Day
31-January (Last Sunday)	World Leprosy Eradication Day
2-February	World Wetlands Day
4-February	World Cancer Day
6-February	International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation
5-February	Safer Internet Day (second day of the second week of February)
10-February	National De-worming Day
11-February	International Day of Women and Girls in Science
12-February	National Productivity Day
13-February	World Radio Day, National Women's Day (Birth Date of Sarojini Naidu)
14-February	Valentine Day
20-February	World Day of Social Justice
21-February	International Mother Language Day
24-February	Central Excise Day
27-February	World NGO Day
28-February	National Science Day
1-March	Zero Discrimination Day World Civil Defence Day
3-March	World Wildlife Day World Hearing Day
4-March	National Security Day
8-March	International Women’s Day
11-March	World Kidney Day
14-March	International Day of Action for Rivers
15-March	World Consumer Rights Day
18-March	Ordnance Factories Day (India)
20-March	International Day of Happiness World Sparrow day
21-March	World Forestry Day World Down Syndrome Day World Poetry Day
22-March	World Day for Water Bihar Day
23-March	World Meteorological Day
24-March	World TB Day
27-March	World Theatre Day
10-March	(Second Wednesday of March): No Smoking Day
14-March	(Second Thursday of March): World Kidney Day
1-April	Utkal Diwas
2-April	World Autism Awareness Day
4-April	International Day for Mine Awareness
5-April	National Maritime Day
7-April	World Health Day
10-April	World Homeopathy Day
11-April	National Safe Motherhood Day National Pet Day
13-April	Jallianwala Bagh Massacre
17-April	World Haemophilia Day
18-April	World Heritage Day
19-April	World Liver Day
21-April	Secretaries’ Day Civil Services Day
22-April	Earth Day
23-April	World Book and Copyright Day
24-April	National Panchayati Day
25-April	World Malaria Day
26-April	World Intellectual Property Day
27-April	World Veterinary Day
28-April	World Day for Safety and Health at Work
29-April	International Dance Day
30-April	Ayushman Bharat Diwas
1-May	Workers’ Day (International Labour Day) Maharashtra Day
2-May	(1st Sunday): World Laughter Day
3-May	Press Freedom Day
4-May	1st Tuesday): World Asthma Day
4-May	Coal Miners’ Day International Firefighters Day
7-May	World Athletics Day
8-May	World Red Cross Day; World Thalassaemia Day
9-May	(2nd Sunday): Mother’s Day
11-May	National Technology Day
12-May	International Nurses Day
15-May	International Day of the Family
17-May	World Telecommunication Day World Hypertension Day
18-May	World AIDS Vaccine Day International Museum Day
21-May	National Anti-Terrorism Day
22-May	International Day for Biological Diversity
24-May	Commonwealth Day
31May	Anti-tobacco Day
1-June	World Milk Day
3-June	World Bicycle Day
4-June	International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression
5-June	World Environment Day
7-June	World Food Safety Day
8-June	World Ocean Day World Brain Tumour Day
12-June	Anti-Child Labor Day
13-June	International Albinism Awareness Day
14-June	World Blood Donor Day
15-June	World Wind Day
20-June	World Refugee Day
20-June	(3rd Sunday): Father’s Day
21-June	International day of yoga World Music Day World Hydrography Day
23-June	United Nations Public Service Day, International Olympic Day
26-June	International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking
1-July	Doctor’s Day
6-July	World Zoonoses Day
11-July	World Population Day
17-July	World Day for International Justice
18-July	International Nelson Mandela Day
28-July	World Hepatitis Day
6-August	Hiroshima Day
8-August	(1st Sunday): International Friendship Day
9-August	Quit India Day Nagasaki Day IntI. Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples
12-August	International Youth Day
15-August	Indian Independence Day
15-August	Sanskrit Day (Date may vary every year as it is celebrated on the Shrawan Poornima on Full Moon day according to the Hindu Calendar)
19-August	Photography Day; World Humanitarian Day
29-August	National Sports Day
2-September	Coconut Day
5-September	Teachers’ Day
8-September	International Literacy Day
14-September	Hindi Diwas
15-September	Engineers’ Day International Day of Democracy
16-September	World Ozone Day International Day for Preservation
21-September	Alzheimer’s Day; Day for Peace & Non-violence (UN)
22-September	Rose Day (Welfare of cancer patients)
23-September	International Day of Sign Languages
26-September	Day of the Deaf; World Contraception Day
26-September	(fourth Sunday of September): world rivers day
27-September	World Tourism Day; World Maritime Day
29-September	World Heart Day
30-September	International Translation Day
1-October	International Day for the Elderly
2-October	Gandhi Jayanthi International Day of Non-Violence
4-October	(first Monday): World Habitat Day
4-October	World Animal Welfare Day
5-October	World Teacher's Day
8-October	Indian Air Force Day
9-October	World Post Office Day
10-October	National Post Day World Mental Health Day
11-October	National Girl Child Day
13-October	UN International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction
14-October	World Standards Day
14-October	(2nd Thursday): World Sight Day
15-October	World Students Day; World White Cane Day (guiding the blind)
16-October	World Food Day
24-October	UN Day World Development Information Day
30-October	World Thrift Day
31-October	National Unity Day
5-November	World tsunami day
7-November	National Cancer Awareness Day
9-November	Legal Services Day
14-November	Children’s Day Diabetes Day
17-November	National Epilepsy Day
20-November	Africa Industrialization Day
21-November	World Television Day
29-November	International Day of Solidarity with Palestinian People
1-December	World AIDS Day
2-December	National Pollution Control
3-December	World Day of the Handicapped
4-December	Indian Navy Day
7-December	Indian Armed Forces Flag Day
10-December	Human Rights Day;
11-December	International Mountain Day
14-December	World Energy Conservation Day
16-December	Vijay Diwas
18-December	Minorities Rights Day (India)
22-December	National Mathematics Day
23-December	Kisan Divas (Farmer’s Day) (India)
24-December	National Consumers Day
25-December	Christmas Day

List of Important Days and Dates of the year