Important Days

 

January 9
NRI Day

January 10
World Laughter Day

January 12
National Youth Day

January 15
Army day

January 25
National Voters day

January 26
India’s Republic Day, International Customs Day

January 30
Martyrs’ Day; World Leprosy Eradication Day

2nd Sunday of February
World Marriage Day

February 14
Valentine Day

February 24
Central Excise Day

February 28
National Science Day

Second Monday March
Commonwealth Day

March 8
International Women’s Day; Intl. literacy Day

March 15
World Disabled Day; World Consumer Rights Day

March 18
Ordnance Factories Day (India)

March 21
World Forestry Day; International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

March 22
World Day for Water

March 23
World Meteorological Day

March 24
World TB Day

April 5
International Day for Mine Awareness; National Maritime Day

April 7
World Health Day

April 17
World Haemophilia Day

April 18
World Heritage Day

April 21
Secretaries’ Day

April 22
Earth Day

April 23
World Book and Copyright Day

May 1
Workers’ Day (International Labour Day)

May 3
Press Freedom Day; World Asthma Day

May 2^nd Sunday
Mother’s Day

May 4
Coal Miners’ Day

May 8
World Red Cross Day

May 9
World Thalassaemia Day

May 11
National Technology Day

May 12
World Hypertension Day; International Nurses Day

May 15
International Day of the Family

May 17
World Telecommunication Day

May 24
Commonwealth Day

May 31
Anti-tobacco Day

June 4
International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression

June 5
World Environment Day

June 3^rd Sunday
Father’s Day

June 14
World Blood Donor Day

June 26
International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking

July 1
Doctor’s Day

July 6
World Zoonoses Day

July 11
World Population Day

August 3
International Friendship Day

August 6
Hiroshima Day

August 8
World Senior Citizen’s Day

August 9
Quit India Day, Nagasaki Day

August 15
Indian Independence Day

August 18
IntI. Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples

August 19
Photography Day

August 29
National Sports Day

September 2
Coconut Day

September 5
Teachers’ Day ; Sanskrit Day

September 8
World Literacy Day (UNESCO)

September 15
Engineers’ Day

September 16
World Ozone Day

September 21
Alzheimer’s Day; Day for Peace & Non-violence (UN)

September 22
Rose Day (Welfare of cancer patients)

September 26
Day of the Deaf

September 27
World Tourism Day

October 1
International Day for the Elderly

October 2
Gandhi Jayanthi

October 3
World Habitat Day

October 4
World Animal Welfare Day

October 8
Indian Air Force Day

October 9
World Post Office Day

October 10
National Post Day

October 2^nd Thursday
World Sight Day

October 13
UN International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction

October 14
World Standards Day

October 15
World White Cane Day (guiding the blind)

October 16
World Food Day

October 24
UN Day; World Development Information Day

October 30
World Thrift Day

November 9
Legal Services Day

November 14
Children’s Day; Diabetes Day

November 17
National Epilepsy Day

November 20
Africa Industrialization Day

November 29
International Day of Solidarity with Palestinian People

December 1
World AIDS Day

December 3
World Day of the Handicapped

December 4
Indian Navy Day

December 7
Indian Armed Forces Flag Day

December 10
Human Rights Day; IntI. Children’s Day of Broadcasting

December 18
Minorities Rights Day (India)

December 23
Kisan Divas (Farmer’s Day) (India)

December 25
Christmas Day