Important Days and Dates, National & International Days Month-Wise

To stay aware about the festival and holidays it is important to know about the popular days and dates and their significance. In some competitive exams in India like; SSC CGL, IBPS Bank Exams, Railway Exam and others have asked general awareness questions related to important days and dates. Staying aware about all these important days and events will help aspirants to secure good marks in the exam. If you want to clear your exam with 100% accuracy this list might help you.

The list of Important national and international days and dates covered in this article can be read at a glance and help you to improve your general knowledge.

Important Days and Dates – National & International

Every month has important days and events to celebrate, remember or honour things that have happened. Here you will get the month-wise list of important days and dates observed nationally and internationally. The list of important days and dates are covered from January to December. Check the dates with month wise list below:

Important Days and Dates in January

List of Important Days in January
1st January	New Year’s Day, Army Medical Corps Establishment Day, Global family day, World Peace Day
4th January	International World Braille Day
6th January	World War Orphans Day
8th January	African National Congress Foundation Day
9th January	Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas
10th January	World Hindi Day
11th January	National Human Trafficking Awareness Day (India)
12th January	National Youth Day (India)
15th January	Army Day (India)
17^th January	World Religion Day
23rd January	Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose’s Birthday
24th January	National Girl Child Day
25th January	India Tourism Day,National Voters Day
26th January	Republic Day of India, International Customs day
27th January	International Holocaust Day, International Day of Commemoration
28th January	Birth Anniversary of Lala Lajpat Rai
28th January	Data protection day
30th January	Mahatma Gandhi’s Martyrdom Day (Martyr’s day), World Neglected Tropical Diseases, World Leprosy Eradication Day (Last Sunday of January)

Important Days & Dates in February

List of Important Days in February
1st February	Indian Coast Guard Day
2nd February	World Wetlands Day
4th February	World Cancer Day
4th February	National Day of Sri Lanka
6th February	International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation
7th February	International Development Week
9^th February	Safer Internet Day
10^th February	National De-Worming Day
11th February	International Day of Women and Girls in Science, World Day of the Sick
2nd Sunday of February	World Marriage Day
12th February	Darwin Day, National Productivity Day, Abraham Lincoln’s Birthday
13th February	World Radio Day (UNESCO), National Women’s Day
14th February	Saint Valentine’s Day
18th February	Taj Mahotsav
20th February	World Day of Social Justice
21st February	International Mother Language Day
22nd February	World Scout Day
23rd February	World Peace and Understanding day
24th February	Central Excise Day
27 February	World NGO Day, World Sustainable Energy Day
28 February	National Science Day
28 / 29 February	Rare Disease Day

Important Days & Dates in March

List of Important Days in March
1st March	Zero Discrimination Day, World Civil Defence Day
3rd March	World Wildlife Day, World Hearing Day
4th March	World Day of the Fight Against Sexual Exploitation, National Security Day
8 March	International Women’s Day
10 March	CISF Raising Day
11 March	World Kidney Day
13 March	No Smoking Day (Second Wednesday of March)
14 March	International Day of Action for Rivers
15 March	World Consumer Rights Day
16 March	National Vaccination 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 Water Day
23rd March	World Meteorological Day
24 March	World Tuberculosis Day
27 March	World Theatre Day

Important Days & Dates in April

List of Important Days in April
1 April	Orissa Day
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	Jallianwallah Bagh Massacre Day
15 April	World Art Day
17 April	World Haemophilia Day
18 April	World Heritage Day
21 April	National Civil Service Day, National Administrative Professionals Day
22 April	World 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
28 April	World Day for Safety and Health at Work, World Veterinary Day
29 April	International Dance Day
30 April	Ayushman Bharat Diwas

Important Days & Dates in May

List of Important Days in May
1 May	International Labour Day
2 May	International Astronomy Day
3 May	Press Freedom Day
4 May	World Asthma Day
May (2nd Sunday)	Mother’s Day
8 May	World Red Cross Day, World Thalassemia Day
9 May	World Migratory Bird Day
10 May	World Mother Day
11 May	National Technology Day (India)
12 May	International Nurses day
14 May	World Migratory day
15 May	International Day of the Family
16 May	Dengue Prevention Day (India)
17 May	World Telecommunication Day, World Information Society Day
18 May	International Museum Day
21 May	World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development, Anti-terrorism day
23 May	World Turtle Day
24 May	Commonwealth Day
28 May	International Day of Action for Women’s Health
29 May	International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers
31 May	Anti-Tobacco Day

Important Days & Dates in June

List of Important Days in June
1 June	World Milk Day
2 June	International Sex Workers Day, Telangana Formation 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, International level crossing awareness day
8 June	World Oceans Day, World Brain Tumour Day
12 June	World Day Against Child Labour
14 June	World Blood Donor Day
15 June	World Elder Abuse Awareness Day
17 June	World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought
18 June	Autistic Pride Day
19 June	World Fathers’ Day (Every 3rd Sunday of June), World Sickle Cell Awareness Day, World Sauntering Day
20 June	World Refugee Day
21 June	World Hydrography Day, International Yoga Day, World Music day
June (3rd Sunday)	Father’s Day
23 June	International Olympic Day, United Nations Public Service Day, International Widow’s Day
26 June	International Day against, Drug Abuse & Illicit Trafficking
27 June	World Diabetes Day
29 June	National Statistics Day
30 June	World Asteroid Day

Important Days & Dates in July

List of Important Days in July
1 July	National Doctor’s Day, National Postal Worker Day
2 July	World UFO Day, World Sports Journalists Day
July (1st Saturday)	International Cooperative Day
4 July	American Independence day
6 July	World Zoonoses Day
11 July	World Population Day
12 July	World Malala Day
15 July	World Youth Skills Day
17 July	World Day for International Justice
18 July	Nelson Mandela International Day
28 July	World Nature conservation day, World Hepatitis Day, World nature Day
29 July	International Tiger Day
30 July	International Day of Friendship

Important Days & Dates in August

List of Important Days in August
1 August	Clergy Sexual Abuse Awareness Day
2 August	International Friendship Day
3 August	Independence day of Niger
5 August	Independence day of upper Volta
6 August	Hiroshima Day
9 August	International day of World’s indigenous people, Quit India Day, Nagasaki Day
10 August	World Biofuel Day, World Lion Day
12 August	International Youth day
14 August	Independence Day of Pakistan
15 August	Independence Day of India
19 August	World Photography day
20 August	World Mosquito Day, Sadbhavna Diwas
23 August	International Day for the remembrance of the slave trade and its abolition
29 August	International Day against Nuclear Tests, National Sports Day
30 August	National Small Industry Day

Important Days & Dates in September

List of Important Days in September
2 September	World Coconut Day
5 September	Teachers Day (India)
8 September	World Literacy Day
14 September	Hindi Day, World First Air Day
15 September	Engineer’s day (India)
16 September	World Ozone Day
19 September	International Talk Like a Pirate Day
21 September	Alzheimer’s Day, International day of peace
22 September	World Rhino Day
25 September	Social Justice day
26 September	Day of the Deaf
27 September	World Tourism Day
28 September	Right to Know Day
30 September	International Blasphemy Rights Day

Important Days & Dates in October

List of Important Days in October
1 October	International day of the Older person
2 October	Mahatma Gandhi birthday, International day of non-violence
3 October	World Habitat Day, World nature day
4 October	World Animal Welfare Day
5 October	World Teacher’s day
6 October	World Wildlife Day, World Food Security day
8 October	Indian Air Force Day
9 October	World Post Office day
10 October	National Post Day
11 October	International girl child day
12 October	World Arthritis day
13 October	World Day for Natural Disaster Reduction
14 October	World 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 Statistics Day
24 October	United Nations Day, World Development Information Day
27 October	World Day for Audiovisual Heritage
28 October	National Ayurveda Day
30 October	World Thrift Day
31 October	National Unity Day

Important Days in November

List of Important Days in November
1 November	World vegan day
2 November	International Journalist’s Remembrance Day
5 November	World Radiography day
6 November	International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict
7 November	Infant Protection day, World Cancer Awareness Day
9 November	World services day
10 November	World Immunization Day
14 November	Children’s Day (India)
16 November	International day for Endurance, National Press Day
17 November	World Students Day, National Journalism Day
18 November	World Adult Day, World Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Day
19 November	World Citizen day, International Men’s Day
20 November	Africa Industrialization Day, Universal Children’s day, Transgender Day of Remembrance
21 November	World Television day, World Fisheries day
25 November	World Non-veg day
26 November	National Law Day, National Milk Day, Constitution Day
29 November	International Day of Solidarity with Palestinian People
30 November	Flag day

Important Days in December

List of Important Days in December
1 December	World Aids Day
2 December	World Computer Literacy DayInternational day of Abolition of Slavery
3 December	International Day of Disabled Persons, World conservation day
4 December	Indian Navy Day
5 December	International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development
7 December	Armed Forces Flag Day, International Civil Aviation Day
9 December	The International Day Against Corruption
10 December	Human Right Day, International Animal Rights Day
11 December	International Mountain day
14 December	International Energy day
18 December	International Migrants day
19 December	Goa’s liberation day
20 December	International Human Solidarity Day
22 December	National Mathematics Day
23 December	Kisan Divas
29 December	International Bio-Diversity Day

That’s the month-wise list of important days and days celebrated in India and all over the world.

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