Important days
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Every competitive exam consists of questions which are related to National, International and This Day in History, i.e., the importance of a day. Aspirants preparing for competitive exams sometimes forget to prepare for important days or the history related to these days.
Here we are sharing the list of Important Days. This ist consists of all the important days in one place. Also, the list will help you to easily prepare for the questions based on important national & international days.
Through this, you can score better in competitive exams and can earn good marks in aggregate score.
Important Days in January:
| Date | Day |
| January 01 | English New Year, Army Medical Corps Establishment Day, Global family day, World Peace Day |
| January 04 | World Braille Day |
| January 06 | World War Orphans Day |
| January 08 | African National Congress Foundation Day |
| January 09 | Pravasi Bharatiya Divas NRI Day |
| January 10 | World Laughter Day, World Hindi Day |
| January 11 | Death anniversary of Lal Bahadur Shastri |
| January 12 | National Youth Day (Birth Day of Swami Vivekanand) |
| January 13 | Guru Gobind Singh Jayanti |
| January 14 | Lohri |
| January 15 | Army Day (Field Marshall K.M. Cariappa took over the command of Army on this day in 1949 from the British), Pongal, Makar Sankranti |
| January 23 | Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose's birth anniversary |
| January 25 | International Customs Duty Day, India Tourism Day, National Voters Day |
| January 26 | Republic Day |
| January 27 | International Holocaust Day (The largest Nazi death camp, Auschwitz- Birkenau was liberated by Soviet troops on Jan 27, 1945.), International Day of Commemoration |
| January 28 | Birth anniversary of Lala Lajpat Rai |
| January 30 | Mahatma Gandhi's Martyrdom Day (Martyr's day) |
| January (last Sunday) | World Leprosy Eradication Day |
Important Days in February:
| Date | Day |
| February 01 | Surajkund Crafts Mela, Indian Coast Guard Day |
| February 02 | World Wetlands Day, Kala Ghoda Arts Festival |
| February 04 | World Cancer Day, National Day of Sri Lanka |
| February 07 | International Development Week |
| February 12 | Darwin Day, Abraham Lincoln's Birthday |
| February 13 | Sarojini Naidu’s Birth Anniversary |
| February 14 | Saint Valentine's Day |
| February 18 | Taj Mahotsav |
| February 20 | World Day of Social Justice |
| February 21 | International Mother Language Day |
| February 22 | World Scout Day |
| February 24 | Central Excise Day |
| February 27 | World Sustainable Energy Day |
| February 28 | National Science Day |
Important Days in March:
| Date | Day |
| March 01 | Zero Discrimination Day, World Civil Defence Day |
| March 03 | World Wildlife Day, World Hearing Day |
| March 04 | National Safety Day |
| March 08 | International Women's Day, Ramakrishna Jayanti |
| March 10 | CISF Raising Day |
| March 12 | Mauritius Day |
| March 13 | No Smoking Day (Second Wednesday of March) |
| March 14 | Pi Day, International Day of Action for Rivers |
| March 15 | World Consumer Rights Day |
| March 16 | National Vaccination Day |
| March 18 | Ordnance Factories Day (India) |
| March 20 | International Day of Happiness, World Sparrow Day |
| March 21 | World Forestry Day, World Down syndrome Day, World Poetry Day |
| March 22 | World Water Day |
| March 23 | World Meteorological Day |
| March 24 | World Tuberculosis (TB) Day |
| March 27 | World Theatre Day |
Important Days in April:
| Date | Day |
| April 01 | Orissa Day, Prevention of Blindness week |
| April 02 | World Autism Awareness Day |
| April 04 | International Day for Mine Awareness |
| April 05 | National Maritime Day |
| April 07 | World Health Day |
| April 10 | World Homeopathy Day |
| April 11 | National Safe Motherhood Day, National Pet Day |
| April 13 | Jallianwallah Bagh Massacre Day (1919) |
| April 14 | B.R. Ambedkar Remembrance Day |
| April 17 | World Haemophilia Day |
| April 18 | World Heritage Day |
| April 21 | National Civil Service Day, Secretaries' Day |
| April 22 | World Earth Day |
| April 23 | World Book and Copyright Day |
| April 24 | National Panchayati Day |
| April 25 | World Malaria Day |
| April 26 | World Intellectual Property Day |
| April 28 | World Day for Safety and Health at Work, World Veterinary Day |
| April 30 | Ayushman Bharat Diwas |
Important Days in May:
| Date | Day |
| May 01 | International Labour Day or May Day, Maharashtra Day |
| May 03 | Press Freedom Day |
| May 04 | Coal Miners Day, International Firefighter’s Day |
| May 05 | World Laughter Day (first Sunday of May) |
| May 07 | World Asthma Day (First Tuesday of May), World Athletics Day, Rabindranath Tagore Jayanti |
| May 08 | World Red Cross Day, World Thalassaemia Day |
| May 11 | National Technology Day |
| May 12 | Mother's Day (Second Sunday of May), International Nurses Day |
| May 15 | International Day of Families |
| May 17 | World Telecommunication Day, World Hypertension Day, National Endangered Species Day (Third Friday in May) |
| May 18 | World AIDS Vaccine Day, International Museum Day, Armed Forces Day (Third Saturday of the May) |
| May 21 | National Anti-Terrorism Day |
| May 22 | International Day for Biological Diversity |
| May 27 | National Memorial Day (last Monday of May) |
| May 31 | Anti-Tobacco Day |
Important Days in June:
| Date | Day |
| June 01 | World Milk Day, Global Day of Parents |
| June 02 | International Sex Workers Day, Telangana Formation Day |
| June 03 | World Bicycle Day |
| June 04 | International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression |
| June 05 | World Environment Day |
| June 07 | World Food Safety Day |
| June 08 | World Brain Tumour Day, World Oceans Day |
| June 12 | World Day Against Child Labour |
| June 14 | World Blood Donor Day |
| June 15 | World Wind Day, World Elder Abuse Awareness Day |
| 3rd Sunday of June | World Father’s Day |
| June 16 | Martyrdom of Guru Arjan Dev |
| June 17 | World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought (International) |
| June 18 | Autistic Pride Day, International Picnic Day |
| June 19 | World Sickle Cell Awareness Day, World Sauntering Day |
| June 20 | World Refugee Day (International) |
| June 21 | World Music Day, World Hydrography Day, International Yoga Day |
| June 23 | International Olympic Day, United Nations Public Service Day, International Widow's Day |
| June 26 | International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, International Day in Support of Victims of Torture |
| June 30 | Asteroid Day |
Important Days in July:
| Date | Day |
| July 01 | Doctor's Day, National Postal Worker Day, Canada Day, Chartered Accountant's Day(India), National U.S. Postage Stamp Day, National Gingersnap Day |
| July 02 | World UFO Day, National Anisette Day |
| July 03 | National Fried Clam Day |
| July 04 | Independence Day USA |
| July 06 | World Zoonoses Day |
| July 11 | World Population Day, National 7-Eleven Day |
| July 12 | National Simplicity Day, Paper Bag Day |
| July 14 | Bastille Day |
| July 17 | World Day for International Justice |
| July 18 | International Nelson Mandela Day |
| July 22 | Pi Approximation Day |
| July 24 | National Thermal Engineer Day |
| July 25 | National Refreshment Day (Fourth Thursday in July) |
| July 26 | Kargil Vijay Diwas (Kargil Victory Day), (Last Friday in July) - System Administrator Appreciation Day |
| July 28 | National Parent's Day, World Nature Conservation Day, World Hepatitis Day |
| July 29 | International Tiger Day |
Important Days in August:
| Date | Day |
| 1st Friday of August | International Beer Day |
| 1st Sunday of August | Friendship Day |
| August 01 | Yorkshire Day |
| August 06 | Hiroshima Day |
| August 09 | Quit India Movement Day, Nagasaki Day, Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples |
| August 12 | International Youth Day |
| August 13 | International Lefthanders Day |
| August 14 | Youm-e-Azadi (Pakistan Independence Day) |
| August 15 | National Day of mourning (Bangladesh), Independence Day (India), (UK) - Victory over Japan Day, Day of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary |
| August 16 | Bennington Battle Day |
| August 17 | Indonesian Independence Day |
| August 19 | World Photography Day, World Humanitarian Day |
| August 20 | World Mosquito Day, Sadbhavna Divas, Indian Akshay Urja Day |
| August 23 | International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition, European Day of Remembrance for Victims of Stalinism and Nazism |
| August 26 | Women's Equality Day |
| August 29 | National Sports Day |
| August 30 | Small Industry Day |
| August 31 | Hari Merdeka (Malaysia National Day) |
Important Days in September:
| Date | Day |
| September 02 | (USA) - Victory over Japan Day, Coconut Day |
| September 03 | Skyscraper Day |
| September 05 | International Day of Charity, Teachers' Day (India), Sanskrit Day |
| September 06 | Defense Day |
| September 07 | Brazilian Independence Day, Forgiveness Day |
| September 08 | International Literacy Day |
| September 10 | World Suicide Prevention Day |
| September 11 | Patriot Day |
| September 14 | Onam (Kerala, India), Hindi Diwas, World First Aid Day |
| September 15 | Engineer's Day (India), International Day of Democracy |
| September 16 | Malaysia Day, World Ozone Day, International Day of Preservation |
| September 19 | International Talk Like a Pirate Day |
| September 21 | International Day of Peace and Non-Violence (UN), World Alzheimer's Day |
| September 22 | Rose Day (Welfare of Cancer patients) |
| September 23 | International Day of Sign Languages |
| September 25 | Social Justice Day |
| September 26 | European Day of Languages, Day of Deaf, World Contraception Day |
| September 27 | World Tourism Day, World Maritime Day |
| September 28 | World Rabies Day |
| September 29 | World Heart Day |
| September 30 | International Translation Day |
| Last Saturday of September | World Rivers Day |
Important Days in October:
| Date | Day |
| 1st Monday of October | World Habitat Day |
| 2nd Thursday of October | World Sight Day |
| October 01 | International Day of the Elderly (UN), International Coffee Day, World Vegetarian Day |
| October 02 | Gandhi Jayanthi, International Day of Non-Violence |
| October 03 | German Unity Day, World Nature Day |
| October 04 | World Animal Welfare Day |
| October 05 | World Teachers' Day, World Habitat Day |
| October 06 | German-American Day |
| October 08 | Indian Air Force Day |
| October 09 | World Postal Day or World Post Office Day |
| October 10 | World Mental Health Day, National Post Day |
| October 11 | National Girl Child Day |
| October 13 | World Calamity Control Day (UN) or UN International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction |
| October 14 | World Standards Day |
| October 15 | Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day, Global Handwashing Day, World White Cane Day (guiding the blind), World Students Day |
| October 16 | World Food Day |
| October 17 | International Poverty Eradication Day |
| October 20 | National Solidarity Day (China attacked India on that Day) |
| October 23 | Mole Day |
| October 24 | United Nations Day, World Development Information Day |
| October 27 | Labour Day (New Zealand) |
| October 30 | World Thrift Day |
| October 31 | Halloween, National Integration Day (In memory of Indira Gandhi ) |
Important Days in November:
| Date | Day |
| 1st Tuesday in November | Melbourne Cup Day |
| November 01 | World Vegan Day, All Saints' Day |
| November 02 | All Souls' Day |
| November 05 | World Tsunami Day |
| November 07 | Infant Protection Day, World Cancer Awareness Day |
| November 09 | Iqbal Day, Pravasiya Bharatiya Divas/ Legal Services Day |
| November 10 | Transport Day |
| November 11 | Armistice Day (also Remembrance Day ), Veterans Day (United States) |
| November 12 | World Pneumonia Day |
| November 13 | World Kindness Day |
| November 14 | World Diabetes Day, Children's Day |
| November 17 | National Epilepsy Day, Guru Nanak Dev's Birth Anniversary |
| November 19 | International Men's Day, World Toilet Day, Citizen's Day |
| November 20 | Universal Children's Day, Africa Industrialisation Day |
| November 21 | World Television Day |
| November 25 | International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women |
| November 26 | Law Day (India) |
| November 29 | International Day of Solidarity with Palestinian People |
| November 30 | Saint Andrew's Day, Cities for Life Day, Flag Day |
| 4th Thursday of November | Thanksgiving Day (United States) |
Important Days in December:
| Date | Day |
| December 01 | World AIDS Day |
| December 02 | National Pollution Control |
| December 03 | World Day of the Handicapped |
| December 04 | Indian Navy Day |
| December 05 | International Volunteer Day, World Soil Day |
| December 07 | Indian Armed Forces Flag Day, International Civil Aviation Day |
| December 09 | International Anti-Corruption Day |
| December 10 | Human Rights Day, Children's Day of Broadcasting |
| December 11 | UNICEF Day, International Mountain Day |
| December 14 | World Energy Conservation Day |
| December 15 | International Tea Day |
| December 16 | Victory Day of Bangladesh |
| December 18 | Minorities Rights Day (India), International Migrants Day |
| December 19 | Goa's Liberation Day |
| December 20 | International Human Solidarity Day |
| December 22 | National Mathematics Day |
| December 23 | Kisan Divas (Farmer's Day in India) |
| December 24 | National Consumer Rights Day |
| December 25 | Christmas Day, Good Governance Day (India) |
| December 31 | New Year's Eve |
