List of Important Days & Dates 2019

It be SSC, banking or any government examination, the general knowledge section

requires you to know broad range of facts from various subject matters. If you keenly
follow the question trend in these exams, you will see a lot of questions are asked about
Important Days & Dates. These are a little tricky to remember but contribute
significantly towards a good score. To help you know about all the important days and
dates of national and international importance, here is an article on Important Days &
Dates to aid your preparation for SSC & Banking Exams. Carefully go through the article
as some out of the many mentioned here, are definitely going to be a part of your exam.

List of Important Days for SSC & Banking Exams

Here is the list of all month-wise Important Days and dates. These dates are of National
and International importance and are very important for all government exams.

List of Important Days - January 2018

Dates & Days Event
1st January Global Family Day
4th January World Braille Day
9th January NRI Day (Pravasi Bharatiya Divas)
10th January World Hindi Day
12th January National Youth Day
13th January Guru Gobind Singh Jayanti
15th January Indian Army Day
23rd January Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Jayanti
24th January National Girl Child Day

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 25th January National Voters Day
National Tourism Day
26th January India’s Republic Day,
International Customs Day
27th January International Day of Commemoration
(Holocaust Remembrance & Education)
January(Last Sunday) World Leprosy Day
30th January Martyrs’ Day

List of Important Days - February 2018

Dates & Days Event
1st February Kalpana Chawla's Death Anniversary
2nd February World Wetlands Day
4th February World Cancer Day
6th February International Day of Zero Tolerance
to Female Genital Mutilation
7th February Safer Internet Day
(second day of second week of February)
10th February World Pulses Day
National De-worming Day
11th February International day of women and girls in science
Thomas Edison's Birth Anniversary
12th February International Darwin Day
National Productivity Day
13th February World Radio Day
National Women's Day
14th February Valentine Day
20th February World Day of Social Justice
21st February International Mother Language Day
24th February Central Excise Day

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 28th February National Science Day

List of Important Days - March 2018

Dates & Days Event
1st March Zero Discrimination Day
World Civil Defense Day
3rd March World Wildlife Day,
National Defense Day
4th March National Security Day
8th March International Women’s Day
World Kidney Day
10th March CISF Raising Day
11th March Commonwealth Day
15th March World Consumer Rights Day
16th March National Vaccination Day
18th March Ordnance Factories Day
Global Recycling Day
20th March World Happiness Day
World Sparrow Day
21st March World Forestry Day,
International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
World Down Syndrome Day
22nd March World Water Day
23rd March World Meteorological Day
24th March World TB Day
25th March International Day of Remembrance of the
Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade
27th March World Theatre Day

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List of Important Days - April 2018
Dates & Days Event
1st April Prevention of Blindness Week
2nd April World Autism Awareness Day
4th April International Day for Mine Awareness
and Assistance in Mine action
5th April National Maritime Day
7th April World Health Day,
Handloom Week
8th April World Tradition Day
10th April World Homeopathy Day
11th April National Safe Motherhood Day
17th April World Hemophilia Day
18th April World Heritage Day
21st April Secretaries’ Day
22nd April International Earth Day
23rd April World Book & Copyright Day
24th April National Panchayati Day
29th April International Dance Day

List of Important Days - May 2018

Dates & Days Event
1st May International Labor Day,
Maharashtra Day
3rd May Press Freedom Day
1st (Sunday) World Laughter Day
1st (Tuesday) World Asthma Day
2nd (Sunday) Mother’s Day
4th May Coal Miners’ Day,
International Firefighters Day

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 7th May World Athletics Day
8th May World Red Cross Day,
Mother’s Day
8th May World Thalassaemia Day
11th May National Technology Day
12th May International Nurses Day
15th May International Day of Family
17th May World Telecommunication Day,
World Hypertension Day
18th May World AIDS Vaccine Day
22nd May International Day for Biological Diversity
24th May National Commonwealth Day
31st May Anti-tobacco Day

List of Important Days - June 2018

Dates & Days Event
1st June World Milk Day
4th June International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression
5th June World Environment Day
8th June World Ocean Day
(3rd Sunday) June Father’s Day
12th June Anti-Child Labor Day
14th June World Blood Donor Day
20th June World Refugee Day
21st June International Yoga Day
26th June International Day against Drug Abuse & Illicit Trafficking

List of Important Days - July 2018

Dates & Days Event

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 1st July Doctor’s Day
6th July World Zoonoses Day
11th July World Population Day
17th July International Nelson Mandela Day
28th July World Nature Conservation Day

List of Important Days - August 2018

Dates & Days Event
1st - 7th August World Breastfeeding Week
(1st Sunday) August International Friendship Day
6th August Hiroshima Day
9th August Quit India Day
International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples
11th August National Daughter’s Day
13th August Organ Donation Day
15th August Indian Independence Day
19th August Photography Day
21st August World Senior Citizen’s Day
29th August National Sports Day

List of Important Days - September 2018

Dates & Days Event
1st September National Nutrition Week
2nd September World Coconut Day
5th September Teachers’ Day
8th September International Literacy Day
15th September Engineers’ Day
16th September World Ozone Day
21st September Alzheimer’s Day
22nd September Rose Day (Welfare of Cancer patients)

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 (Last Saturday) September World Rivers Day
26th September World Contraception Day
27th September World Tourism Day
29th September World Heart Day

List of Important Days - October 2018

Dates & Days Event
1st October International Day for the Elderly
2nd October Gandhi Jayanthi,
International Day of Non-Violence
(1st Monday) October World Habitat Day
4th October World Animal Welfare Day
8th October Indian Air Force Day
9th October World Post Office Day
10th October World Mental Health Day,
National Post Day
10th October World Sight Day
11th October International Day of the Girl Child
13th October International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction
14th October World Standards Day
15th October World Students Day,
World White Cane Day
16th October World Food Day
24th October World Development Information Day,
UN Day
30th October World Thrift Day

List of Important Days - November 2018

Dates & Days Event

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 5th November World Tsunami Day
National Ayurveda Day
7th November National Cancer Awareness Day
9th November Legal Services Day
11th November National Education Day
14th November Children’s Day,
Diabetes Day
17th November National Epilepsy Day
20th November Africa Industrialisation Day
21st November World Television Day
29th November International Day of Solidarity with Palestinian People

List of Important Days - December 2018

Dates & Days Event
1st December World AIDS Day
2nd December National Pollution Control
3rd December World Day of Handicapped
4th December Indian Navy Day
7th December Indian Armed Forces Flag Day
10th December Human Rights Day
11th December International Mountain Day
14th December World Energy Conservation Day
16th December Vijay Diwas
18th December Minorities Rights Day
22nd December National Mathematics Day
23rd December Kisan Divas
24th December National Consumers Day
25th December Christmas

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Now that you have gone through the above list of important days and dates, make it a
point to go through the list daily.

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