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Important Days and Dates in 2020 - National and International PDF
Important Days and Dates in 2020 - National and International PDF
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FEB 1, 2020 17:10 IST
Month wise important Days and Dates of events, festivals are clubbed together that will help you in planning leaves. It will not only
provide you glance of important days of whole year but also boost your knowledge and help you in the preparations of several
competitive examinations.
January is the month of saying bye to the last year and welcoming the New Year. Isn't it. We usually set new goals, do parties,
enjoy, etc. In fact, the weather is also cold and pleasant. Do you know that January month name was derived from the Roman god
Janus, the protector of gates and doorways? That is why January presides over the gate to the New Year. Janus basically is
depicted with two faces, one looking into the past and the other into the future. Let us study important days, eventsStudy
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Birth Stone: Amethyst
Zodiac Signs: Aquarius (until February 19) and Pisces (February 20 onwards).
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March has 31 days and is the third month of the year. It is named after the Roman God of the war, Mars. Let us tell you that March
originally was the rst month of the year according to the Roman calendar and names Martius but according to the Gregorian
calendar it is the third month of the year.
March Symbols
Learn more about important days in March month 2020 refer the link given below:
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April according to the Gregorian calendar, it is the fourth month of the year. In Southern Hemisphere, March month is associated
with the autumn season in some parts and spring in some parts of the Northern Hemisphere. April is named after the Greek
goddess Aphrodite.
April Symbols
Birthstone: Diamond
Zodiac Signs: Aries (until April 19) and Taurus (April 20 onwards).
Learn more about important days in April month 2020 refer the link given below:
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May has 31 days and is the fth month of the year. It is named after the Greek goddess Maia and is identi ed with the Roman era
goddess of fertility. It brings spring in the Northern Hemisphere and autumn in the Southern Hemisphere.
May Symbols
Birthstone: Emerald
Zodiac Sign: Taurus (until May 20) and Gemini (May 21 onwards).
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1 May: International Labour Day or May Day
1 May: Maharashtra Day
Learn more about important days in May month 2020 refer the link given below:
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June has 30 days and is the sixth month of the year. It is named after the Roman goddess Juno. The summer solstice in the
Northern Hemisphere is the day with the most daylight hours and the winter solstice in the Southern hemisphere is the day with
the fewest daylight that occurs in June. The traditional astronomical summer is on 21 June in Northern Hemisphere and the
Southern Hemisphere, meteorological winter begins on 1 June.
June Symbols
January Symbols
Birth Stone: Garnet
Zodiac Signs: Capricorn and Aquarius
01-Jan - English New Year, Army Medical Corps Establishment Day, Global family day, World Peace Day
04 Jan - World Braille Day
06-Jan - World War Orphans Day
08-Jan - African National Congress Foundation Day
09-Jan - Pravasi Bharatiya Divas NRI Day
10-Jan - World Laughter Day, World Hindi Day
11 Jan - Death anniversary of Lal Bahadur Shastri
12 Jan - National Youth Day (Birth Day of Swami Vivekanand)
13 Jan - Guru Gobind Singh Jayanti
14 Jan - Lohri
15 Jan - Indian Army Day (Field Marshall K.M. Cariappa took over the command of Army on this day in 1949 from the British),
Pongal, Makar Sankranti
23 Jan - Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose's birth anniversary
25 Jan - International Customs Duty Day, India Tourism Day, National Voters Day
26 Jan - Republic Day
27 Jan - International Holocaust Day (The largest Nazi death camp, Auschwitz- Birkenau was liberated by Soviet troops on Jan
27, 1945.), International Day of Commemoration
28 Jan - Birth anniversary of Lala Lajpat Rai
30 Jan - Mahatma Gandhi's Martyrdom Day (Martyr's day)
Jan (last Sunday) - World Leprosy Eradication Day
Learn more about important days in January month 2020 refer the link given below:
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February is the second month of the year in our modern-day Gregorian calendar and consists of 28 days. It is named after the
Latin word februum which means puri cation. February is the shortest month with only 28 days in common years and in leap
years it has 29 days. The birthstone of February amethyst symbolises piety, humility, spiritual wisdom and sincerity.
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February Symbols
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12 June: World Day Against Child Labour
14 June: World Blood Donor Day
15 June: World Wind Day
15 June: World Elder Abuse Awareness Day
16 June: Martyrdom of Guru Arjan Dev
17 June: World Day to Combat Deserti cation and Drought (International)
18 June: Autistic Pride Day
18 June: International Picnic Day
19 June: World Sickle Cell Awareness Day
19 June: World Sauntering Day
20 June: World Refugee Day (International)
21 June: World Music Day
21 June: World Hydrography Day
21 June: International Yoga Day
Learn more about important days in June month 2020 refer the link given below:
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July has 31 Days and is the seventh month of the year. In Northern Hemisphere, it is the month of summer. In the Roman calendar,
July was originally the month of Quintilis. Until January and February were added in 450 BC, it was the fth month of the year. It
got its original name from the Latin word for fth. Later the name was changed to Julius Caesar who was born on 12 July.
July Symbols
Birthstone: Ruby
Zodiac Sign: Cancer (until July 22) and Leo (July 23 onwards).
Learn more about important days in July month 2020 refer the link given below:
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August has 31 days and is the eighth month of the year. It is named after Augustus Caesar. As it was the sixth month in the
ancient Roman calendar and Latin originally named as Sextilis. In honour of Augustus Caesar, the name of the month changed to
August.
August Symbols
Learn more about important days in August month 2020 refer the link given below:
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September has 30 days and is the 9th month of the year. The season that falls in September is Autumn. Originally, according to
the Roman calendar, September is the seventh month. And, so it got its name which means seventh. When January and February
were added, it became the ninth month. Its birth owers are the forget-me-not, morning glory and aster.
September Symbols
Birthstone: Sapphire
Zodiac signs: Virgo and Libra whose end and start are related to equinox date (usually 22 or 23 September).
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27 September (Fourth Sunday of September) - World Rivers Day
28 September - World Rabies Day
29 September - World Heart Day
30 September - International Translation Day
Last week of September - World Day of Deaf
Learn more about important days in September month 2020 refer the link given below:
https://www.jagranjosh.com/general-knowledge/important-days-and-dates-in-september-1566815988-1
October month has 31 Days and is the tenth month of the year. Originally, it was the eight-month according to the Roman calendar.
The name October is derived from Octo that is eight in Latin. October month is associated with autumn in the Northern
Hemisphere and spring in the Southern Hemisphere.
October Symbols
Learn more about important days in October month 2020 refer the link given below:
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November has 30 days and is the 11th month of the year. According to the Roman calendar, originally it was the 9th month. The
November name originated from the Latin novem meaning "nine" which marked it the ninth month of the year in the Roman
calendar. In Southern Hemisphere, it is the month of late spring and late autumn in the Northern Hemisphere.
November Symbols
Learn more about important days in November month 2020 refer the link given below: Study at Home
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Also refer Gk Quiz of November month 2020: https://www.jagranjosh.com/general-knowledge/gk-quiz-on-important-days-in-
november-1572611929-1
December has 31 days and is the twelfth and last month of the year. According to the Roman Calendar, it was originally the tenth
month. From the Latin word, Decem means 'ten' from where it got the name as of December, the tenth month in the Roman
Calendar.
December Symbols
Learn more about important days in December month 2020 refer the link given below:
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Above mentioned is the list of important Days of all the months which are clubbed together so that it will be easy for you to know
about all the important days whether of national or international importance.
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