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Important Day (July 2021)

Date Day Theme

1st July 2021 National Doctors Day --

National Postal Worker

1st July 2021 --
Day

National Chartered
1st July 2021 --
Accountants Day

66th Foundation Day of

1st July 2021 State Bank of India --
(Founded in 1955)

World Sports Journalists

2nd July 2021 --
Day

2nd July 2021 World UFO Day --

International Day of
3rd July 2021 Theme: Rebuild better together
Cooperatives

1st to 7th July 2021 Crop Insurance Week --

6th July 2021 World Zoonoses Day --

World Chocolate Day or

7th July 2021 International Chocolate --
Day

National Fish Farmers’

10th July 2021 --
Day

Theme: ‘The impact of the Covid-

11th July 2021 World Population Day
19 pandemic on fertility’

12th July 2021 World Malala Day --

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Theme: ‘Reimagining Youth Skills

15th July 2021 World Youth Skills Day
Post-Pandemic’

World Day for

International Justice or
17th July 2021 Day of International --
Criminal Justice or
International Justice Day

Nelson Mandela
18th July 2021 --
International Day

20th July 2021 Science Exploration Day --

20th July 2021 International Chess Day --

World Fragile X
22nd July 2021 --
Awareness Day

Pi Approximation Day
22nd July 2021 --
(22/7)

22nd July 2021 World Brain Day Theme: Stop Multiple Sclerosis

National Broadcasting
23rd July 2021 --
Day

Income Tax Day (Aaykar

24th July 2021 --
Diwas)

World Drowning
25th July 2021 --
Prevention Day

26th July 2021 Kargil Vijay Diwas --

International Day for the

Conservation of the
26th July 2021 --
Mangrove Ecosystem or
World Mangrove Day

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83rd Raising Day of

27th July 2021 --
CRPF

World Nature
28th July 2021 --
Conservation Day

28th July 2021 World Hepatitis Day Theme: ‘Hepatitis Can’t Wait’.

Global Tiger Day or Theme: ‘Their Survival is in our

29th July 2021
International Tiger Day hands’

World Day Against Theme: ‘Victims’ Voices Lead the

30th July 2021
Trafficking in Persons Way.’

31st July 2021 World Ranger Day --

Important Day (June 2021)

Date Day Theme/Importance

Theme 2021:’Sustainability in the dairy

sector with messages around the
1 June World Milk Day
environment, nutrition, and socio-
economics’.

Theme 2021: “Appreciate all parents

1 June Global Parents Day
throughout the world.”

2 June International Sex Workers’ Day

2 June Telangana Formation Day

3 June World Bicycle Day

International Day of Innocent

4 June
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5 June World Environment Day Theme 2021: ‘Ecosystem Restoration.’

Theme 2021: “Safe food today for a

7 June World Food Safety Day
healthy tomorrow”

Theme 2021: “The Ocean: Life and

8 June World Oceans Day
Livelihoods”

8 June World Brain Tumour Day

12 June World Day Against Child Labour Theme 2021: Act now: End child labour

Theme 2021: “Give blood and keep the

14 June World Blood Donor Day
world beating”

15 June Global Wind Day

World Elder Abuse Awareness

15 June Theme 2021: ‘Access to Justice’
Day

16 June Martyrdom of Guru Arjan Dev

International Day of Family

16 June
Remittances

World Day to Combat

17 June
Desertification and Drought

18 June International Picnic Day

18 June Autistic Pride Day

19 June World Sauntering Day

19 June National Reading Day The Day is celebrated to honour the father
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late P.N. Panicker, whose death

anniversary falls on June 19.

20 June
(Third
Father’s Day
Sunday of
June)

Theme 2021: ‘Together we heal, learn

20 June World Refugee Day
and shine’.

21 June International Yoga Day Theme 2021:’Yoga for well-being’.

21 June World Hydrography Day

21 June World Music Day

21 June World Humanist Day

Theme 2021: Stay healthy, stay strong,

23 June International Olympic Day stay active with the #OlympicDay workout
on 23 June.

Theme 2021: “Innovating the Future

United Nations Public Service Public Service: New Government Models for
23 June
Day a New Era to Reach the SDGs [Sustainable
Development Goals]”.

Theme 2021: “Invisible Women, Invisible

23 June International Widow’s Day
Problems”.

Theme 2021: “Seafarers: at the core of

25 June Day of the Seafarer
shipping’s future”.

International Day against Drug Theme 2021: “Share Facts On Drugs,

26 June
Abuse Save Lives”.

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Micro-, Small and Medium-sized Theme 2021: “MSME 2021: key to an

27 June
Enterprises Day inclusive and sustainable recovery.”

celebrated on the birth anniversary of Prof.

29 June National Statistics day
P C Mahalanobis.

29 June International Day of the Tropics

30 June World Asteroid Day

Important Day (May 2021)

Date Day Theme/Importance

International Labour Day or May

1 May
Day or International Workers’ Day

The Bombay state was divided into

1 May Maharashtra Day and Gujarat Day
Gujarat and Maharashtra in 1960.

2 May (first
Sunday of World Laughter Day
May)

Theme 2021: ‘Information as a

3 May World Press Freedom Day
Public Good’

4 May Coal Miners Day

4 May International Firefighters’ Day

4 May (first
Theme 2021: ‘Uncovering Asthma
Tuesday of World Asthma Day
Misconceptions’
May)

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5 May World Athletics Day 2021

6 May International No Diet Day

World Red Cross Day or Red Theme 2021: ‘Together we are

8 May
Crescent Day unstoppable’

Every year, the World

Migratory Day is celebrated
8 May (second on second Saturday of May and
Saturday of World Migratory Bird Day October.
May)
Theme 2021: Theme: Sing, fly,
Soar – Like a Bird

Theme 2021: “Addressing Health

8 May World Thalassemia Day Inequalities Across the Global
Thalassaemia Community”.

9 May (second
Sunday of Mother’s Day
May)

Theme 2021: ‘Science and

11 May National Technology Day Technology for a sustainable
future’.

Theme 2021: A Voice to Lead – A

12 May International Nurses Day
vision for future healthcare.

Theme 2021: “Families and New

15 May International Day of the Family
Technologies.”

International Day of Living

16 May
Together in Peace

16 May International Day of Light

16 May National Dengue Day

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Theme 2021:‘Accelerating digital

17 May World Telecommunication Day
transformation in challenging times’

UN Global Road Safety Week

17-23 May Theme 2021: Streets for Life
(UNGRSW) 2021

Theme 2021: “The Future of

18 May International Museum Day
Museums: Recover and Reimagine”

World AIDS Vaccine Day or HIV

18 May
Vaccine Awareness Day

Theme 2021:“Bee engaged: Build

20 May World Bee Day
Back Better for Bees”

Theme 2021: Measurement for

20 May World Metrology Day
Health.

It was on this day in the year 1991

21 May Anti-terrorism day that former Indian Prime Minister
Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated.

21 May International Tea Day

World Day for Cultural Diversity

21 May
for Dialogue and Development

International Day for Biological Theme 2021: “We’re part of the

22 May
Diversity solution”.

23 May World Turtle Day Theme 2021– ‘Turtle Rocks!’.

24 May
(second Theme 2021: Delivering a
Commonwealth Day
Monday of Common Future
March)

25 May World Thyroid Day

International Missing Children’s

25 May
Day

28 May World Hunger Day Theme 2021: Access Ends Hunger

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International Day of Action for

28 May Women’s Health (International
Women’s Health Day)

Theme 2021: “The road to a

International Day of United
29 May lasting peace: Leveraging the power
Nations Peacekeepers
of youth for peace and security.”

It is observed on this day as

Nepalese Tenzing Norgay and New
29 May International Mount Everest Day Zealand’s Edmund Hillary had
climbed the Mt. Everest on this day
in 1953.

31 May World No Tobacco Day Theme 2021: Commit to quit

Important Day (April 2021)

Date Day Theme/Importance

Utakala Dibasha is celebrated to

1 April Utkal Divas or Odisha Day remember the formation of the
Odisha state on April 1, 1936.

2 April World Autism Awareness Day

Good Friday is observed by

Christians to commemorate the
crucifixion of Jesus Christ and is
observed on the Friday before
2 April Good Friday 2021 Easter Sunday.

It is also known as Black Friday,

Holy Friday, Great Friday, or Easter
Friday.

Theme 2021: “The Music of

2 April International Children’s Book Day
Words”

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International Day of Mine

4 April awareness and Assistance in Mine
Action

5 April National Maritime Day

5 April International Day of Conscience

International Day of Sport for

6 April
Development and Peace

Theme 2021: “Building a fairer,

7 April World Health Day
healthier world for everyone”.

2021 marks the 56th CRPF Valour

9 April CRPF Valour Day (Shaurya Diwas)
Day.

Theme 2021: “Homoeopathy –

10 April World Homoeopathy Day
Roadmap for Integrative Medicine”

10 April National Siblings Day

National Safe Motherhood Day

11 April
(NSMD)

11 April National Pet Day

International Day of Human Space

12 April
Flight

It took place on 13 April 1919 at

13 April Jallianwala Bagh Massacre Day Amritsar and is also known as the
Amritsar massacre.

13 April International Turban Day

The 37th Siachen Day was

celebrated by Siachen Warriors
13 April Siachen Day Brigade of Fire & Fury Corps on
April 13, 2021 with tremendous zeal
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Ambedkar was born on April 14,

14 April Ambedkar Jayanti 1891. His birthday is also
celebrated as “Equality Day”.

14 April National Fire Service Day

15 April Himachal Day

15 April World Art Day

Theme 2021: ONE WORLD|MANY

16 April World Voice Day
VOICES

Theme 2021: “Adapting to

17 April World Haemophilia Day
Change”

Theme 2021: “Complex Pasts:

18 April World Heritage Day
Diverse Futures

Theme 2021: ‘Keep your liver

19 April World Liver Day
healthy and disease-free.’

20 April UN Chinese Language Day

21 April National Civil Service Day

World Creativity and Innovation

21 April
Day

Theme 2021: Restore Our Earth –

“focuses on natural processes and
22 April World Earth Day
emerging green technologies that
can restore the world’s ecosystems”

23 April World Book and Copyright Day

23 April English Language Day

Theme 2021: ‘Veterinarian

24 April World Veterinary Day
response to the COVID-19 crisis.’

24 April National Panchayati Raj Day

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International Day of
24 April Multilateralism and Diplomacy for
Peace

World Day for Laboratory Animals

24 April or World Day For Animals In
Laboratories

24-30 April
Theme 2021:‘Vaccines bring us
(last week of World Immunization Week 2021
closer’
April)

Theme 2021: ‘Reaching the zero-

25 April World Malaria Day
malaria target’

Theme 2021: “IP and SMEs:

26 April World Intellectual Property Day
Taking your ideas to market.”

Theme 2021: “Anticipate, prepare

World Day for Safety and Health and respond to crises – Invest Now
28 April
at Work in Resilient Occupational Safety and
Health Systems”.

Workers’ Memorial Day or

Theme 2021: “Health and Safety
28 April International Commemoration
is a fundamental workers‘ right”
Day for Dead and Injured Workers

29 April International Dance Day Theme 2021: ‘Purpose of dance’.

30 April Ayushman Bharat Diwas

30 April International Jazz Day

Important Day (March 2021)

Date Day Theme/Importance

Theme 2021: “Zero

1 March Zero Discrimination Day Discrimination against Women
and Girls.”

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Theme 2021: Civil Defence

1 March World Civil Defence Day and the first aider in every
home

45th Civil Accounts Day

1 March Civil Accounts Day
celebrated on March 1, 2021.

Theme 2021: “Forests and

3 March World Wildlife Day Livelihoods: Sustaining People
and Planet.”

Theme 2021: ‘Screen,

3 March World Hearing Day
Rehabilitate, Communicate’

‘Chabahar Day’ was held

on March 4 on the sidelines of
4 March Chabahar Day
the Maritime India Summit
2021 held in New Delhi.

Theme 2021: ‘Sadak

4 March National Safety Day
Suraksha (Road Safety).’

Rashtriya Suraksha Diwas is

4 March National Security Day held every year, in the honor of
the Indian Security Forces.

Theme 2021: “Women in

8 March International Women’s Day leadership: Achieving an equal
future in a COVID-19 world”

10 March CISF Raising Day

Second
This year No Smoking Day was
Wednesday of No Smoking Day
observed on 10th March 2021.
March

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Theme 2021: “Living Well with

Kidney Disease”.
Second Thursday
World Kidney Day
of March This year World Kidney Day
was observed on 11th March
2021.

The approximate value of Pi

is 3.14. It is marked on March
14 March Pi Day
14 which if written in the
format of month/day (3/14).

International Day of Action for

14 March
Rivers

Theme 2021: “Tackle Plastic

15 March World Consumer Rights Day
Pollution”.

National Vaccination Day or

16 March
National Immunization Day

18 March Ordnance Factories Day (India)

Theme 2021: “Recycling

18 March Global Recycling Day
Heroes”.

19 March World Sleep Day 2021

Theme 2021: “Happiness For

20 March International Day of Happiness
All, Forever

Theme 2021: “I Love

20 March World Sparrow Day
Sparrows.”

Theme 2021: “Be Proud Of

20 March World Oral Health Day
Your Mouth”

20 March UN French Language Day

World Forestry Day or
21 March
International Day of Forests
Theme 2021:”Forest
restoration: a path to recovery
and well-being.”

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21 March World Down Syndrome Day Theme 2021: “We Decide.”

21 March World Poetry Day

International Day for the

Theme 2021: “Youth standing
21 March Elimination of Racial
up against racism”.
Discrimination

22 March World Water Day Theme 2021: “Valuing Water”

22 March Bihar Diwas

Theme 2021: “The Ocean, Our

23 March World Meteorological Day
Climate and Weather.”

Indians in particular pay tribute

to Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev
Thapar and Shivaram
Rajguru. These freedom
23 March Martyrs’ Day or Shaheed Diwas
fighters had lost their lives on
March 23 in 1931 during the
struggle for India’s
independence.

Theme 2021: ‘The Clock is

24 March World Tuberculosis (TB) Day
Ticking’

International Day of Theme 2021: “Ending

25 March Remembrance of Victims of Slavery’s Legacy of Racism: A
Slavery Global Imperative for Justice”

27 March World Theatre Day

Last Saturday of Theme 2021: “Climate Change

Earth Hour 2021
March to Save Earth.”

International Transgender Day of

31 March
Visibility

Important Days (February 2021)

Date Day Theme/ Importance

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The Indian Coast Guard (ICG)

celebrated its 45th Raising Day
on 01 February 2021. The ICG
February 1 Indian Coast Guard Raising Day was formally established on
February 1, 1977, by the Coast
Guard Act, 1978 of the
Parliament of India.

Theme 2021: Wetlands and

February 2 World Wetlands Day
Water

International Day of Human Theme 2021: A Pathway to the

February 4
Fraternity Future.

Theme 2021: ‘I Am and I Will.’

February 4 World Cancer Day

Theme 2021: No Time for

International Day of Zero
Global Inaction, Unite, Fund, and
February 6 Tolerance for Female Genital
Act to End Female Genital
Mutilation
Mutilation

2nd day of the

Safer Internet Day was
second week of Safer Internet Day
observed on February 9, 2021.
February

Theme 2021: “Nutritious Seeds

February 10 World Pulses Day
for a Sustainable Future,”

February 10 National Deworming Day

Theme 2021: Women Scientists

International Day of Women
February 11 at the forefront of the fight
and Girls in Science
against COVID-19

birth anniversary of great Unani

February 11 World Unani Day scholar and social reformer
Hakim Ajmal Khan

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Deen Dayal Upadhyay 53rd

February 11 Samarpan Diwas
Death Anniversary

February 12 National Productivity Day

Theme 2021:“New World, New

February 13 World Radio Day
Radio”

February 13 National Women’s Day Sarojini Naidu’s birth anniversary

February 19 Soil Health Card Day

Arunachal Pradesh and Mizoram

February 20 35th Statehood day
Statehood day

Theme 2021: A Call for Social

February 20 World Day of Social Justice
Justice in the Digital Economy

Third Saturday of
World Pangolin Day
February

Theme 2021: “fostering

International Mother Language
February 21 multilingualism for inclusion in
Day
education and society.”

February 22 World Thinking Day Theme 2021: Peacebuilding

February 22 World Scout Day

February 24 Central Excise Day

February 27 World NGO Day

Theme 2021: “Future of STI:

February 28 National Science Day Impacts on Education, Skills and
Work”.

Important Day (January 2021)

Dates Day Theme

1st January Global Family Day

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4th January World Braille Day

Journalist Day Observed in

6th January
Maharashtra

Pravasi Bharatiya Divas or NRI Theme 2021:“Contributing to

9 January
Day celebrated Aatmanirbhar Bharat”

10th January World Hindi Day 2021

Death anniversary of Lal Bahadur

11th January 2nd PM
Shastri

National Youth Day 2021

12 th
January Birthday of Swami
Vivekananda

First Commander-in-Chief of
Indian Armed Forces, Field
14th January Indian Armed Forces celebrate
Marshal KM Cariappa, OBE
Fifth Veterans Day
who retired on 14 Jan 1953.

15th January Indian Army Day 2021

National Road Safety Month

January 18 to
February 17 2021

Government of India has

“PARAKRAM DIWAS’ decided to celebrate the
23rd January 125th Birth Anniversary
year of Netaji Subhas
Chandra Bose.

24th January National Girl Child

Theme 2021: “Recover and

24th January International Day of Education Revitalize Education for the
COVID-19 Generation.”

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Theme 2021:‘Making Our

25th January National Voters Day Voters Empowered, Vigilant,
Safe and Informed’.

Theme 2021: ‘Dekho Apna

25th January National Tourism Day
Desh’.

Theme 2021: “Customs

26th January International Customs Day bolstering Recovery, Renewal
and Resilience”.

International Holocaust
Remembrance Day
27th January

Birth Anniversary of Lala Lajpat

28th January
Rai

Death anniversary of Mahatma

30th January Martyrs Day or Shaheed Diwas
Gandhi

Last Sunday of
January (31st Jan World Leprosy Day
2021)

31st January 2021

Polio National Immunisation Day
1st time Celebrate
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