National & International Dates
 January
4th Jan: International World Braille Day.
6th Jan: World Day -War Orphans.
9th Jan: NRI Day.
10th Jan: World Hindi Day.
11th Jan: National Human Trafficking Awareness
Day.
12th Jan: National Youth Day (India).
15th Jan: Army Day (India).
17th Jan: World Religion Day.
24th Jan: National Girl child day (India).
25th Jan: Tourism Day and National Voters Day
(India).
26th Jan: Republic Day (India).
27th Jan: International Holocaust Remembrance
Day.
30th Jan: Martyrs’ Day/Last Sunday of
January/World Leprosy Eradication Day.
 February:
2nd Feb: World Wetlands Day.
4th Feb: World Cancer Day.
6th Feb International Day of Zero Tolerance to
Female Genital Mutilation.
9th Feb: Safer Internet Day.
10th Feb: National De-Worming Day.
11th Feb: International Day of Women and Girls in
Science.
13th Feb: World Radio Day (UNESCO).
20th Feb: World Day of Social Justice.
21st Feb: International Mother Language Day.
23th Feb: World Peace and Understanding Day.
24th Feb: Central Excise Day.
27th Feb: World NGO Day.
28th Feb: National Science Day (India).
 March
1st Mar: Zero Discrimination Day/World Civil
Defence Day.
3rd Mar: World Wildlife Day.
4th Mar: World Day of the Fight Against Sexual
Exploitation/National Security Day.
8th Mar: International Women’s Day.
11th Mar: World Kidney Day.
14th Mar: International Day of Action for Rivers.
15th Mar: World Consumer Rights Day.
16th Mar: National Vaccination Day.
18th Mar: Ordnance Factories Day.
20th Mar: World Sparrow Day/International Day of
Happiness.
21st Mar: International Day for the Elimination of
Racial Discrimination/World Forestry Day.
22nd Mar: World Day for Water.
23rd Mar: World Meteorological Day.
24th Mar: World Tuberculosis Day.
27th Mar: World Theatre Day.
 April:
2nd Apr: World Autism Awareness Day.
4th Apr: International Day of Mine Awareness.
5th Apr: National Maritime Day (India).
7th Apr: World Health Day.
10th Apr: World Homeopathy Day.
11th Apr: National Pet Day/National Safe
Motherhood Day.
14th Apr: Cultural Unity Day (recognized by India, Sri
Lanka, Maldives, Bangladesh, and Nepal).
15th Apr: World Art Day.
17th Apr: World Haemophilia Day.
18th Apr: World Heritage Day.
21st Apr: Civil Services Day (India)/National
Administrative Professionals Day.
22nd Apr: Earth Day.
23rd Apr: World Book and Copyright Day.
24th Apr: National Panchayati Day.
25th Apr: World Malaria Day.
26th Apr: World Intellectual Property Day.
28th Apr: World Day for Safety and Health at Work.
29th Apr: International Dance Day.
30th Apr: Ayushman Bharat Diwas.
 May:
1st May: International Labour Day.
2nd May: International Astronomy Day.
4th May: World Asthma Day.
7th May: World Athletics Day.
8th May: World Red Cross & Red Crescent
Day/World Thalassemia Day.
9th May: World Migratory Bird Day.
10th May: World Mother Day.
11th May: National Technology Day (India).
12th May: International Nurses Day (India).
16th May: Dengue Prevention Day (India)
17th May: World Telecommunication Day/World
Information Society Day.
18th May: International Museum Day.
20th May: World Metrology Day/World Bee Day.
21st May: World Day for Cultural Diversity for
Dialogue and Development/Anti-Terrorism Day.
22nd May: International Day for Biological Diversity.
24th May: Commonwealth Day.
28th May: International Day of Action for Women’s
Health.
29th May: International Day of United Nations
Peacekeepers/International Mount Everest Day
(Chosen by Nepal).
31st May: World Anti-Tobacco Day.
 June:
1st Jun: World Milk Day.
3rd Jun: World Bicycle Day.
4th Jun: International Day of Innocent Children
Victims of Aggression.
5th Jun: World Environment Day.
7th Jun: World Food Safety Day.
8th Jun: World Ocean Day.
12th Jun: World Day Against Child Labour.
14th Jun: World Blood Donor Day.
15th Jun: World Elder Abuse Awareness Day.
16th Jun: International Integration Day.
17th Jun: World Day to Combat Desertification and
Drought.
19th Jun: World Sickle Cell Day.
20th Jun: World Refugee Day.
21st Jun: World Music Day/International Yoga Day.
23rd Jun: United Nations Public Service
Day/International Olympic Day.
26th Jun: International Day against Drug Abuse and
Illicit Trafficking International Anti-Drugs
Day/International Day in Support of Victims of
Torture.
29th June: National Statistics Day.
3rd Sunday of June: International Father’s Day.
 July:
1st Jul: National Doctor’s Day (India).
2st Jul: World UFO Day/World Sports Journalists
Day.
4th Jul: International Cooperative Day.
11th Jul: World Population Day.
17th Jul: World Day for International Justice.
18th Jul: Mandela Day.
26th Jul: Kargil Memorial Day (India).
28th Jul: World Hepatitis Day/World Nature
Conservation Day/World Nature Day.
29th Jul: International Tiger Day.
30th Jul: International Day of Friendship.
 August:
1st Aug: Clergy Sexual Abuse Awareness Day.
6th Aug: Hiroshima Day.
9th Aug: Nagasaki Day/International Day of the
World’s Indigenous People.
10th Aug: World Biofuel Day.
12th Aug: International Youth Day.
15th Aug: India’s Independence Day.
19th Aug: World Humanitarian Day.
20th Aug: World Mosquito Day.
21st Aug: World Senior Citizen Day.
23rd Aug: International Day for the Remembrance
of the Slave Trade and its Abolition.
29th Aug: National Sports Day (India)/International
Day against Nuclear Tests.
 September:
2nd Sep: World Coconut Day.
5th Sep: Teachers Day (India).
8th Sep: International Literacy Day.
12th Sep: United Nations Day for South-South
Cooperation/World First Aid Day.
14th Sep: Hindi Day (India).
15th Sep: International Day of Democracy.
16th Sep: World Ozone Day.
19th Sep: International Talk Like a Pirate Day.
21st Sep: International Day of Peace/World
Alzheimer’s Day/Biosphere Day.
22nd Sep: World Rhino Day.
23rd Sep: International Day of Sign Languages.
28th Sep: Right to Know Day.
30th Sep: International Blasphemy Rights Day.
 October:
1st Oct: International Day of Older Persons.
2nd Oct: International Day of Non-Violence/Human
Rights Day (10th December).
4th Oct: World Animal Welfare Day.
5th Oct: World Teachers’ Day.
10th Oct: National Post Day (India).
13th Oct: World Day for Natural Disaster Reduction.
15th Oct: International Day of Rural Women.
16th Oct: World Food Day.
17th Oct: International Day for the Eradication of
Poverty.
20th Oct: International Day of the Air Traffic
Controller.
24th Oct: United Nations Day/World Development
Information Day/World Polio Day.
27th Oct: World Day for Audio-visual Heritage.
30th Oct: World Thrift Day.
31st Oct: National Unity Day.
 November:
2nd Nov: International Journalist’s Remembrance
Day.
6th Nov: International Day for Preventing the
Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed
Conflict.
9th Nov: World Legal Services Day.
10th Nov: World Immunization Day.
12th Nov: World Pneumonia Day.
13th Nov: World Kindness Day.
14th Nov: Children’s Day (India).
16th Nov: International Day for Tolerance.
17th Nov: International Students Day.
18th Nov: World Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary
Disease Day.
19th Nov: International Men’s Day/National
Integration Day (India).
20th Nov: Africa Industrialization Day/Universal
Children’s Day/Transgender Day of Remembrance.
21st Nov: World Television Day/World Fisheries Day.
25th Nov: International Day for the Elimination of
Violence against Women.
26th Nov: National Law Day (India)/Constitution
Day.
29th Nov: International Day of Solidarity with the
Palestinian People.
 December:
1st Dec: World Aids Day.
2nd Dec: International Day for the Abolition of
Slavery.
3rd Dec: International Day of Disabled Persons.
4th Dec: Indian Navy Day.
7th Dec: Indian Armed Force Flag Day/International
Civil Aviation Day.
9th Dec: The International Day Against Corruption.
10th Dec: Human Rights Day/International Animal
Rights Day.
11th Dec: International Mountain Day.
14th Dec: National Energy Conservation Day (India).
18th Dec: International Migrants Day.
20th Dec: International Human Solidarity Day.
23rd Dec: Farmers Day (India).