Important Days & Dates

January

1. 9th January – Pravasi Bhartiya Diwas.

2. 10th January – World Hindi Day.
3. 12th January – National Youth Day. Theme – ‘It’s all in the mind’.
4. 15th January – Indian Army Day.
5. 16th January – National Start-up Day.
6. 23rd January – Parakarm Diwas.
7. 24th January – National Girl Child Day. Theme – ‘Digital Generation, Our Generation’.
8. 25th January – National Voters Day. Theme – ‘Making Elections Inclusive, Accessible and Participative’.
9. 25th January – National Tourism Day. Theme – ‘Rural & community centric tourism’.
10. 27th January – International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Theme – ‘Memory, Dignity and Justice’.
11. 28th January – Data Privacy Day. Theme – ‘Privacy Matters’.

February

1. 2nd February – World Wetland Day. Theme – ‘Wetlands Action for People and Nature’.
2. 4th February – World Cancer Day. Theme – ‘Close the Care Gap’.
3. 6th February – International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation. Theme – ‘Accelerating
Investment to End Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)’.
4. 8th February – Safer Internet Day. Theme – ‘Together for a better internet’.
5. 10th February – World Pulse Day. Theme – ‘Pulses to empower youth in achieving sustainable agrifood
systems.
6. 11th February – International Day of Women and Girls in Science. Theme – ‘Equity, Diversity, and
Inclusion.
7. 12th February – National Productivity Day. Theme – ‘Self-Reliance through Productivity’.
8. 13th February – National Women’s Day.
9. 13th February – World Radio Day. Theme – ‘Radio & Trust’.
10. 20th February – World Day of Social Justice. Theme – ‘Achieving Social Justice through Formal
Employment’.
11. 21st February – International Mother Language Day. Theme – ‘Using technology for multilingual learning:
Challenges and Opportunities.
12. 27th February – World NGO Day.

March
1. 1st March – Zero Discrimination Day. Theme – ‘Remove Laws that Harm, Create Laws that Empower’.
2. 3rd March – World Wildlife Day. Theme – 'Recovering key species for ecosystem restoration'.
3. 8th March – International Women’s Day. Theme – ‘Gender Equality today for a sustainable tomorrow’.
4. 15th March – World Consumer Rights Day. Theme – ‘Fair Digital Finance’.
5. 16th March – National Vaccination Day. Theme – ‘Vaccines Work for all’.
6. 20th March – International Day of Happiness. Theme – ‘Building Back Happier’.
7. 21st March – International Day of Forest. Theme – ‘Forests and sustainable production and consumption’.
8. 21st March – International Day for Elimination of Racial Discrimination. Theme – ‘’.
9. 22nd March – World Water Day. Theme – ‘Groundwater: Making Invisible Visible’.
10. 23rd March – Bhagat Singh Shaheed Diwas.
11. 24th March – International Right to Truth Day.
12. 24th March – World Tuberculosis Day. Theme – ‘Invest to End TB. Save Lives’.
13. 27th March – World Theatre Day. Theme – ‘Theatre and a Culture of Peace’.
14. Last Sunday of March – Earth Hour. Theme – ‘Shape Our Future’.
April

1. 2nd April – World Autism Day. Theme – ‘Inclusion in the Workplace’.

2. 6 April – International Day of Sports for Development and Peace. Theme – ‘Securing a Sustainable and
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Peaceful Future for All: The Contribution of Sport’.

3. 7th April – World Health Day. Theme – “Our Planet, Our Health”.
4. 12th April – International Day of Human Spaceflight.
5. 14th April – Ambedkar Jayanti. Tamil Nadu celebrated ‘Equality Day’.
6. 18th April – World Heritage Day. Theme – ‘Heritage & Climate’.

7. 22nd April – Earth Day. Theme – ‘Invest in Our Planet’.

8. 23rd April – World Book & Copyright Day. Theme – ‘Read, so you never feel low’.
9. 24th April – National Panchayati Raj Day.
10. 25th April – World Malaria Day. Theme – ‘Harness innovation to Reduce the Malaria Disease Burden and
Save Lives’.
11. 26th April – World Intellectual Property Day. Theme – ‘IP & Youth Innovating for a Better Future’.
12. 30th April – Ayushman Bharat Diwas.
13. Last week of April – World Immunization Week. Theme – ‘Long Life for All’.

May
1. 1st May – International Workers’ Day/Labour Day.

2. 3rd May – World Press Freedom Day. Theme – ‘Journalism under Digital Siege’.
3. 11th May – National Technology Day. Theme – ‘An Integrated Approach to Science and Technology for
a Sustainable Future’.
4. 12th May – International Nurses Day. Theme – ‘Nurses: A Voice to Lead - Invest in Nursing and Respect
Rights to Secure Global Health’.
5. 21st May – National Anti-terrorism Day.

6. 22nd May – International Day for Biological Diversity. Theme – ‘Building a Shared Future for All
Life’.
7. 29th May – International Everest Day.
8. 31st May – World No Tobacco Day. Theme – ‘Quitting Smoking Doesn’t Have To Be Stressful’.

June
1. 1st June – World Milk Day. Theme – ‘Dairy Net Zero’.
2. 5th June – World Environment Day. Theme – ‘Only One Earth’.
3. 8th June – World Ocean Day. Theme – ‘Revitalization: Collective Action for the Ocean’.
4. 12th June – World Day Against Child Labour. Theme – ‘Universal Social Protection to End Child Labour’.
5. 14th June – World Blood Donor Day. Theme – ‘Share Life, Give Blood’.
6. 17th June – World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought. Theme – ‘Rising up from drought
together’.
7. 20th June – World Refugee Day.
8. 21st June – International Yoga Day. Theme – ‘Yoga for Well-being’.
9. 23rd June – International Olympics Day. Theme – ‘Stay Healthy, Stay Strong, Stay Active’.
10. 27th June – Micro, Small & Medium (MSME) Day.
11. 29th June – National Statistics Day.
12. 30th June – World Social Media Day.
July
1. 1st July – National Doctors Day. Theme – ‘Family Doctors on the Front Line’.
2. 1st July – GST Day.
3. 11th July – World Population Day. Theme – ‘Impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic on Fertility’.
4. 14th July – Bastille Day or National Day of France.
5. 15th July – World Youth Skills Day. Theme – ‘Reimagining Youth Skills Post-Pandemic’.
6. 12th July – Malala Day.
7. 18th July – Nelson Mandela Day. Theme – ‘One Hand Can Feed Another’.
8. 20th July – World Chess Day. Theme – ‘Teach Someone How to Play Chess’.
9. 26th July – Kargil Vijay Diwas.
10. 28th July – World Hepatitis Day. Theme – ‘Hepatitis can't wait’.
11. 28th July – World Nature Conservation Day. Theme – ‘Forests and Livelihoods: Sustaining People and
Planet’.
12. 29th July – International Tiger Day. Theme – ‘Their survival is in Our Hands’.

August
1. 7th August – National Handloom Day.
2. 8th August – August Kranti Diwas.
3. 9th August – International Day of World’s Indigenous People. Theme – ‘Leaving No One Behind:
Indigenous Peoples and the Call for A New Social Contract’.
4. 10th August – World Biofuel Day. Theme – ‘Promotion of Biofuels for A Better Environment’.
5. 12th August – International Youth Day. Theme – ‘Transforming Food Systems: Youth Innovation for
Human and Planetary Health’.
6. 12th August – World Elephant Day.
7. 14th August – Partition Horrors Remembrance Day.
8. 19th August – World Photography Day. Theme – ‘Transcending the Boundaries of Language, Photography
is A Medium that has A Universal Value’.
9. 19th August – World Humanitarian Day. Theme – ‘The Human Race’.
10. 20th August – Rashtriya Sadbhavana Diwas.
11. 26th August – Women’s Equality Day.
12. 29th August – National Sports Day.
13. 30th August – National Small-Scale Industries (SSI) Day.

September
1. 5th September – National Teachers’ Day.
2. 5th September – International Day of Charity.
3. 8th September – International Literacy Day. Theme – ‘Literacy for A Human-Centred Recovery:
Narrowing the Digital Divide’.
4. 9th September – World EV Day.
5. 10th September – World Suicide Prevention Day. Theme – ‘Creating Hope through Action’.
6. 11th September – 20th anniversary of 9/11 terrorist attack.
7. 11th September – Mahakavi Subramania Bharati Day.
8. 14th September – Rashtriya Hindi Diwas.
9. 15th September – International Day of Democracy. Theme – ‘Strengthening Democratic Resilience in
the Face of Future Crises’.
10. 15th September – National Engineers Day. Theme – ‘Engineering for A Healthy Planet- Celebrating the
UNESCO Engineering Report’.
11. 16th September – World Ozone Day. Theme – ‘Keeping us, our food and vaccines cool’.
12. 17th September – Social Justice Day. Theme – ‘A Call for Social Justice in the Digital Economy’.
 13. 21st September – International Day of Peace. Theme – ‘Recovering Better for an Equitable and
Sustainable World’.
14. 22nd September – World Rhino Day. Theme – ‘Keep the Five Alive’.
15. 25th September – Antyodaya Diwas.
16. 26th September – International Day for Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons.
17. 26th September – World Environment Health Day. Theme – ‘Prioritising Environmental Health for
Healthier Communities in the Global Recovery’.
18. 27th September – World Tourism Day. Theme – ‘Tourism for Inclusive Growth’.
19. 28th September – International Day for Universal Access of Information. Theme – ‘The Right to Know –
Building Back Better with Access to Information’.
20. 30th September – International Translation Day. Theme – ‘Translation and Indigenous Languages’.

October
1. 1st October – International Day of Older Persons. Theme – ‘Digital Equity for All Ages’.
2. 2nd October – International Non-violence Day.
3. 4th October – World Habitat Day. Theme – ‘Accelerating urban action for a carbon-free world’.
4. 4th October – World Animal Welfare Day. Theme – ‘Forest and Livelihoods: Sustaining People and Planet’.
5. 5th October – World Teachers’ Day. Theme – ‘Teachers at the Heart of Education Recovery’.
6. 8th October – Indian Air Force Day.
7. 10th October – World Mental Health Day. Theme – ‘Mental Health in an Unequal World’.
8. 11th October – International Day of the Girl Child. Theme – ‘Digital generation. Our generation’.
9. 15th October – International Day of Rural Women. Theme – ‘Rural women cultivating good food for all’.
10. 15th October – World Students’ Day. Theme – ‘Learning for People, Planet, Prosperity and Peace’.
11. 17th October – International Day for the Eradication of Poverty. Theme – ‘Building Forward Together:
Ending Persistent Poverty, Respecting all People and our Planet’.
12. 20th October – World Statistics Day. Theme – ‘Better data, Better Lives’.
13. 24th October – United Nations Day. Theme – ‘Building Back Together for Peace and Prosperity’.
14. 31st October – Rashtriya Ekta Diwas.

November
1. 2nd November – National Ayurveda Day. Theme – ‘Ayurveda for Poshan’.
2. 5th November – World Tsunami Awareness Day. Theme – ‘Enhancing international cooperation for
developing countries to raise tsunami awareness’.
3. 9th November – National Legal Services Day.
4. 11th November – National Education Day.
5. 14th November – World Diabetes Day. Theme – ‘Access to Diabetes Care – If Not Now, When?’.
6. 15th November – Janjatiya Gaurav Diwas.
7. 16th November – International Day of Tolerance. Theme – ‘Tolerance is respect, acceptance, and
appreciation of the diversity’.
8. 19th November – International Men’s Day. Theme – ‘Better relations between men and women’.
9. 20th November – World Children Day. Theme – ‘A better future for every child’.
10. 25th November – International Day for Elimination of Violence against Women. Theme – ‘Orange the
World: End Violence against Women Now!’.
11. 26th November – Constitution Day.
12. 26th November – National Milk Day.
December
1. 1st December – World AIDS Day. Theme – ‘End inequalities. End AIDS’.
2. 2nd December – National Pollution Control Day.
3. 3rd December – International Day of Persons with Disabilities. Theme – ‘Leadership and participation of
persons with disabilities toward an inclusive, accessible and sustainable post-COVID-19 world’.
4. 4th December – Indian Navy Day.
5. 7th December – International Civil Aviation Day. Theme – ‘Advancing Innovation for Global Aviation
Development’.
6. 9th December – International Anti-Corruption Day. Theme – ‘Your right, your role: say no to corruption’.
7. 10th December – World Human Rights Day. Theme – ‘EQUALITY – Reducing Inequalities, Advancing
Human Rights’.
8. 11th December – International Mountain Day. Theme – ‘Sustainable Mountain Tourism’.
9. 12th December – International Universal Health Coverage Day. Theme – ‘Leave No One’s Health Behind:
Invest in health systems for all’.
10. 14th December – National Energy Conservation Day. Theme – ‘Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav: Energy Efficient
India.
11. 16th December – Vijay Diwas.
12. 18th December – International Migrants Day. Theme – ‘Harnessing the Potential of Human Mobility’.
13. 19th December – Goa Liberation Day.
14. 22nd December – National Mathematics Day.
15. 23rd December – National Farmers’ Day.
16. 24th December – National Consumer Day. Theme – ‘Tackling Plastic Pollution’.
17. 25th December – Good Governance Day. Theme – ‘Prashasan Gaon ki Aur’.
18. 27th December – International Epidemic Preparedness Day.