List of Important Days of Year National, International from Jan to December

List of Important Days of Year from India National and International from January to December with Dates. Hello candidates, in this post we are describing whole year’s important day of India and world. The name of important days plays an important role in competitive exams as we can expect some questions from this part. This important days list will be useful for you in all kinds of competitive exams.

We have arranged the list in proper order starting from Important days from January to December. This is the complete list and there is no need to need to go anywhere else after you read it completely.

List of Important Days in January:

January 1 – Global Family Day, Army Medical Corps Establishment Day
January 6 – World War Orphans Day
January 9 – NRI Day or Pravasi Bhartiya Diwas
January 10 – World Laughter Day
January 11 – Death anniversary of Lal Bahadur Shastri
January 12 – National Youth Day or Birthday of Swami Vivekananda
January 15 – National Army Day
January 23 – Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose’s Birth Anniversary
January 24 – National Girl Child Day of India
January 25 – National Tourism Day, National Voters Day
January 26 – Republic Day of India, International Customs duty day
January 27 – International Holocaust Remembrance Day
January 28 – Data Protection Day, Birth Anniversary of Lala Lajpat Rai
January 30 – National Martyr’s Day or Sarvodaya Day, World Leprosy Eradication Day


List of Important Days in February:

February 2 – World Wetlands Day
February 4 – World Cancer Day, National Day of Srilanka, Facebook day
2nd Sunday of February – World Marriage Day
February 6 – International Day against Female Genital Mutilation
February 11 – World Day of the Sick
February 12 – Darwin Day
February 13 – World Radio Day, National women’s day or Sarojini Naidu’s Birthday
February 14 – Valentine’s Day
February 20 – World Day of Social Justice
February 21 – International Mother Language Day
February 22 – World Scout Day, World Thinking day
February 23 – World Peace and Understanding Day
February 24 – Central Excise Day
February 28 – National Science Day

List of Important Days in March:

March 3 – National Defence Day
March 4 – National Safety Day, World Day of the Fight Against Sexual Exploitation, National Security Day
March 8 – International Women’s’ Day
March 13 – World Rotaract Day
March 14 – World Pi day
2nd Monday of March – Commonwealth Day
2nd Thursday of March – World Kidney Day
March 15 – World Consumer Rights Day, World Disabled Day, World Contact Day
March 16 – National Vaccination Day
March 18 – National Ordinance Factories Day
March 20 – International Day of Happiness, World sparrow day
March 21 – World Forestry Day, International Day for the Elimination of Racial
Discrimination, World Poetry Day, World Down Syndrome day, World Puppetry day
3rd Friday of March – World Sleep Day
March 22 – World Water Day
March 23 – World Meteorological Day, Pakistan Day (Youm-e-Pakistan)
March 24 – World TB Day, International Day for Achievers
March 25 – International Day of Remembrance – Victims of Slavery and Transatlantic Slave Trade
March 26 – World Purple day (epilepsy awareness day)
March 27 – World Drama Day or World Theater Day

List of Important Days in April:

April 1 –  April fool’s day
April 2 – World Autism Awareness Day
April 4 – International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action
April 5 – National Maritime Day
April 7 – World Health Day
April 8 – World Romani Day
April 12 – World Aviation& Cosmonauts Day
April 13 – Jallianwallah Bagh Massacre Day
April 14 – B.R.Ambedkar Remembrance Day
April 15 – World day of Silence, Day of Dialogue
April 17 – World Haemophilia Day
April 18 – World Heritage Day
April 21 – World Creativity and Innovation Day, National Secretaries day, National Civil Services Day
April 22 – World Earth Day
April 23 – World Book and Copyright Day, World English Language Day
April 24 – World Lab Animals Day
April 25 – World Malaria Day, Italy Liberation Day
April 26 – World Intellectual Property Day
April 28 – International Worker’s Memorial Day, World day for Safety and Health at work
April 29 – World Dance Day
April 30 – International Jazz Day

List of Important Days in May:

2ndMay – World Tuna day
3rdMay – World Press Freedom day
10thMay – World Migratory Bird Day, “Vesak” the day of the Full Moon
11thMay – National Technology Day
15thMay – International day of Families
17thMay – World Telecommunication and Information Society Day
21stMay – World Day for Cultural diversity for Dialogue and Development
22ndMay – International Day for Biological diversity
23rdMay – International Day to End Obstetric Fistula
29thMay – International Day of UN Peacekeepers
31stMay – World No Tobacco Day

List of Important Days in June:

June 1 – Global Day of Parents
June 4 – World Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression
June 5 – World Environment Day
June 8 – World Brain Tumor Day, World Oceans Day
June 12 – World Day against Child Labor
June 14 – World Blood Donor Day
June 15 – World elder abuse awareness day
3rd Sunday of June – World Father’s Day
June 16 – International Integration Day
June 18 – International Picnic Day
June 20 – World Refugee Day
June 21 – World Music Day
June 23 – International Olympic Day, United Nations Public Service Day, International Widows Day
June 26 – International Day against Drug abuse and Illicit Trafficking, International Day in support of Victims of torture

List of Important Days in July:

July 1 – International Joke Day, world Doctor’s Day
July 2 – World Sports Journalists Day, World UFO day
1st Saturday of July – International Day of Cooperatives
July 04 – America Independence Day
July 06 – World Zoonoses Day
July 07 – World Chocolate Day
July 11 – World Population Day
July 12 – International Malala Day
July 18 – International Nelson Mandela Day
July 26 – Kargil Vijay Diwas or Kargil Memorial Day or Kargil Victory Day
July 28 – World Nature Conservation Day, World Hepatitis Day
July 29 – International Tiger Day

List of Important Days in August:

First Sunday in August – International Friendship Day
August 6 – Hiroshima Day, Anti-Nuclear Day
August 8 – World Senior Citizen Day
August 9 – Nagasaki Day, International Day of the World’s Indigenous People, Quit India Day
August 12 – International Youth Day
August 13 – International Left Handers Day
August 14 – Pakistan’s Independence Day
August 15 – India’s Independence Day, International Mourning Day
August 19 – World Humanitarian Day, World Photography Day
August 20 – National Sadbhavna Divas or Birthday of Rajiv Gandhi, World Mosquito Day, Indian Akshay Urja Diwas or day
August 21 – National Senior Citizen Day
August 23 – International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and Its Abolition
August 29 – National Sports Day or Dhyanchand’s Birthday
August 30 – International day of the victims of enforced Disappearances

List of Important Days in September:

September 2 – World Coconut Day
September 5 – National Teacher’s Day or Dr. Radhakrishanan’s Birth Day, Sanskrit Day
September 7 – World Forgiveness Day
September 8 – World Literacy Day
September 10 – World Anti-Suicide Day
September 14 – Hindi Diwas or Hindi Day, World First Aid Day
September 15 – International Day of Democracy, International Engineer’s Day
September 16 – World Ozone Day
September 20 – RPF Foundation day
September 21 – World Peace Day or International day for Peace and Non-violence (UN), World Alzheimer’s Day
September 22 – World Cancer Free Day or Rose Day
September 23 – International Day of the Deaf
September 27 – World Tourism Day
September 28 – World Rabies Day
September 29 – World Heart Day

List of Important Days in October:

1st Monday of October – World Habitat Day
October 1 – World Vegetarian Day, International Day of the older/Elderly
October 2 – Gandhi Jayanti, International Day of Non-Violence
October 3 – World Nature Day
October 4 – World Animal Day
October 5 – World Teacher’s Day
October 6 – World Wildlife Day
October 8 – Indian Air Force Day
October 9 – World Postal or Post-office Day
October 10 – World Mental Health Day, National Post-office Day
October 11 – International Day of the Girl Child
2nd Thursday of October – World Sight Day
October 12 – World Arthritis Day
October 13 – International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction
October 14 – World Standards Day
October 15 – Global Hand Washing Day, International Day of Rural Women, World White Cane Safety Day
October 16 – World Food Day
October 17 – International Poverty Day for it’s Eradication
October 20 – World Osteoporosis Day, World Statistics Day, National Solidarity day
October 24 – UN Day, World Development Information Day, World Polio Day
October 27 – World day for Audio Visual Heritage
October 28 – International Animation Day
October 31 – World Savings Day or world Thrift day, Halloween Day

List of Important Days in November:

November 1 – World Vegan Day
November 7 – Infant Protection Day, World Cancer Awareness Day
November 8 – World Radiology Day
November 11 – National Education Day
November 14 – Children’s Day (India), World Diabetes Day
November 19 – World Toilet Day, International Men’s Day, National Integration Day
November 20 – Universal Children’s Day
3rd Thursday of November – World Philosophy Day
November 21 – World Fisheries Day, World Hello Day, World Television Day
November 30 – National Flag Day

List of Important Days in December:

December 1 – World AIDS Day
December 2 – National Pollution control day
December 4 – Indian Navy Day
December 5 – World soil day
December 7 – International Civil Aviation Day
December 9 – International Anti-Corruption Day
December 10 – World Human Rights Day,
December 14 – National Energy Conservation Day
December 18 – International Migrants Day,
December 20 – International Human Solidarity Day
December 24 – National Consumers Rights day