List of Important National and International days and dates – GK
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Important Days in January
| 1-Jan | Celebrate as Army Medical Corps Establishment Day |
| 8-Jan | Celebrate as African National Congress Foundation Day |
| 10-Jan | Celebrate as World Laughter Day |
| 9-Jan | Celebrate as Pravasi Bharatiya Divas |
| 11-Jan | Celebrate as Death anniversary of Lal Bahadur Shastri |
| 12-Jan | Celebrate as National youth Day (Birth Day of Swami Vivekanand) |
| 15-Jan | Celebrate as Army Day |
| 23-Jan | Celebrate as Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose’s birth anniversary |
| 25-Jan | Celebrate as International Customs Duty Day, India Tourism Day, Indian Voter Day |
| 26-Jan | Celebrate as Republic Day |
| 28-Jan | Celebrate as Birth anniversary of Lala Lajpat Rai |
| 30-Jan | Celebrate as (Martyr’s day) Mahatma Gandhi’s Martyrdom Day;World Leprosy Eradication Day |
| 31-Jan | Celebrate as World Leprosy Eradication Day |
Important Days in February
| 2-Feb | Celebrate as World Wetlands Day |
| 4-Feb | Celebrate as National Day of Srilanka |
| 5-Feb | Celebrate as Kashmir Day (Organised by Pakistan) |
| 13-Feb | Celebrate as Sarojini Naidu’s Birth Anniversary |
| 14-Feb | Celebrate as St. Valentine’s Day |
| 24-Feb | Celebrate as Central Exise Day |
| 28-Feb | Celebrate as National Science Day |
Important Days in March
| 3-Mar | Celebrate as National Defence Day |
| 4-Mar | Celebrate as National Security Day |
| 8-Mar | Celebrate as International Women’s Day |
| 9-Mar | Celebrate as CISF Raising Day |
| 12-Mar | Celebrate as Mauritius Day;Central Industrial Security Force Day |
| 15-Mar | Celebrate as World Consumer Day |
| 16-Mar | Celebrate as National Vaccination Day |
| 21-Mar | Celebrate as World Forestry Day |
| 22-Mar | Celebrate as World Day of Water |
| 23-Mar | Celebrate as World Meterological Day |
| 24-Mar | Celebrate as World TB Day |
| 26-Mar | Celebrate as Bangaladesh Liberation Day |
Important Days in April
| 1-Apr | Celebrate as Orissa Day |
| 5-Apr | Celebrate as National Meritime Day |
| 7-Apr | Celebrate as World Health Day |
| 11-Apr | Celebrate as National Safe Motherhood Day |
| 13-Apr | Celebrate as Jallianwallah Bagh Massacre Day (1919) |
| 14-Apr | Celebrate as B.R. Ambedkar Remembrance Day |
| 17-Apr | Celebrate as World Haemophilia Day |
| 18-Apr | Celebrate as World Heritage Day |
| 21-Apr | Celebrate as National Civil Service Day |
| 22-Apr | Celebrate as World Earth Day |
| 23-Apr | Celebrate as World Books Day |
| 24-Apr | Celebrate as Panchayat Raj Day |
| 26-Apr | Celebrate as World Intellectual Property Day |
Important Days in May
| 1-May | Celebrate as International Labour Day, Maharashtra Day |
| 3-May | Celebrate as International Press Freedom day; International Energy Day |
| 4-May | Celebrate as Coal Miners Day |
| 7-May | Celebrate as Worlds AIDS Orphans day |
| 8-May | Celebrate as International Red Cross Day (It is celebrated to commemorate the birth anniversary of the founder of the Red Cross Organization Jean Henry Dunant) |
| 11-May | Celebrate as National Technology Day |
| 15-May | Celebrate as International Family Day |
| 17-May | Celebrate as World Telecom Day |
| 18-May | Celebrate as International Museums Day |
| 22-May | Celebrate as International Bio Diversity Day |
| 24-May | Celebrate as Commonwealth Day |
| 25-May | Celebrate as Worlds Thyroid Day |
| 29-May | Celebrate as International Day of UN Peace Keepers |
| 30-May | Celebrate as Hindi Journalism Day |
| 31-May | Celebrate as World No Tobacco Day |
Important Days in June
| 1-Jun | Celebrate as World Milk Day (FAO) |
| 5-Jun | Celebrate as World Environment Day |
| 8-Jun | Celebrate as World Oceans Day |
| 12-Jun | Celebrate as World Day Against Child Labour / Child Labour Prohibition Day |
| 14-Jun | Celebrate as World Blood Donor Day |
| 15-Jun | Celebrate as World Elder Abuse Awareness Day |
| 17-Jun | Celebrate as World Day to Combat Desertification |
| 20-Jun | Celebrate as World Refugee Day |
| 21-Jun | Celebrate as International Day of Yoga |
| 23-Jun | Celebrate as United Nations Public Service Day |
| 26-Jun | Celebrate as International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking |
| 29-Jun | Celebrate as National Statistics Day |
Important Days in July
| 1-Jul | Celebrate as Doctor’s Day |
| 2-Jul | Celebrate as World UFO Day |
| 4-Jul | Celebrate as American Independence Day |
| 7-Jul | Celebrate as International Day of Cooperatives |
| 11-Jul | Celebrate as World Population Day |
| 17-Jul | Celebrate as World Day for International Justice |
| 18-Jul | Celebrate as Mandela Day |
| 26-Jul | Celebrate as Kargil Victory Day |
| 27-Jul | Celebrate as Central Reserve Police Force Foundation Day |
| 28-Jul | Celebrate as World Hepatitis Day |
Important Days in August
| 6-Aug | Celebrate as Hiroshima Day |
| 7-Aug | Celebrate as National Handloom Day |
| 9-Aug | Celebrate as Quit India Movement Day |
| 12-Aug | Celebrate as International youth Day |
| 14-Aug | Celebrate as Pakistan’s Independence Day |
| 15-Aug | Celebrate as India’s Independence Day |
| 19-Aug | Celebrate as World Photography Day |
| 20-Aug | Celebrate as Sadbhavana Diwas |
| 29-Aug | Celebrate as National Sports Day of India (Dhyanchand’s Birth Day) |
| 30-Aug | Celebrate as Small Industry Day |
Important Days in September
| 5-Sep | Celebrate as Teacher’s Day (Dr. Radhakrishnan’s Birth Day) |
| 7-Sep | Celebrate as Forgiveness Day |
| 8-Sep | Celebrate as International Literacy Day |
| 14-Sep | Celebrate as Hindi day,World First Aid Day |
| 16-Sep | Celebrate as World Ozone Day |
| 21-Sep | Celebrate as International Day of Peace, World Alzheimer’s day |
| 25-Sep | Celebrate as Social Justice Day |
| 27-Sep | Celebrate as World Tourism Day |
Important Days in October
| 1-Oct | Celebrate as International Day for the Elderly(UN) |
| 2-Oct | Celebrate as Gandhi Jayanti, International Day of Non-Violence |
| 3-Oct | Celebrate as World Nature Day, World Habitat Day |
| 4-Oct | Celebrate as World Animal Day |
| 5-Oct | Celebrate as World Teacher’s Day |
| 6-Oct | Celebrate as World Wildlife Day, World Food Security Day |
| 8-Oct | Celebrate as Indian Air-force day |
| 9-Oct | Celebrate as World Postal Day |
| 10-Oct | Celebrate as World Mental Health day;National Post Day |
| 11-Oct | Celebrate as International Girl Child Day |
| 12-Oct | Celebrate as World Sight day |
| 13-Oct | Celebrate as World Calamity Control Day(UN) |
| 14-Oct | Celebrate as World Standard Day |
| 15-Oct | Celebrate as World White cane day(guiding the blind) |
| 16-Oct | Celebrate as World Food Day |
| 17-Oct | Celebrate as International poverty |
| 20-Oct | Celebrate as National Solidarity Day (China attacked India on that day) |
| 24-Oct | Celebrate as United Nations Day |
| 30-Oct | Celebrate as World Thrift Day |
| 31-Oct | Celebrate as Rastriya Ekta Diwas (Sardar Patel), National Integration Day (In memory of Indira Gandhi) |
Important Days in November
| 5-Nov | Celebrate as World Tsunami Awareness Day |
| 7-Nov | Celebrate as Infant Protection day;World Cancer Awareness Day |
| 9-Nov | Celebrate as Legal Service Day |
| 10-Nov | Celebrate as World Science Day for Peace Development |
| 11-Nov | Celebrate as National Education Day |
| 12-Nov | Celebrate as National Broadcasting Day |
| 14-Nov | Celebrate as Children’s day; World Diabetics day |
| 17-Nov | Celebrate as Guru Nanak Dev’s Birth Anniversary |
| 18-Nov | Celebrate as Territorial Army Day |
| 19-Nov | Celebrate as National Integration Day |
| 21-Nov | Celebrate as World Fisheries Day; World Television Day |
| 26-Nov | Celebrate as National Law Day |
Important Days in December
| 1-Dec | Celebrate as World AIDS Day |
| 3-Dec | Celebrate as World Disability Day |
| 4-Dec | Celebrate as Navy Day |
| 7-Dec | Celebrate as Armed Force Flag Day |
| 10-Dec | Celebrate as Human Rights day |
| 11-Dec | Celebrate as UNICEF Day |
| 14-Dec | Celebrate as National Energy Conservation Day |
| 19-Dec | Celebrate as Goa’s Liberation day |
| 23-Dec | Celebrate as Kisan Divas (Farmer’s Day) |