Important national and international days

Important Days in January

Jan 1    Army Medical Corps Establishment Day
Jan 8    African National Congress Foundation Day
Jan 10    World Laughter Day
Jan 9    Pravasi Bharatiya Divas
Jan 11    Death anniversary of Lal Bahadur Shastri
Jan 12    National youth Day (Birth Day of Swami Vivekanand)
Jan 15     Army Day
Jan 23    Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose's birth anniversary
Jan 25    International Customs Duty Day, India Tourism Day, Indian Voter Day
Jan 26    Republic Day
Jan 28     Birth anniversary of Lala Lajpat Rai
Jan 30    (Martyr's day) Mahatma Gandhi's Martyrdom Day;World Leprosy Eradication Day
Jan 31    World Leprosy Eradication Day

Important Days in February

Feb 2     World Wetlands Day
Feb 4    National Day of Srilanka
Feb 5    Kashmir Day (Organised by Pakistan)
Feb 13    Sarojini Naidu's Birth Anniversary
Feb 14    St. Valentine's Day
Feb 24    Central Exise Day
Feb 28    National Science Day

Important Days in March

Mar 3    National Defence Day
Mar 4    National Security Day
Mar 8    International Women's Day
Mar 9    CISF Raising Day
Mar 12    Mauritius Day;Central Industrial Security Force Day
Mar 15    World Consumer Day
Mar 16    National Vaccination Day
Mar 21    World Forestry Day
Mar 22    World Day of Water
Mar 23    World Meterological Day
Mar 24    World TB Day
Mar 26    Bangaladesh Liberation Day

Important Days in April

April 1    Orissa Day
April 5    National Meritime Day
April 7    World Health Day
April 11    National Safe Motherhood Day
April 13    Jallianwallah Bagh Massacre Day (1919)
April 14    B.R. Ambedkar Remembrance Day
April 17    World Haemophilia Day
April 18    World Heritage Day
April 21    National Civil Service Day
April 22    World Earth Day
April 23    World Books Day
April 24    Panchayat Raj Day
April 26    World Intellectual Property Day

Important Days in May

May 1    International Labour Day, Maharashtra Day
May 3    International Press Freedom day; International Energy Day
May 4    Coal Miners Day
May 7    Worlds AIDS Orphans day
May 8    International Red Cross Day (It is celebrated to commemorate the birth anniversary of the founder of the Red Cross Organization Jean Henry Dunant)
May 11    National Technology Day
May 15    International Family Day
May 17    World Telecom Day
May 18    International Museums Day
May 22    International Bio Diversity Day
May 24    Commonwealth Day
May 25    Worlds Thyroid Day
May 29    International Day of UN Peace Keepers
May 30    Hindi Journalism Day
May 31    World No Tobacco Day

Important Days in June

June 1    World Milk Day (FAO)
June 5    World Environment Day
June 8    World Oceans Day
June 12    World Day Against Child Labour / Child Labour Prohibition Day
June 14    World Blood Donor Day
June 15    World Elder Abuse Awareness Day
June 17    World Day to Combat Desertification
June 20    World Refugee Day
June 21    International Day of Yoga
June 23    United Nations Public Service Day
June 26    International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking
June 29    National Statistics Day

Important Days in July

July 1    Doctor's Day
July 2    World UFO Day
July 4    American Independence Day
July 7    International Day of Cooperatives
July 11    World Population Day
July 17    World Day for International Justice
July 18    Mandela Day
July 26    Kargil Victory Day
July 27    Central Reserve Police Force Foundation Day
July 28    World Hepatitis Day

Important Days in August

Aug 6    Hiroshima Day
Aug 9    Quit India Movement Day
Aug 12    International youth Day
Aug 14    Pakistan's Independence Day
Aug 15    India's Independence Day
Aug 19    World Photography Day
Aug 20    Sadbhavana Diwas
Aug 29    National Sports Day of India (Dhyanchand's Birth Day)
Aug 30    Small Industry Day

Important Days in September

Sept 5    Teacher's Day (Dr. Radhakrishnan's Birth Day)
Sept 7    Forgiveness Day
Sept 8    International Literacy Day
Sept 14    Hindi day,World First Aid Day
Sept 16    World Ozone Day
Sept 21    International Day of Peace, World Alzheimer's day
Sept 25    Social Justice Day
Sept 27    World Tourism Day

Important Days in October

Oct 1    International Day for the Elderly(UN)
Oct 2    Gandhi Jayanti, International Day of Non-Violence
Oct 3    World Nature Day, World Habitat Day
Oct 4    World Animal Day
Oct 5     World Teacher's Day
Oct 6    World Wildlife Day, World Food Security Day
Oct 8    Indian Air-force day
Oct 9    World Postal Day
Oct 10    World Mental Health day;National Post Day
Oct 11    International Girl Child Day
Oct 12    World Sight day
Oct 13    World Calamity Control Day(UN)
Oct 14    World Standard Day
Oct 15    World White cane day(guiding the blind)
Oct 16    World Food Day
Oct 17    International poverty
Oct 20    National Solidarity Day (China attacked India on that day)
Oct 24    United Nations Day
Oct 30    World Thrift Day
Oct 31    Rastriya Ekta Diwas (Sardar Patel), National Integration Day (In memory of Indira Gandhi)

Important Days in November

Nov 7    Infant Protection day;World Cancer Awareness Day
Nov 9    Legal Service Day
Nov 10    Transport Day
Nov 14    Children's day/ World Diabetics day
Nov 17    Guru Nanak Dev's Birth Anniversary
Nov 26    Law Day
Nov 30    Flag Day

Important Days in December

Dec 1    World AIDS Day
Dec 3    World Disability Day
Dec 4    Navy Day
Dec 7    Armed Force Flag Day
Dec 10    Human Rights day
Dec 11    UNICEF Day
Dec 14    National Energy Conservation Day
Dec 19    Goa's Liberation day
Dec 23    Kisan Divas (Farmer's Day)