List of Important National and International Days & Dates
Hi Friends, In all competitive exams surely atleast one questions comes from national and international days and dates . So guys please study well and memorize the list of important dates and days across all months for your exam preparation.
Here we will collected listed out all the important days and dates for each month. Please refer below for month wise list of important national and international days and dates.
Important Days and Dates in January |
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| 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 |
Important Days and Dates in February |
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| 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 womens day or Sarojini Naydu’s Birthday |
| February 14 | Valantine’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 |
Important Days and Dates in March |
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| March 3 | National Defence Day |
| March 4 | National Safety Day,World Day of the Fight Against Sexual Exploitation, National Security Day |
| March 8 | International Womens’ Day |
| March 13 | World Rotaract Day |
| March 14 | World Pie 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 |
Important Days and Dates in April |
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| April 1 | Orissa Day, 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 Secrataries 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 |
Important Days and Dates in May |
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| May 01 | World Labour Day or May Day or Workers Day, Maharashtra Day |
| May 03 | Press Freedom Day(Intl.), International Sun Day, World Asthma Day, International Energy Day |
| May 04 | Coal Miners Day(Intl.), International Firefighters’ Day |
| 1st Sunday of May | World Laughter Day |
| May 05 | World Athletics Day, World Midwives Day |
| May 06 | World No Diet Day |
| May 08 | World Red Cross Day or Red Crescent Day, Remembrance and Reconciliation for Lost Lives of Second World War |
| May 09 | World Thalassaemia Day |
| 2nd sunday of May | World Mother Day |
| May 10 | International Migratory Bird Day |
| May 11 | National technology day |
| May 12 | International Nurses Day |
| May 13 | International Criminal Court Day |
| May 15 | International Day of the Families |
| May 17 | World Tele-communication and Information Society Day, Wold AIDS Vaccination day,World Hypertension Day, International day against Homophobia and Transphobia |
| May 18 | World Museum Day |
| May 20 | World Meteorology Day |
| May 21 | National Anti Terrorism Day, National Day for Cultural Development |
| May 22 | International Day for Biological Diversity |
| May 24 | Commonwealth Day |
| May 25 | World Missing Childrens day |
| May 29 | International Day of Peacekeepers |
| May 31 | World Anti Tobacco Day |
Important Days and Dates in June |
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| 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 |
Important Days and Dates in July |
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| 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 Indipendence 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 |
Important Days and Dates in August |
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| 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 Indipendence 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, Indain 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 |
Important Days and Dates in September |
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| 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 26 | World Contraception Day, european day of languages |
| September 27 | World Tourism Day |
| September 28 | World Rabies Day |
| September 29 | World Heart Day |
Important Days and Dates in October |
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| 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, World Students 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 wold Thrift day, Halloween Day |
List of Important Days and Dates in November |
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| November 1 | World Vegan Day |
| November 6 | International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict |
| November 7 | Infant Protection Day, World Cancer Awareness Day |
| November 8 | World Radiology Day |
| November 9 | World Legal Service Day |
| November 10 | World Science day for Peace and Development, Public Transport Day |
| November 11 | National Education Day |
| November 12 | World Pneumonia Day, Public Service Broadcasting Day |
| November 13 | World Kindness Day |
| November 14 | Children’s Day(India), World Diabetes Day |
| November 16 | International Day for Endurance or Tolerance |
| November 17 | International Students Day, Gurunanak Dev’s Birth Anniversary, National eplilepsy day |
| November 19 | World Toilet Day, International Men’s Day, National Integration Day |
| November 20 | Universal Children’s Day |
| 3rd Sunday of November | World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims |
| 3rd Thursday of November | World Philosophy Day |
| November 21 | World Fisheries Day, World Hello Day, World Television Day |
| November 25 | International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, World Non-Veg day |
| November 26 | National Law Day or National constitution Day |
| November 30 | National Flag Day |
List of Important Days and Dates in December |
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| December 1 | World AIDS Day |
| December 2 | World Computer Literacy Day, International Day for the Abolition of Slavery |
| December 3 | International Day of People with Disability or World Disability Day |
| December 4 | Indian Navy Day |
| December 5 | International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development |
| December 7 | International Civil Aviation Day, Indian Armed Force Flag Day |
| December 9 | The International Anti-Corruption Day |
| December 10 | World Human Rights Day,International Children’s Day of Broadcasting |
| December 11 | International Mountain Day, UNICEF Day |
| December 14 | National Energy Conservation Day(India) |
| December 16 | Vijay Diwas |
| December 18 | International Migrants Day, National Minority Rights Day |
| December 19 | Goa’s Libration Day |
| December 20 | International Human Solidarity Day |
| December 23 | National Farmer’s Day or Kisan Diwas |
| December 25 | Christmas Day |
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