ð General Knowledge & Exam Special: Complete Month-Wise List of Important National and International Days (January to December).
National and International Days are essential for competitive exam preparations (such as GPSC, UPSC, SSC, Banking, TET, and TAT) as well as general awareness. Below is a thoroughly revised and comprehensive month-wise calendar of all notable historical dates, United Nations observations, and Indian national celebrations.
ð Special Days in January
- Jan 1: Global Family Day, New Year's Day
- Jan 4: World Braille Day
- Jan 9: Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (NRI Day)
- Jan 10: World Hindi Day
- Jan 12: National Youth Day (Swami Vivekananda Jayanti)
- Jan 15: Indian Army Day
- Jan 23: Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Jayanti (Parakram Diwas)
- Jan 24: National Girl Child Day, International Day of Education
- Jan 25: National Voters' Day, National Tourism Day
- Jan 26: Republic Day of India, International Customs Day
- Jan 30: Martyrs' Day (Shaheed Diwas - Mahatma Gandhi Death Anniversary), World Leprosy Day
ð Special Days in February
- Feb 1: Indian Coast Guard Day
- Feb 2: World Wetlands Day
- Feb 4: World Cancer Day
- Feb 10: National Deworming Day, World Pulses Day
- Feb 13: National Women's Day (Sarojini Naidu Birth Anniversary), World Radio Day
- Feb 14: Valentine's Day
- Feb 20: World Day of Social Justice
- Feb 21: International Mother Language Day
- Feb 24: Central Excise Day
- Feb 28: National Science Day (Discovery of Raman Effect)
ð Special Days in March
- Mar 1: Zero Discrimination Day, World Civil Defence Day
- Mar 3: World Wildlife Day, World Hearing Day
- Mar 4: National Safety Day
- Mar 8: International Women's Day
- Mar 13: No Smoking Day (Second Wednesday of March)
- Mar 15: World Consumer Rights Day, World Disabled Day
- Mar 20: International Day of Happiness, World Sparrow Day
- Mar 21: World Forestry Day, World Down Syndrome Day, World Poetry Day
- Mar 22: World Water Day, Bihar Diwas
- Mar 23: Shaheed Diwas (Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev & Rajguru Martyrdom Day), World Meteorological Day
- Mar 24: World Tuberculosis (TB) Day
- Mar 27: World Theatre Day (World Stage Artists Day)
ð Special Days in April
- Apr 1: Odisha Foundation Day (Utkal Diwas), Prevention of Blindness Week, Fool's Day
- Apr 2: World Autism Awareness Day
- Apr 5: National Maritime Day
- Apr 7: World Health Day
- Apr 10: World Homeopathy Day
- Apr 11: National Safe Motherhood Day
- Apr 13: Jallianwala Bagh Massacre Commemoration Day
- Apr 14: Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Jayanti, National Fire Service Day
- Apr 17: World Hemophilia Day
- Apr 18: World Heritage Day
- Apr 21: National Civil Services Day
- Apr 22: World Earth Day
- Apr 23: World Book and Copyright Day
- Apr 24: National Panchayati Raj Day
- Apr 25: World Malaria Day, National Administrative Professionals Day
ð Special Days in May
- May 1: Gujarat Statehood Day, Maharashtra Statehood Day, International Labour Day
- May 3: World Press Freedom Day, International Sun Day
- May 5: World Athletics Day
- May 7: World Athletics Day (Alternative), Rabindranath Tagore Jayanti
- May 8: World Red Cross Day, World Thalassemia Day
- May 11: National Technology Day
- May 12: International Nurses Day
- May 15: International Day of Families
- May 17: World Telecommunication Day, World Hypertension Day
- May 21: National Anti-Terrorism Day (Death Anniversary of Rajiv Gandhi)
- May 22: International Day for Biological Diversity
- May 31: World No-Tobacco Day
- First Sunday of May: World Laughter Day
- Second Sunday of May: International Mother's Day
ð Special Days in June
- Jun 1: World Milk Day, Global Day of Parents, International Children's Day
- Jun 3: World Bicycle Day
- Jun 5: World Environment Day
- Jun 7: World Food Safety Day
- Jun 8: World Ocean Day, World Brain Tumour Day
- Jun 12: World Day Against Child Labour
- Jun 14: World Blood Donor Day
- Jun 20: World Refugee Day
- Jun 21: International Yoga Day, World Music Day
- Jun 23: International Olympic Day, UN Public Service Day
- Jun 26: International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking
- Jun 29: National Statistics Day (P.C. Mahalanobis Birth Anniversary)
- Third Sunday of June: Father's Day
ð Special Days in July
- Jul 1: National Doctor's Day (Dr. B.C. Roy Jayanti), Chartered Accountants Day, GST Day
- Jul 11: World Population Day
- Jul 12: Malala Day, Paper Bag Day
- Jul 15: World Youth Skills Day
- Jul 18: Nelson Mandela International Day
- Jul 20: International Chess Day
- Jul 26: Kargil Vijay Diwas
- Jul 28: World Hepatitis Day, World Nature Conservation Day
- Jul 29: International Tiger Day
ð Special Days in August
- First Sunday of August: International Friendship Day
- Aug 6: Hiroshima Day
- Aug 7: National Handloom Day, National Javelin Day (Neeraj Chopra Gold Medal commemoration)
- Aug 9: Quit India Movement Day (August Kranti Divas), International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples
- Aug 12: International Youth Day, National Librarian's Day
- Aug 13: International Left-Handers Day, World Organ Donation Day
- Aug 15: Independence Day of India
- Aug 19: World Photography Day, World Humanitarian Day
- Aug 20: Sadbhavana Diwas, World Mosquito Day
- Aug 23: National Space Day (Chandrayaan-3 Moon Landing)
- Aug 26: Women's Equality Day
- Aug 29: National Sports Day (Major Dhyan Chand Jayanti)
ð Special Days in September
- Sep 1 to 7: National Nutrition Week
- Sep 2: World Coconut Day
- Sep 5: Teachers' Day (Dr. Radhakrishnan Jayanti), International Day of Charity
- Sep 8: International Literacy Day
- Sep 10: World Suicide Prevention Day
- Sep 14: Hindi Diwas
- Sep 15: Engineers' Day (M. Visvesvaraya Jayanti), International Day of Democracy
- Sep 16: International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer (World Ozone Day)
- Sep 21: International Day of Peace, World Alzheimer's Day
- Sep 25: Antyodaya Diwas (Pt. Deendayal Upadhyaya Jayanti)
- Sep 27: World Tourism Day
- Sep 28: World Rabies Day
- Sep 29: World Heart Day
ð Special Days in October
- Oct 1: International Day of Older Persons, National Voluntary Blood Donation Day
- Oct 2: Gandhi Jayanti, Lal Bahadur Shastri Jayanti, International Day of Non-Violence
- Oct 4: World Animal Welfare Day
- Oct 5: World Teachers' Day
- Oct 8: Indian Air Force Day
- Oct 9: World Post Day
- Oct 10: National Post Day, World Mental Health Day
- Oct 11: International Day of the Girl Child
- Oct 15: World Students' Day (Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam Jayanti), Global Handwashing Day
- Oct 16: World Food Day
- Oct 20: World Statistics Day, National Solidarity Day
- Oct 21: Police Commemoration Day
- Oct 24: United Nations Day, World Polio Day
- Oct 31: National Unity Day (Rashtriya Ekta Diwas - Sardar Patel Jayanti)
ð Special Days in November
- Nov 1: World Vegan Day, State Foundation Day (Karnataka, Kerala, Haryana, MP, Chhattisgarh)
- Nov 5: World Tsunami Awareness Day
- Nov 7: National Cancer Awareness Day
- Nov 9: National Legal Services Day
- Nov 11: National Education Day (Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Jayanti)
- Nov 14: Children's Day (Bal Diwas), World Diabetes Day
- Nov 15: Janjatiya Gaurav Divas (Birsa Munda Jayanti)
- Nov 19: National Integration Day (Indira Gandhi Jayanti), World Toilet Day
- Nov 21: World Television Day, World Fisheries Day
- Nov 26: Constitution Day of India (Samvidhan Divas), National Milk Day (Dr. Verghese Kurien Jayanti)
ð Special Days in December
- Dec 1: World AIDS Day, BSF Raising Day
- Dec 2: National Pollution Control Day, World Computer Literacy Day, International Day for the Abolition of Slavery
- Dec 3: International Day of Persons with Disabilities
- Dec 4: Indian Navy Day
- Dec 5: World Soil Day, International Volunteer Day
- Dec 7: Armed Forces Flag Day (India), International Civil Aviation Day
- Dec 10: Human Rights Day
- Dec 11: UNICEF Day, International Mountain Day
- Dec 14: National Energy Conservation Day
- Dec 16: Vijay Diwas (1971 Indo-Pak War Victory)
- Dec 18: Minorities Rights Day (India), International Migrants Day
- Dec 22: National Mathematics Day (Srinivasa Ramanujan Jayanti)
- Dec 23: Kisan Diwas (National Farmers' Day - Chaudhary Charan Singh Jayanti)
- Dec 24: National Consumer Rights Day
- Dec 25: Good Governance Day (Atal Bihari Vajpayee Jayanti), Christmas Day
❓ Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
Q1: Why is National Science Day celebrated on February 28?
National Science Day is celebrated in honour of Sir C.V. Raman's discovery of the "Raman Effect" on February 28, 1928, for which he received the Nobel Prize in Physics.
Q2: When is Constitution Day celebrated in India?
Constitution Day (Samvidhan Divas) is observed on November 26 every year to commemorate the adoption of the Constitution of India in 1949.
Q3: Which days are most frequently asked in competitive exams?
Environment Day (June 5), Earth Day (April 22), National Science Day (February 28), International Yoga Day (June 21), and National Unity Day (October 31) are frequently featured in competitive exam question papers.
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