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List of Important Days and Dates
| Day | Events |
| January | |
| 4th January | International World Braille Day |
| 6th January | World Day -War Orphans |
| 9th January | Pravasi Bhartiya Diwas |
| 10th January | World Hindi Day |
| 11th January | National Human Trafficking Awareness Day |
| 12th January | National Youth Day (India) |
| 15th January | Army Day (India) |
| 17th January | World Religion Day |
| 24th January | National Girl Child Day (India) |
| 25th January | Martyrs’ Day World-Neglected Tropical Diseases |
| 26th January | Republic Day (India) |
| 27th January | International Holocaust Remembrance Day |
| 30th January | National Girl Child Day (India) |
| Last Sunday of January | World Leprosy Eradication Day |
| February | |
| 2nd Feb | World Wetlands Day |
| 4th February | World Cancer Day |
| 6th February | International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation |
| 9th February | Safer Internet Day |
| 10th February | National De-worming Day |
| 11th February | International Day of Women and Girls in Science |
| 13th February | World Radio Day (UNESCO) National Women’s Day |
| 20th February | World Day of Social Justice |
| 21st February | International Mother Language Day |
| 23th February | World Peace and Understanding Day |
| 24th February | Central Excise Day |
| 27th February | World NGO Day |
| 28th February | National Science Day (India) |
| March | |
| 1st March | Zero Discrimination Day World Civil Defence Day |
| 3rd March | World Wildlife Day |
| 4th March | World Day of the Fight Against Sexual Exploitation National Security Day |
| 8th March | International Women’s Day |
| 11th March | World Kidney Day |
| 14th March | International Day of Action for Rivers |
| 15th March | World Consumer Rights Day |
| 16th March | National Vaccination Day |
| 18th March | Ordnance Factories Day |
| 20th March | World Sparrow DayInternational Day of Happiness |
| 21st March | International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination World Forestry Day |
| 22nd March | World Day for Water |
| 23rd March | World Meteorological Day |
| 24th March | World Tuberculosis Day |
| 27th March | World Theatre Day |
| April | |
| 2nd April | World Autism Awareness Day |
| 4th April | International Day of Mine Awareness |
| 5th April | National Maritime Day |
| 7th April | World Health Day |
| 10th April | World Homeopathy Day |
| 11th April | National Pet DayNational Safe Motherhood Day |
| 14th April | Cultural Unity Day (recognized by India, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Bangladesh, and Nepal) |
| 15th April | World Art Day |
| 17th April | World Haemophilia Day |
| 18th April | World Heritage Day |
| 21st April | National Civil Services Day National Administrative Professionals Day |
| 22nd April | Earth Day |
| 23rd April | World Book and Copyright Day |
| 24th April | National Panchayati Raj Day |
| 25th April | World Malaria Day |
| 26th April | World Intellectual Property Day |
| 28th April | World Day for Safety and Health at Work |
| 29th April | International Dance Day |
| 30th April | Ayushman Bharat Diwas |
| May | |
| 1st May | International Labour Day |
| 2nd May | International Astronomy Day |
| 4th May | World Asthma Day |
| 7th May | World Athletics Day |
| 8th May | World Red Cross & Red Crescent Day World Thalassemia Day |
| 9th May | World Migratory Bird Day |
| 10th May | World Mother Day |
| 11th May | National Technology Day (India) |
| 12th May | International Nurses Day (India) |
| 16th May | Dengue Prevention Day (India) |
| 17th May | World Telecommunication Day World Information Society Day |
| 18th May | International Museum Day |
| 20th May | World Metrology Day World Bee Day |
| 21st May | World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and DevelopmentAnti-Terrorism Day |
| 22nd May | International Day for Biological Diversity |
| 23rd May | World Turtle Day |
| 24th May | Commonwealth Day |
| 28th May | International Day of Action for Women’s Health |
| 29th May | International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers International Mount Everest Day (Chosen by Nepal) |
| 31st May | World Anti-Tobacco Day |
| June | |
| 1st June | World Milk Day |
| 3rd June | World Bicycle Day |
| 4th June | International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression |
| 5th June | World Environment Day |
| 7th June | World Food Safety Day |
| 8th June | World Ocean Day |
| 12th June | World Day Against Child Labour |
| 14th June | World Blood Donor Day |
| 15th June | World Elder Abuse Awareness Day |
| 16th June | International Integration Day |
| 17th June | World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought |
| 19th June | World Sickle Cell Day |
| 20th June | World Refugee Day |
| 21st June | World Music Day International Yoga Day |
| 23th June | United Nations Public Service DayInternational Olympic Day |
| 26th June | International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking International Anti-Drugs Day International Day in Support of Victims of Torture |
| 29th June | National Statistics Day |
| 3rd Sunday of June | International Father’s Day |
| July | |
| 1st July | National Doctor’s Day (India) |
| 2st July | World UFO Day World Sports Journalists Day |
| 4th July | International Cooperative Day |
| 11th July | World Population Day |
| 15th July | World Youth Skills Day |
| 17th July | World Day for International Justice |
| 18th July | Mandela Day |
| 26th July | Kargil Memorial Day (India) |
| 28th July | World Hepatitis Day World Nature Conservation Day World Nature Day |
| 29th July | International Tiger Day |
| 30th July | International Day of Friendship |
| August | |
| 1st August | Clergy Sexual Abuse Awareness Day |
| 6th August | Hiroshima Day |
| 9th August | Nagasaki Day World Tribal Day International Day of the World’s Indigenous People |
| 10th August | World Biofuel Day World Lion Day |
| 12th August | International Youth Day |
| 15th August | India’s Independence Day |
| 19th August | World Humanitarian Day |
| 20th August | World Mosquito Day |
| 21st August | World Senior Citizen Day |
| 23rd August | International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition |
| 29th August | National Sports Day International Day Against Nuclear Tests |
| 30th August | National Small Industry Day |
| September | |
| 2nd September | World Coconut Day |
| 5th September | Teachers Day (India) |
| 8th September | International Literacy Day |
| 12th September | United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation World First Aid Day |
| 14th September | Hindi Day (India) |
| 15th September | International Day of Democracy National Engineer’s Day |
| 16th September | World Ozone Day |
| 19th September | International Talk Like a Pirate Day |
| 21st September | International Day of Peace World Alzheimer’s Day Biosphere Day |
| 22nd September | World Rhino Day |
| 23rd September | International Day of Sign Languages |
| 28th September | Right to Know Day |
| 30th September | International Blasphemy Rights Day |
| October | |
| 1st October | International Day of Older Persons |
| 2nd October | International Day of Non-Violence Human Rights Day (10th December) |
| 4th October | World Animal Welfare Day |
| 5th October | World Teachers’ Day |
| 8th October | Indian Air Force Day |
| 10th October | National Post Day |
| 13th October | World Day for Natural Disaster Reduction |
| 15th October | International Day of Rural Women |
| 16th October | World Food Day |
| 17th October | International Day for the Eradication of Poverty |
| 20th October | International Day of the Air Traffic Controller |
| 24th October | United Nations Day World Development Information Day World Polio Day |
| 27th October | World Day for Audiovisual Heritage |
| 28th October | National Ayurveda Day |
| 30th October | World Thrift Day |
| 31st October | National Unity Day |
| November | |
| 2nd November | International Journalist’s Remembrance Day |
| 6th November | International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict |
| 9th November | World Legal Services Day |
| 10th November | World Immunization Day |
| 11th November | National Education Day |
| 12th November | World Pneumonia Day |
| 13th November | World Kindness Day |
| 14th November | Children’s Day (India) |
| 16th November | International Day for Tolerance National Press Day |
| 17th November | International Students Day |
| 18th November | World Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Day |
| 19th November | International Men’s DayNational Integration Day (India) |
| 20th November | Africa Industrialization DayUniversal Children’s Day Transgender Day of Remembrance |
| 21st November | International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women |
| 25th November | International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women |
| 26th November | National Law Day (India) Constitution Day National Milk Day |
| 29th November | International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People |
| December | |
| 1st December | World Aids Day |
| 2nd December | International Day for the Abolition of Slavery |
| 3rd December | International Day of Disabled Persons |
| 4th December | Indian Navy Day |
| 7th December | Indian Armed Force Flag DayInternational Civil Aviation Day |
| 9th December | The International Day Against Corruption |
| 10th December | Human Rights Day International Animal Rights Day |
| 11th December | International Mountain Day |
| 14th December | National Energy Conservation Day (India) |
| 18th December | International Migrants Day |
| 20th December | International Human Solidarity Day |
| 22nd December | National Mathematics Day |
| 23rd December | Farmers Day (India) |
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