Calendar of Important Days, Special Days of India & World
| Date | Observance |
| January 1 | New Year’s Day |
| January 4 | World Braille Day |
| January 9 | Pravasi Bharatiya Divas / NRI Day |
| January 10 | World Hindi Day |
| January 12 | National Youth Day (Swami Vivekananda’s Birthday) |
| January 14 / 15 | Makar Sankranti |
| January 15 | Indian Army Day |
| January 23 | Parakram Diwas / Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Jayanti |
| January 24 | National Girl Child Day |
| January 25 | National Tourism Day |
| January 26 | Republic Day |
| January 27 | International Holocaust Remembrance Day |
| January 28 | Birth Anniversary of Lala Lajpat Rai |
| January 30 | Martyrs’ Day (Mahatma Gandhi’s Death Anniversary) |
| January 30 | World Leprosy Eradication Day |
| February 2 | World Wetlands Day |
| February 4 | World Cancer Day |
| February 5 | Sant Ravidas Jayanti |
| February 6 | International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation |
| February 10 | National Deworming Day |
| February 11 | International Day of Women and Girls in Science |
| February 12 | National Productivity Day |
| February 13 | World Radio Day |
| February 14 | Valentine’s Day |
| February 19 | Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Jayanti |
| February 20 | World Day of Social Justice |
| February 21 | International Mother Language Day |
| February 22 | World Thinking Day |
| February 24 | Central Excise Day |
| February 27 | World NGO Day |
| February 28 | National Science Day |
| March 1 | Zero Discrimination Day |
| March 3 | World Wildlife Day |
| March 4 | National Safety Day |
| March 6 | Maha Shivaratri |
| March 8 | International Women’s Day |
| March 14 | Pi Day |
| March 15 | World Consumer Rights Day |
| March 16 | National Vaccination Day |
| March 18 | Ordnance Factories Day |
| March 20 | International Day of Happiness |
| March 21 | International Day of Forests |
| March 21 | World Poetry Day |
| March 22 | World Water Day |
| March 23 | Shaheed Diwas (Martyrs’ Day) |
| March 23 | World Meteorological Day |
| March 24 | World Tuberculosis Day |
| March 27 | World Theatre Day |
| April 1 | Utkal Divas (Odisha 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 10 | World Homeopathy Day |
| April 11 | National Safe Motherhood Day |
| April 13 | Jallianwala Bagh Massacre Day |
| April 14 | B.R. Ambedkar Jayanti |
| April 17 | World Hemophilia Day |
| April 18 | World Heritage Day |
| April 21 | National Civil Services Day |
| April 22 | Earth Day |
| April 23 | World Book and Copyright Day |
| April 24 | National Panchayati Raj Day |
| April 25 | World Malaria Day |
| April 26 | World Intellectual Property Day |
| April 28 | World Day for Safety and Health at Work |
| April 29 | International Dance Day |
| April 30 | Ayushman Bharat Diwas |
| May 1 | Maharashtra Day |
| May 1 | International Workers’ Day (Labour Day) |
| May 3 | World Press Freedom Day |
| May 4 | International Firefighters’ Day |
| May 5 | World Hand Hygiene Day |
| May 7 | World Athletics Day |
| May 8 | World Red Cross Day |
| May 8 | World Thalassemia Day |
| May 11 | National Technology Day |
| May 12 | International Nurses Day |
| May 15 | International Day of Families |
| May 17 | World Telecommunication and Information Society Day |
| May 18 | International Museum Day |
| May 20 | World Metrology Day |
| May 21 | National Anti-Terrorism Day |
| May 22 | International Day for Biological Diversity |
| May 24 | Commonwealth Day |
| May 29 | International Day of UN Peacekeepers |
| May 31 | World No Tobacco Day |
| June 1 | Global Day of Parents |
| June 1 | World Milk Day |
| June 3 | World Bicycle Day |
| June 4 | International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression |
| June 5 | World Environment Day |
| June 7 | World Food Safety Day |
| June 8 | World Oceans Day |
| June 12 | World Day Against Child Labour |
| June 14 | World Blood Donor Day |
| June 15 | World Elder Abuse Awareness Day |
| June 17 | World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought |
| June 20 | World Refugee Day |
| June 21 | International Day of Yoga |
| June 21 | World Music Day |
| June 23 | United Nations Public Service Day |
| June 23 | International Olympic Day |
| June 26 | International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking |
| June 29 | National Statistics Day |
| June 30 | International Asteroid Day |
| July 1 | National Doctors’ Day |
| July 1 | GST Day |
| July 2 | World UFO Day |
| July 6 | World Zoonoses Day |
| July 7 | World Chocolate Day |
| July 11 | World Population Day |
| July 12 | Malala Day |
| July 15 | World Youth Skills Day |
| July 17 | World Day for International Justice |
| July 18 | Nelson Mandela International Day |
| July 20 | World Chess Day |
| July 22 | National Flag Adoption Day |
| July 26 | Kargil Vijay Diwas |
| July 28 | World Hepatitis Day |
| July 28 | World Nature Conservation Day |
| July 29 | International Tiger Day |
| July 30 | World Day Against Trafficking in Persons |
| July 31 | World Ranger Day |
| August 1 | World Breastfeeding Week (Aug 1-7) |
| August 6 | Hiroshima Day |
| August 9 | Quit India Day |
| August 12 | International Youth Day |
| August 15 | Independence Day |
| August 19 | World Humanitarian Day |
| August 29 | National Sports Day |
| September 5 | Teachers’ Day |
| September 8 | International Literacy Day |
| September 14 | Hindi Diwas |
| September 15 | Engineers Day |
| September 16 | World Ozone Day |
| September 21 | International Day of Peace |
| September 27 | World Tourism Day |
| October 1 | International Day of Older Persons |
| October 2 | Gandhi Jayanti |
| October 4 | World Animal Welfare Day |
| October 5 | World Teachers’ Day |
| October 8 | Indian Air Force Day |
| October 10 | World Mental Health Day |
| October 10 | National Post Day |
| October 11 | International Day of the Girl Child |
| October 16 | World Food Day |
| October 24 | United Nations Day |
| October 31 | Rashtriya Ekta Diwas (National Unity Day) |
| November 1 | Karnataka Rajyotsava |
| November 7 | National Cancer Awareness Day |
| November 11 | National Education Day |
| November 14 | Children’s Day |
| November 16 | National Press Day |
| November 19 | National Integration Day |
| November 20 | Universal Children’s Day |
| November 26 | Constitution Day |
| December 1 | World AIDS Day |
| December 3 | International Day of Persons with Disabilities |
| December 4 | Indian Navy Day |
| December 7 | Armed Forces Flag Day |
| December 10 | Human Rights Day |
| December 18 | Minorities Rights Day (India) |
| December 22 | National Mathematics Day |
| December 23 | Kisan Diwas |
| December 24 | National Consumer Rights Day |
Originally written on
February 26, 2009
and last modified on
April 6, 2024.
Tags: Calendars, Months
Sandeep Jogula
February 26, 2009 at 4:36 pmVijay Diwas (Victory Day) is celebrated in India on 16 December to mark the Indian victory in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971.
Kargil Vijay Diwas, sometimes also called Vijay Diwas, is celebrated on July 26 in India in remembrance to the soldiers who died in the 1999 Kargil War between India And Pakistan.
Anonymous
March 9, 2009 at 7:39 amHINDI DAY IS CELEBRATED IN CELEBRTED IN SEPT 14TH WORLD HERITAGE DAY IS CELEBRATED IN APRIL 18TH
THIS WEBSITE IS REALLY VERY INFORMATIVE AND HELPFUL
balu
July 3, 2009 at 11:35 pmfriendship day is celebrated on the first sunday of august.
in 2008 its on aug 3
Anonymous
August 26, 2009 at 12:05 amthis site is very helpful to increase our knowledge and its help to achieve our goals…………………..THANKS N THANKS…………….
Anonymous
August 26, 2009 at 12:08 amI HOPE ONE DAY THIS SITE ACHIEVE NO.1 POSITION
Anonymous
August 26, 2009 at 12:08 amSIR ….PLEASE GIVE ME FULL HISTORY NOTES……………
Anonymous
November 15, 2009 at 6:51 pmSir Can you pls arrange this days in order ie
(from jan to dec).Dont mistake me..It will be helpful for the students to memorise and keep it in memory.
Thanks in advance,
shiva.
Anonymous
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Anonymous
March 9, 2010 at 8:18 amsir, this is very helpful web for the GK for every age.
Please can u prepare a list helpful for Law Students, like constituion day, human rt day, consumer day, etc.
Adv. Manoj
Gharkul
October 28, 2011 at 12:47 pmSir,
A great site.
I am in need of special days list related to India + whole world. Could you pls send it to my email address as above.
Thx + regards
Bndummadhav Belsare
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bhadra nair
November 22, 2011 at 10:35 amoff course its informative………but it will be more usefull if there is birth day details of indian celebrities also
Bhadra nair
Shiksha
January 11, 2012 at 12:58 pmYour information is always true. And we are feel a special person because we know the details, when celebrate our important relations day celebrate or when celebrate any festival of our world.
Naveen
May 23, 2012 at 9:42 amWhen is world hands hygienic day ?
vineetha
December 1, 2012 at 5:19 pmthank you sir
lt
July 29, 2013 at 1:02 amCommonwealth day is celebrated on the second monday in march every year
Sayani Banerjee
April 26, 2016 at 7:02 pm21st February is International Mother Tongue Day. please add it.
Suvarna
December 12, 2018 at 12:41 pmJagathik dhuda din kab hota hai
Adil
July 29, 2019 at 2:48 pmCan u send me all days celebrated in INDIA Specially in Maharashtra. Date and name of day. If yes then plz send it to me on gmail [email protected]