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 |