National and International Days and Dates

January

January 1: Global Family Day
January 9: NRI Day (Pravasi Bharatiya Divas)
January 10: World Laughter Day
January 12: National Youth Day (birthday of Swami Vivekananda)
January 15: Army day
January 25: National Voters day
January 26: India’s Republic Day, International Customs Day
January 27: International Holocaust Remembrance Day, or the International Day in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust
January 30: Martyrs’ Day (Mahatma Gandhi’s martyrdom); World Leprosy Eradication Day

February

February 4: World Cancer Day
February 14: Valentine’s Day
February 20: World Day of Social Justice
February 24: Central Excise Day
February 28: National Science Day

March

March 8: International Women’s Day
March 15: World Disabled Day; World Consumer Rights Day
March 18: Ordnance Factories Day (India)
March 21: World Forestry Day
March 22: World Day for Water
March 23: World Meteorological Day
March 24: World TB Day

April

April 5: International Day for Mine Awareness; National Maritime Day
April 7: World Health Day
April 17: World Haemophilia Day
April 18: World Heritage Day
April 21: Civil Services Day
April 22: Earth Day
April 23: World Book and Copyright Day

May

May 1: International Labour Day (May Day)
May 3: World Press Freedom Day; World Asthma Day
May 4: Coal Miners’ Day
May 8: World Red Cross Day
May 9: World Thalassaemia Day
May 11: National Technology Day
May 12: World Hypertension Day; International Nurses Day
May 15: International Day of the Family
May 17: World Telecommunication Day
May 21: Anti-Terrorism Day (martyrdom of Rajiv Gandhi)
May 24: Commonwealth Day
May 31: World No Tobacco Day (WNTD) or Anti-tobacco Day

June

June 4: International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression
June 5: World Environment Day
June 14: World Blood Donor Day
June 21: International Day of Yoga
June 26: International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking

July

July 1: Doctor’s Day
July 6: World Zoonoses Day
July 11: World Population Day
July 12: Malala Day (Malala Yousafzai’s birthday)
July 26: Kargil Vijay Diwas
July 30: International Day of Friendship (UN)

August

August 6: Hiroshima Day
August 8: World Senior Citizen’s Day
August 9: Quit India Day, Nagasaki Day
August 12: International Youth Day
August 15: Indian Independence Day
August 18: IntI. Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples
August 19: World Photography Day
August 29: National Sports Day

September

September 2: Coconut Day
September 5: Teachers’ Day ; Sanskrit Day
September 8: World Literacy Day (UNESCO)
September 10: World Suicide Prevention Day (WSPD)
September 14: Hindi Diwas (Government of India)
September 15: Engineers’ Day
September 16: World Ozone Day
September 21: Alzheimer’s Day; Day for Peace & Non-violence (UN)
September 22: Rose Day (Welfare of cancer patients)
September 26: Day of the Deaf
September 27: World Tourism Day

October

October 1: International Day for the Elderly
October 2: Gandhi Jayanthi
October 3: World Habitat Day
October 4: World Animal Welfare Day
October 8: Indian Air Force Day
October 9: World Post Office Day
October 10: National Post Day
October 10: World Mental Health Day (WHO)
October 13: UN International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction
October 14: World Standards Day
October 15: World White Cane Day (guiding the blind)
October 16: World Food Day
October 24: UN Day; World Development Information Day
October 30: World Thrift Day

November

November 9: National Legal Services Day (NLSD)
November 14: Children’s Day; Diabetes Day
November 17: National Epilepsy Day
November 20: Africa Industrialization Day
November 20: World Children’s Day or the Universal Children’s Day
November 29: International Day of Solidarity with Palestinian People

December

December 1: World AIDS Day
December 3: World Day of the Handicapped
December 4: Indian Navy Day
December 7: Indian Armed Forces Flag Day
December 10: Human Rights Day; IntI. Children’s Day of Broadcasting
December 16: Vijay Diwas
December 18: Minorities Rights Day (India)
December 23: Kisan Divas (Farmer’s Day) (India)
December 25: Christmas

Days with No fixed Date

May 2^nd Sunday: Mother’s Day
June 3^rd Sunday: Father’s Day
August 1^st Sunday: Friendship Day (India)
September 4^th Sunday: International Daughter’s Day
October 2^nd Thursday: World Sight Day