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IMPORTANT DAYS AND

DATES TO REMEMBER
 NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL IMPORTANT DAYS AND DATES

January:
Date Importance
9 January NRI Day
10 January World Laughter Day
12 January National Youth Day
15 January Army day
25 January National Voters day
26 January India’s Republic Day, International Customs Day
30 January Martyrs’ Day, World Leprosy Eradication Day

February:
Date Importance
24 February Central Excise Day
28 February National Science Day

March:
Date Importance
8 March international Women’s Day; International literacy Day
15 March World Disabled Day; World Consumer Rights Day
21 March World Forestry Day
22 March World Water Day
23 March World Meteorological Day
24 March World Tuberculoses Day

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

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May:
Date Importance
1 May International Labour Day
3 May Press Freedom Day; World Asthma Day
May 2nd Sunday Mother’s Day
4 May Coal Miners’ Day
8 May World Red Cross Day
9 May World Thalassaemia Day
11 May National Technology Day
12 May World Hypertension Day; International Nurses Day
15 May International Day of the Family
17 May World Telecommunication Day
24 May Commonwealth Day
31 May Anti-tobacco Day

June:
Date Importance
4 June International Day of Innocent Children Victims of
Aggression
5 June World Environment Day
June 3rd Sunday Father’s Day
14 June World Blood Donor Day
26 June International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit
Trafficking

July:
Date Importance
1 July Doctor’s Day
11 July World Population Day

August:
Date Importance
6 August Hiroshima Day
8 August World Senior Citizen’s Day
9 August Quit India Day, Nagasaki Day

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15 August Indian Independence Day
18 August International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples
19 August Photography Day
29 August National Sports Day

September:
Date Importance
2 September Coconut Day
5 September Teachers’ Day ; Sanskrit Day
8 September World Literacy Day (UNESCO)
15 September Engineers’ Day
16 September World Ozone Day
21 September Alzheimer’s Day; Day for Peace & Non-violence (UN)
22 September Rose Day (Welfare of cancer patients)
26 September Day of the Deaf
27 September World Tourism Day

October:
Date Importance
1 October International Day for the Elderly
2 October Gandhi Jayanti
3 October World Habitat Day
4 October World Animal Welfare Day
8 October Indian Air Force Day
9 October World Post Office Day
10 October National Post Day
13 October UN International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction
14 October World Standards Day
16 October World Food Day
30 October World Thrift Day

November:
Date Importance
9 November Legal Services Day
14 November Children’s Day; Diabetes Day
17 November National Epilepsy Day
20 November Africa Industrialization Day
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December:
Date Importance
1 December World AIDS Day
3 December World Day of the Handicapped
4 December Indian Navy Day
7 December Indian Armed Forces Flag Day
10 December Human Rights Day
18 December Minorities Rights Day (India)
23 December Kisan Divas (Farmer’s Day)
25 December Christmas Day

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