GK Question: Complete List of Important Days
List of Important Days (January)
1January: English New Year
1January: World Peace Day
1January: Global family day
1January: Army Medical Corps
Establishment Day
4 January: World Braille Day
6 January: World War Orphans Day
8 January: African National
Congress Foundation Day
9 January: Pravasi Bharatiya
Divas NRI Day
10 January: World Laughter Day
10 January: World Hindi Day
11 January: Death anniversary of
Lal Bahadur Shastri
12 January: National Youth
Day
15 January: Army Day
25 January: International Customs
Duty Day
25 January: India Tourism Day
25 January: National Voters Day
26 January: Republic Day
28 January: Birth Anniversary of
Lala Lajpat Rai
30 January: Mahatma Gandhi’s
Martyrdom Day (Martyr’s day)
30 January: World Leprosy
Eradication Day
List of Important Days (February)
1 February: Indian Coast Guard
Day
2 February: World Wetlands Day
4 February: World Cancer Day
4 February: National Day of Sri
Lanka
7 February: International
Development Week
12 February: Darwin Day
12 February: Abraham Lincoln’s
Birthday
13 February: Sarojini Naidu’s
Birth Anniversary
14 February: Saint Valentine’s Day
20 February: World Day of Social
Justice
21 February: International Mother
Language Day
22 February: World Scout Day
24 February: Central Excise Day
27 February: World Sustainable
Energy Day
28 February: National Science Day
List of Important Days (March)
1 March: Zero Discrimination Day
1 March: World Civil Defence Day
3 March: World Wildlife Day
3 March: World Hearing Day
4 March: National Safety Day
8 March: International Women’s Day
10 March: CISF Raising Day
13 March: No Smoking Day (Second Wednesday of
March)
15 March: World Consumer Rights Day
16 March: National Vaccination Day
18 March: Ordnance Factories Day (India)
20 March: International Day of Happiness
20 March: World Sparrow Day
21 March: World Forestry Day
21 March: World Down syndrome Day
21 March: World Poetry Day
22 March: World Water Day
23 March: World Meteorological Day
24 March: World Tuberculosis (TB) Day
27 March: World Theatre Day
List Of Important Days (April)
1 April: Orissa Day, Prevention of Blindness
week
2 April: World Autism Awareness Day
4 April: International Day for Mine Awareness
5 April: National Maritime Day
7 April: World Health Day
10 April: World Homeopathy Day
11 April: National Safe Motherhood Day
11 April: National Pet Day
13 April: Jallianwallah Bagh Massacre Day (1919)
17 April: World Haemophilia Day
18 April: World Heritage Day
21 April: National Civil Service Day,
Secretaries’ Day
22 April: World Earth Day
23 April: World Book and Copyright Day
24 April: National Panchayati Day
25 April: World Malaria Day
25 April: World Veterinary Day
26 April: World Intellectual Property Day
28 April: World Day for Safety and Health at Work
List of Important Days (May)
1 May: International Labour Day
3 May: Press Freedom Day
4 May: Coal miner’s day
8 May: World Red Cross Day
9 May: Victory day
2nd Sunday of May: Mother’s Day
11 May: National Technology Day
12 May: International Nurses day
14 May: World Migratory day
15 May: International Day of the Family
17 May: World Telecommunication Day
21 May: Anti-terrorism day
24 May: Commonwealth Day
31 May: Anti-Tobacco Day
List of Important Days (June)
4 June: International Day of Innocent Children
Victims of Aggression
5 June: World Environment Day
7 June: International level crossing awareness
day
8 June: World ocean day
12 June: World day against Child Labour
14 June: World blood donor day
17 June: World day to combat desertification and
drought
20 June: World Refugee day
21st June (3rd Sunday): Father’s Day
21 June: World Music Day
21 June: International Yoga Day
23 June: United Nation’s public service day
23 June: International Widow’s day
26 June: International Day against Drug abuse
& Illicit Trafficking
List of Important Days (July)
1 July: National Doctor’s day
6 July: World Zoonoses Day
11 July: World Population Day
12 July: World Malala day
18 July: Nelson Mandela International Day
28 July: World Nature conservation
day, World Hepatitis Day
List of Important Days (August)
2 August: International Friendship Day
3 August: Independence day of Niger
5 August: Independence day of upper Volta
6 August: Hiroshima Day
9 August: International day of World’s indigenous
people
9 August: Quit India movement Day and
Nagasaki Day
12 August: International Youth
day
15 August: Independence Day of
India
23 August: International Day for
the remembrance of the slave trade and its abolition
29 August: National Sports Day
List of Important Days (September)
5 September: Teachers’ Day
5 September: Forgiveness day
8 September: World Literacy Day
14 September: Hindi day, World
First Air Day
15 September: Engineer’s day in
India
16 September: World Ozone Day
21 September: International day of
peace
25 September: Social justice day
26 September: Day of the Deaf
27 September: World Tourism Day
List of Important Days (October)
1 October: International Day of
the Older person
2 October: Mahatma Gandhi
birthday
2 October: International
day of non-violence
3 October: World Habitat Day
3 October: World nature
day
4 October: World Animal Welfare
Day
5 October: World Teacher’s day
8 October: Indian Air Force Day
9 October: World Post Office day
10 October: National Post Day
11 October: International girl
child day
12 October: World Arthritis day
13 October: UN International Day
for National disaster reduction
14 October: World Standards Day
15 October: World White Cane Day
(guiding the Blind)
16 October: World Food Day
17 October: International Day for
the eradication of poverty
20 October: World statistics day
24 October: UN Day, World
development information Day
30 October: World Thrift Day
List of Important Days (November)
1 November: World vegan day
5 November: World Radiography day
9 November: World services day
14 November: Children’s Day in
India
16 November: International day for
Endurance
17 November: World Student Day
17 November: National Journalism
day
18 November: World Adult day
19 November: World Citizen day
20 November: Africa
Industrialization Day
20 November: Universal children
day
21 November: World Television Day
21 November: World Fisheries day
25 November: World Non-veg day
26 November: Law day
29 November: International Day of
Solidarity with Palestinian People
30 November: Flag day
List of Important Days (December)
1 December: World Aids Day
2 December: World Computer
literacy day
2 December: International
day of abolition of slavery
3 December: International Day of
People with disabilities
3 December: World conservation
day
4 December: Navy Day
5 December: International
volunteer day for economic and social development
7 December: Armed Forces Flag Day
7 December: International civil
aviation day
9 December: The International day
against corruption
10 December: Human Right Day
11 December: International
Mountain day
14 December: International Energy
day
18 December: International
Migrants day
19 December: Goa’s liberation day
20 December: International Human
solidarity
23 December: Kisan Divas (Farmer’s
Day)