List of Important National and International days and dates for various competitive Exams
January :-
January 1 – Global Family Day, Army Medical Corps Establishment Day
January 6 – World War Orphans Day
January 9 – NRI Day or Pravasi Bhartiya Diwas
January 10 – World Laughter Day
January 11 – Death anniversary of Lal Bahadur Shastri
January 12 – National Youth Day or Birthday of Swami Vivekananda
January 15 – National Army Day
January 23 – Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose’s Birth Anniversary
January 24 – National Girl Child Day of India
January 25 – National Tourism Day, National Voters Day
January 26 – Republic Day of India, International Customs duty day
January 27 – International Holocaust Remembrance Day
January 28 – Data Protection Day,Birth Anniversary of Lala Lajpat Rai
January 30 – National Martyr’s Day or Sarvodaya Day,World Leprosy Eradication Day
February :-
February 2 – World Wetlands Day
February 4 – World Cancer Day, national Day of Srilanka, Facebook day
2nd Sunday of February – World Marriage Day
February 6 – International Day against Female Genital Mutilation
February 11 – World Day of the Sick
February 12 – Darwin Day
February 13 – World Radio Day, National womens day or Sarojini Naydu’s Birthday
February 14 – Valantine’s Day
February 20 – World Day of Social Justice
February 21 – International Mother Language Day
February 22 – World Scout Day, World Thinking day
February 23 – World Peace and Understanding Day
February 24 – Central Excise Day
February 28 – National Science Day
March :-
March 3 – National Defence Day
March 4 – National Safety Day,World Day of the Fight Against Sexual Exploitation, National Security Day
March 8 – International Womens’ Day
March 13 – World Rotaract Day
March 14 – World Pie day
2nd Monday of March – Commonwealth Day
2nd Thursday of March – World Kidney Day
March 15 – World Consumer Rights Day, World Disabled Day, World Contact Day
March 16 – National Vaccination Day
March 18 – National Ordinance Factories Day
March 20 – International Day of Happiness, World sparrow day
March 21 – World Forestry Day, International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, World Poetry Day, World Down Syndrome day, World Puppetry day
3rd Friday of March – World Sleep Day
March 22 – World Water Day
March 23 – World Meteorological Day, Pakistan Day(Youm-e-pakistan)
March 24 – World TB Day, International Day for Achievers
March 25 – International Day of Remembrance – Victims of Slavery and Transatlantic Slave Trade
March 26 – World Purple day(epilepsy awareness day)
March 27 – World Drama Day or World Theater Day
April :-
April 1 – Orissa Day, April fool’s 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 8 – World Romani Day
April 12 – World Aviation & Cosmonauts Day
April 13 – Jallianwallah Bagh Massacre Day
April 14 – B.R.Ambedkar Remembrance Day
April 15 – World day of Silence, Day of Dialogue
April 17 – World Haemophilia Day
April 18 – World Heritage Day
April 21 – World Creativity and Innovation Day, National Secrataries day, National Civil Services Day
April 22 – World Earth Day
April 23 – World Book and Copyright Day, World English Language Day
April 24 – World Lab Animals Day
April 25 – World Malaria Day, Italy Liberation Day
April 26 – World Intellectual Property Day
April 28 – International Worker’s Memorial Day, World day for Safety and Health at work
April 29 – World Dance Day
April 30 – International Jazz Day
May :-
May 01 – World Labour Day or May Day or Workers Day, Maharashtra Day
May 03 – Press Freedom Day(Intl.), International Sun Day, World Asthma Day, International Energy Day
May 04 – Coal Miners Day(Intl.), International Firefighters’ Day
1st Sunday of May – World Laughter Day
May 05 – World Athletics Day, World Midwives Day
May 06 – World No Diet Day
May 08 – World Red Cross Day or Red Crescent Day, Remembrance and Reconciliation for Lost Lives of Second World War
May 09 – World Thalassaemia Day
2nd sunday of May – World Mother Day
May 10 – International Migratory Bird Day
May 11 – National technology day
May 12 – International Nurses Day
May 13 – International Criminal Court Day
May 15 – International Day of the Families
May 17 – World Tele-communication and Information Society Day, Wold AIDS Vaccination day,World Hypertension Day, International day against Homophobia and Transphobia
May 18 – World Museum Day
May 20 – World Meteorology Day
May 21 – National Anti Terrorism Day, National Day for Cultural Development
May 22 – International Day for Biological Diversity
May 24 – Commonwealth Day
May 25 – World Missing Childrens day
May 29 – International Day of Peacekeepers
May 31 – World Anti Tobacco Day
June :-
June 1 – Global Day of Parents
June 4 – World Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression
June 5 – World Environment Day
June 8 – World Brain Tumor Day, World Oceans Day
June 12 – World Day Against Child Labor
June 14 – World Blood Donor Day
June 15 – World elder abuse awareness day
3rd Sunday of June – World Father’s Day
June 16 – International Integration Day
June 18 – International Picnic Day
June 20 – World Refugee Day
June 21 – World Music Day
June 23 – International Olympic Day, United Nations Public Service Day, International Widows Day
June 26 – International Day against Drug abuse and Illicit Trafficking, International Day in support of Victims of torture
July :-
July 1 – International Joke Day, world Doctor’s Day
July 2 – World Sports Journalists Day, World UFO day
1st Saturday of July – International Day of Cooperatives
July 04 – America Indipendence Day
July 06 – World Zoonoses Day
JUly 07 – World Chocolate Day
July 11 – World Population Day
July 12 – International Malala Day
July 18 – International Nelson Mandela Day
July 26 – Kargil Vijay Diwas or Kargil Memorial Day or Kargil Victory Day
July 28 – World Nature Conservation Day, World Hepatitis Day
July 29 – International Tiger Day
August :-
First Sunday in August – International Friendship Day
August 6 – Hiroshima Day, Anti Nuclear Day
August 8 – World Senior Citizen Day
August 9 – Nagasaki Day, International Day of the World’s Indigenous People, Quit India Day
August 12 – International Youth Day
August 13 – International Left Handers Day
August 14 – Pakistan’s Indipendence Day
August 15 – India’s Independence Day, International Mourning Day
August 19 – World Humanitarian Day, World Photography Day
August 20 – National Sadbhavna Divas or Birthday of Rajiv gandhi, World Mosquito Day, Indain Akshay Urja Diwas or day
August 21 – National Senior Citizen Day
August 23 – International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and Its Abolition
August 29 – National Sports Day or Dhyanchand’s Birthday
August 30 – International day of the victims of enforced Disappearances
September :-
September 2 – World Coconut Day
September 5 – National Teacher’s Day or Dr. Radhakrishanan’s Birth Day, Sanskrit Day
September 7 – World Forgiveness Day
September 8 – World Literacy Day
September 10 – World Anti-Suicide Day
September 14 – Hindi Diwas or Hindi Day, World First Aid Day
September 15 – International Day of Democracy, International Engineer’s Day
September 16 – World Ozone Day
September 20 – RPF Foundation day
September 21 – World Peace Day or International day for Peace and Non-violence (UN), World Alzheimer’s Day
September 22 – World Cancer Free Day or Rose Day
September 23 – International Day of the Deaf
September 26 – World Contraception Day, european day of languages
September 27 – World Tourism Day
September 28 – World Rabies Day
September 29 – World Heart Day
October :-
1st Monday of October – World Habitat Day
October 1 – World Vegetarian Day, International Day of the older/Elderly
October 2 – Gandhi Jayanti, International Day of Non-Violence
October 3 – World Nature Day
October 4 – World Animal Day
October 5 – World Teacher’s Day
October 6 – World Wildlife Day
October 8 – Indian Air Force Day
October 9 – World Postal or Post-office Day
October 10 – World Mental Health Day, National Post-office Day
October 11 – International Day of the Girl Child
2nd Thursday of October – World Sight Day
October 12 – World Arthritis Day
October 13 – International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction
October 14 – World Standards Day
October 15 – Global Hand Washing Day, International Day of Rural Women, World White Cane Safety Day
October 16 – World Food Day
October 17 – International Poverty Day for it’s Eradication
October 20 – World Osteoporosis Day,World Statistics Day, National Solidarity day
October 24 – UN Day, World Development Information Day, World Polio Day
October 27 – World day for Audio Visual Heritage
October 28 – International Animation Day
October 31 – World Savings Day or wold Thrift day, Halloween Day
November :-
November 1 – World Vegan Day
November 6 – International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict
November 7 – Infant Protection Day, World Cancer Awareness Day
November 8 – World Radiology Day
November 9 – World Legal Service Day
November 10 – World Science day for Peace and Development, Public Transport Day
November 11 – National Education Day
November 12 – World Pneumonia Day, Public Service Broadcasting Day
November 13 – World Kindness Day
November 14 – Children’s Day(India), World Diabetes Day
November 16 – International Day for Endurance or Tolerance
November 17 – International Students Day, Gurunanak Dev’s Birth Anniversary, National eplilepsy day
November 19 – World Toilet Day, International Men’s Day, National Integration Day
November 20 – Universal Children’s Day
3rd Sunday of November – World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims
3rd Thursday of November – World Philosophy Day
November 21 – World Fisheries Day, World Hello Day, World Television Day
November 25 – International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, World Non-Veg day
November 26 – National Law Day or National constitution Day
November 30 – National Flag Day
December :-
December 1 – World AIDS Day
December 2 – World Computer Literacy Day, International Day for the Abolition of Slavery
December 3 – International Day of People with Disability or World Disability Day
December 4 – Indian Navy Day
December 5 – International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development
December 7 – International Civil Aviation Day, Indian Armed Force Flag Day
December 9 – The International Anti-Corruption Day
December 10 – World Human Rights Day,International Children’s Day of Broadcasting
December 11 – International Mountain Day, UNICEF Day
December 14 – National Energy Conservation Day(India)
December 16 – Vijay Diwas
December 18 – International Migrants Day, National Minority Rights Day
December 19 – Goa’s Libration Day
December 20 – International Human Solidarity Day
December 23 – National Farmer’s Day or Kisan Diwas
December 25 – Christmas Day