Important National and International days
JANUARY
Jan 1 Army Medical Corps Establishment Day, International Global Family Day
Jan 8 African National Congress Foundation Day
Jan 9 Non Resident Indians Day (NRI Day)
Jan 10 World Hindi Day
Jan 11 Death anniversary of Lai Bahadur Shastri
Jan 12 National Youth Day (Birth day of Swami Vivekanand)
Jan 15 Army Day
Jan 23 Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose's birth anniversary
Jan 24 National Balika Divas
Jan 25 International Customs Duty Day, India Tourism Day, National Voters' Day
Jan 26 Republic Day, International Customs Day
Jan 28 Birth anniversary of Lala Lajpat Rai
Jan 30 ( Sahid Divas ) Mahatma Gandhi's Martyrdom Day, World Leprosy Eradication Day
FEBRUARY
Feb 2 National day of Srilanka
Feb 2 World Wetlands Day
Feb 5 Kashmir Day (Organized by Pakistan)
Feb 13 Sarojini Naidu's Birth Anniversary
Feb 14 St. Valentine's Day
Feb 21 International Mother Language Day
Feb 24 Central Excise Day
Feb 28 National Science Day
MARCH
Mar 3 National Defence Day
Mar 4 National Security (Safety) Day
Mar 8 International Women's Day
Mar 9 CISF Raising Day
Mar 12 Mauritius Day; Central Industrial Security Force Day
Mar 15 World Consumer Day
Mar 16 National Vaccination Day
Mar 18 Ordnance Factory Day
Mar 19 World Disabled Day
Mar 21 World Forestry Day
Mar 22 World Day for Water
Mar 23 World Meteorological Day
Mar 24 World TB Day
Mar 26 Bangladesh Liberation Day
APRIL
April 1 Orissa Day
April 5 National Maritime Day
April 7 World Health Day
April 13 Jallianwallah Bagh Massacre Day (1919)
April 14 B.R. Ambedkar Remembrance Day; Fire Extinguishing Day
April 17 World Haemophilia Day
April 18 World Heritage Day
April 22 World Earth Day
April 23 World Books Day
MAY
May 1 International Labour Day (May Day)
May 3 World Press Freedom Day
May 8 International Red Cross Day
May 11 National Technology Day
May 15 International Family Day
May 17 World Telecom Day
May 24 Commonwealth Day
May 28 World Anti-Narcotics Day
May 29 International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers
May 31 World No Tobacco Day
JUNE
Jun 1 International Children’s Day
Jun 5 World Environment Day
Jun 14 World Blood Donor Day
Jun 20 World Refugees Day
Jun 23 United Nations Public Service Day
Jun 27 World Diabetes Day
Jun 29 National Statistics Day
JULY
Jul 1 Doctor's Day
Jul 4 American Independence Day
Jul 11 World Population Day
Jul 26 Kargil Victory Day
AUGUST
Aug 6 Hiroshima Day
Aug 9 Nagasaki Day , Quit India Movement Day
Aug 12 International Youth Day
Aug 14 Pakistan's Independence Day
Aug 15 India's Independence Day
Aug 19 World Photography Day
Aug 20 Sadbhavna Divas
Aug 29 Sports Day (Dhyanchand's birthday)
Aug 30 Small Industry Day
SEPTEMBER
Sep 5 Teacher's Day
Sep 7 Forgiveness Day
Sep 8 International Literacy Day
Sep 14 Hindi Day, World First Aid Day
Sep 15 International Day of Democracy
Sep 16 Weld Ozone Day
Sep 21 Word Alzheimer's Day
Sep 25 Social Justice Day
Sep 27 World Tourism Day
OCTOBER
Oct 1 International Day for the Elderly (UN)
Oct 2 Gandhi Jayanti, International Non-violence Day
Oct 3 World Nature Day
Oct 4 World Animal Day
Oct 5 World Habitat Day; World Teacher's Day
Oct 6 World Wildlife Day
Oct 8 Indian Air force Day
Oct 9 World Postal Day
Oct 10 World Mental Health Day; National Post Day
Oct 12 World Sight Day
Oct 13 World Calamity Control Day (UN)
Oct 14 World Standards Day
Oct 15 World White cane day (guiding the blind)
Oct 17 International Poverty Eradication Day
Oct 20 National Solidarity Day (China attacked India on that day)
Oct 24 United Nations Day
Oct 30 World Thrift day
Oct 31 National Integration Day (In memory of Indira Gandhi)
NOVEMBER
Nov 7 Infant Protection Day; World Cancer Awareness Day
Nov 9 Pravasiya Bharatiya Divas/Legal Services Day
Nov 10 Transport Day
Nov 14 Children's Day/World Diabetics day
Nov 17 Guru Nanak Dev's Birth Anniversary
Nov 20 International Children's Day
Nov 26 Law Day
Nov 30 Flag Day
DECEMBER
Dec 1 World AIDS Day
Dec 3 World Day of the Handicapped
Dec 4 Navy Day
Dec 7 Armed Forces Flag Day
Dec 10 Human Rights Day
Dec 11 UNICEF Day
Dec 14 National Energy Conservation Day
Dec 18 National Minorities Rights Day
Dec 19 Goa's Liberation Day
Dec 23 Kisan Divas (Farmer's day)
Dec 24 National Consumer Day
