Important National and International Days & Dates

List of Important National and International Days & Dates

On Nov 15, 2018

Today here we are going to share a List of Important National and International days and dates for Competitive Exams. Usually, 2-3 questions from this list can be seen in every competitive exam making it a very important topic for those students who are honestly preparing for the competitive exams. So, in order to prepare better, you need to remember this list of Important dates/days of the year. This list will help you learn about Important days of both National and International i.e. India and World.

List of Important National and International days and dates

Important Dates and Days of January

January 4: World Braille Day
January 9: NRI Day
January 10: World Hindi Day
January 12: National Youth Day
January 15: Army day
January 24: National Girl Child Day
January 25: National Voters day
January 26: India’s Republic Day, International Customs Day
January 27: International Day of Commemoration
January 30: Martyrs’ Day
January (last Sunday): World Leprosy Eradication Day

Important Dates and Days of February

February 2: World Wetlands Day
February 4: World Cancer Day
February 6: International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation
February 7: Safer Internet Day (second day of the second week of February)
February 10: National De-worming Day
February 11: International day of Women and girls in Science
February 12: National Productivity Day
February 13: World Radio Day
February 14: Valentine Day
February 20: World Day of Social Justice
February 21: International Mother Language Day
February 24: Central Excise Day
February 28: National Science Day

Important Dates and Days of March

March 1: Zero Discrimination Day; World Civil Defence Day
March 3: World Wildlife Day, World Hearing Day
March 4: National Security Day
March 8: International Women’s Day; World Kidney Day
March 13: No Smoking Day (second Wednesday in March)
March 15: World Disabled Day; World Consumer Rights Day
March 16: World Sleep Day
March 18: Ordnance Factories Day (India)
March 20: International Day of Happiness; World Sparrow day
March 21: World Forestry Day; World Down Syndrome Day; World Poetry Day
March 22: World Day for Water
March 23: World Meteorological Day
March 24: World TB Day
March 27: World Theatre Day

Important Dates and Days of April

April 2: World Autism Awareness Day
April 5: International Day for Mine Awareness; National Maritime Day
April 7: World Health Day
April 10: World Homeopathy Day
April 11: National Safe Motherhood Day; National Pet Day
April 17: World Haemophilia Day
April 18: World Heritage Day
April 19: World Liver Day
April 21: Secretaries’ Day; Civil Services Day
April 22: Earth Day
April 23: World Book and Copyright Day
April 24: National Panchayati Day
April 25: World Malaria Day
April 26: World Intellectual Property Day
April 28: World Day for Safety and Health at Work; World Veterinary Day
April 29: International Dance Day
April 30: Ayushman Bharat Diwas

Important Dates and Days of May

May 1: Workers’ Day (International Labour Day), Maharashtra Day
May 3: Press Freedom Day
May (1st Sunday): World Laughter Day
May (1st Tuesday): World Asthma Day
May (2nd Sunday): Mother’s Day
May 4: Coal Miners’ Day; International Firefighters Day
May 7: World Athletics Day
May 8: World Red Cross Day; World Thalassaemia Day
May 11: National Technology Day
May 12: International Nurses Day
May 15: International Day of the Family
May 17: World Telecommunication Day; World Hypertension Day
May 18: World AIDS Vaccine Day; International Museum Day
May 22: International Day for Biological Diversity
May 24: Commonwealth Day
May 31: Anti-tobacco Day

Important Dates and Days of June

June 1: World Milk Day
June 3: World Bicycle Day
June 4: International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression
June 5: World Environment Day
June (3rd Sunday): Father’s Day
June 8: World Ocean Day
June 12: Anti-Child Labor Day
June 13: International Albinism Awareness Day
June 14: World Blood Donor Day
June 20: World Refugee Day
June 21: International day of yoga
June 23: United Nations Public Service Day
June 26: International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking

Important Dates and Days of July

July 1: Doctor’s Day
July 6: World Zoonoses Day
July 11: World Population Day
July 17: World Day for International Justice
July 18: International Nelson Mandela Day
July 28: World Hepatitis Day

Important Dates and Days of August

August (1st Sunday): International Friendship Day
August 6: Hiroshima Day
August 8: World Senior Citizen’s Day
August 9: Quit India Day, Nagasaki Day
August 15: Indian Independence Day
August 12: International Youth Day
August 18: IntI. Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples
August 19: Photography Day; World Humanitarian Day
August 29: National Sports Day

Important Dates and Days of September

September 2: Coconut Day
September 5: Teachers’ Day; Sanskrit Day
September 8: International Literacy Day
September 14: Hindi Diwas
September 15: Engineers’ Day; International Day of Democracy
September 16: World Ozone Day; International Day for Preservation
September 21: Alzheimer’s Day; Day for Peace & Non-violence (UN)
September 22: Rose Day (Welfare of cancer patients)
September 23: International Day of Sign Languages
September 26: Day of the Deaf; World Contraception Day
September 27: World Tourism Day; World Maritime Day
September 29: World Heart Day
September 30: International Translation Day
September: world rivers day (last Saturday of September)

Important Dates and Days of October

October 1: International Day for the Elderly
October 2: Gandhi Jayanthi; International Day of Non-Violence
October(first Monday): 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; World Mental Health Day
October 2nd Thursday: World Sight Day
October 13: UN International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction
October 14: World Standards Day
October 15: World Students Day; 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

Important Dates and Days of November

November 5: World tsunami day
November 7: National Cancer Awareness Day
November 9: Legal Services Day
November 14: Children’s Day; Diabetes Day
November 17: National Epilepsy Day
November 20: Africa Industrialization Day
November 21: World Television Day
November 29: International Day of Solidarity with Palestinian People

Important Dates and Days of December

December 1: World AIDS Day
December 2: National Pollution Control
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 11: International Mountain Day
December 14: World Energy Conservation Day
December 16: Vijay Diwas
December 18: Minorities Rights Day (India)
December 22: National Mathematics Day
December 23: Kisan Divas (Farmer’s Day) (India)
December 24: National Consumers Day
December 25: Christmas Day