Important Days

Every month has some important days and events to commemorate and honor the things which happened. We have compiled a month-wise list of important national and international days and dates throughout the year.

    In this post, we have listed all the important days of the year according to months (National And International Days).

IMPORTANT DAYS
S No	Date	Day	Importance
1	Jan-12	National Youth Day	Birthday of Swami Vivekananda
2	Jan-15	Army Day	Field Marshall K.M. Cariappa took over the command of Army on this day in 1949 from the British.
3	Jan-27	International Holocaust Day	The largest Nazi death camp, Auschwitz-Birkenau, was liberated by Soviet troops on Jan 27, 1945. The United Nations in 2005 choosen as the International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
4	Jan-30	Martyr's Day	Martyrdom day of Mahatma Gandhi
5	Feb-14	St. Valentine's Day	Valentine's Day, also called Saint Valentine's Day or the Feast of Saint Valentine, is celebrated annually on February 14.
6	Feb-28	National Science Day	Marks the discovery of Raman Effect in 1928 by C.V. Raman
7	Mar-08	International Women's Day	International Women's Day is a global holiday celebrated annually on March 8 to commemorate the cultural, political, and socioeconomic achievements of women.
8	Mar-15	World Consumer Day	President John F Kennedy formally addressed the issue of consumer rights on this day in 1963.
9	Apr-07	World Health Day	WHO was formed on this day in 1948, but the first World Health Day was observed in 1950.
10	Apr-12	International Day of Human Space Flight	Yuri Gagarin, the Soviet Cosmonaut made the first space flight on this day in 1961.
11	May-01	International Worker's Day	International Workers' Day, also known as Labour Day in some countries and often referred to as May Day, is a celebration of labourers and the working classes that is promoted by the international labour movement and occurs every year on May Day.
12	May-08	International Red Cross Day	JH Dunant, the man behind Red Cross was born on this day in 1828.
13	May-11	National Technology Day	Nuclear tests at Pokhran carried out in 1998 on this day.
14	May-21	Anti-terrorism Day	Former PM Shri Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated on this day in 1991.
15	Jun-05	World Environment Day	World Environment Day is celebrated annually on 5 June and is the United Nations' principal vehicle for encouraging awareness and action for the protection of the environmen
16	Jun-21	International Yoga Day	The International Day of Yoga has been celebrated across the world annually on June 21 since 2015, following its inception in the United Nations General Assembly in 2014
17	Jul-01	National Doctors Day (India)	Birthday of Dr. Bidhan Chandra Ray
18	Jul-11	World Population Day	Inspired by 5 Billion Day in 1987
19	Jul-12	Malala Day	Birthday of Malala Yousafzai
20	Jul-20	International Moon Day	Landing of Apollo 11 on moon in 1969.
21	Jul-20	World Chess Day	Establishment of the International Chess Federation (FIDE) in Paris in 1924.
22	Aug-06	Hiroshima Day	Bombing of Hiroshima on 6 Aug, 1945
23	Aug-07	National Handloom Day	Launching of Swadeshi Movement on 7 Aug, 1905
24	Aug-09	August Kranti Diwas	Launch of Quit India Movement in 1942
25	Aug-19	World Humanitarian Day	Commemorates the day when 22 aid workers were killed in a bombing at the UN headquarters in Baghdad in 2003
26	Aug-20	Sadbhawna Diwas	Birthday of Shri Rajiv Gandhi (1944)
27	Aug-29	National Sports Day	Birthday of Shri Dhyanchand (1905)
28	Sep-05	Teacher's Day	Birthday of Dr. Radhakrishanan (1888)
29	Sep-08	International Literacy Day	Literacy is essential for proper social and individual human development. Basic literacy skills equip individuals to transform their lives by improving their overall standard of living, and in turn improve the standard of living for whole communities.
30	Sep-14	Hindi Diwas	Hindi accorded the Official language status by the Constituent Assembly on this day in 1949.
31	Sep-15	Engineers' Day	Birthday of Sri M Visvesvaraya.
32	Sep-27	World Tourism Day	Statutes of United Nations World Tourism Organisation adopted on this day in 1980.
33	Oct-02	International Non-violence Day	Birthday of Mahatma Gandhi (1869)
34	Oct-08	Indian Air Force Day	IAF was officially established on this day in 1932.
35	Oct-16	World Food Day	Food and Agricultural Organisation was founded on this day in 1945.
36	Oct-24	United Nations Day	Charter of the United Nations came into force on this day in 1945.
37	Oct-31	Rashtriya Ekta Diwas	Birth Anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
38	Nov-11	National Education Day	Birthday of Shri Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (1888), the first Education Minister of India.
39	Nov-14	Children's Day	Birthday of Shri Jawaharlal Nehru (1889)
40	Nov-19	National Integration Day	Birthday of Smt Indira Gandhi (1984)
41	Nov-26	Constitution Day (India)	Constitution of India was adopted on this day (1949)
42	Nov-26	National Milk Day (India)	Birthday of Shri Verghese Kurien, Father of White Revolution in India
43	Dec-01	World AIDS Day	World AIDS Day, designated on 1 December every year since 1988, is an international day dedicated to raising awareness of the AIDS pandemic caused by the spread of HIV infection and mourning those who have died of the disease
44	Dec-04	Navy Day	Commemorates the courageous attack on the Karachi harbour during the Indo-Pakistan war of 1971 in Operation Trident.
45	Dec-07	Armed Forces Flag Day	The Armed Forces Flag Day or the Flag Day of India is a day dedicated to honouring the soldiers and veterans of India's armed forces.
46	Dec-10	Human Rights' Day	Universal Declaration of Human Rights was proclaimed and adopted on this day in 1948.
47	Dec-16	Vijay Diwas	Marks India's victory over Pakistan in the Indo-Pak war in 1971.
48	Dec-18	Minorities Rights Day	United Nations adopted and promulgated the Declaration on the Rights of Persons belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities on this day in 1992.
49	Dec-24	National Consumers' Day	This day provides an opportunity for individuals to highlight the importance of the consumer movement and the need to make every consumer more aware of their rights and responsibilities.
50	Dec-25	Good Governance Day	Birthday of Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee
51	Jan-25	National Voters' Day	In order to encourage more young voters to take part in the political process, Government of India has decided to celebrate January 25 every year as "National Voters' Day". It has been started from 25 January 2011 to mark Commission's foundation day.

 

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