January 1 Global Family Day, World Day of Peace
January 4 World Braille Day
January 6 World Day of Orphans
January 9 Pravasi Bharatiya Divas
January 10 World Hindi Day
January 12 National Youth Day
January 15 Indian Army Day
January 21 World Hug Day
January 25 World Leprosy Day, India Tourism Day, Data Privacy Day
January 26 Indian Republic Day, International Customs Day
January 27 International Day of
Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust
January 30 National Martyr’s Day
February 1 Indian Coast Guard Day
February 2 World Wetlands Day
February 4 World Cancer Day
February 5 Kashmir Solidarity Day
February 6 International Day of Zero
Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation
February 11 World Day of Sick
February 12 Darwin Day
February 13 World Radio Day
February 14 Saint Valentine’s Day
February 20 World Day of Social Justice
February 21 International Mother Language
Day
February 23 World Rotary Day
February 24 Central Excise Day
February 25 World Sustainable Energy Day
February 28 National Science Day
Last Day of February Rare Disease Day
March 1 Zero Discrimination Day, National Defence Day
March 3 World Wildlife Day, International Sex Workers
Rights Day
March 4 National Safety Day, World Day of Fight against
Sexual Exploitation
March 8 International Women’s Day
March 10 CISF Raising Day
March 13 World Kidney Day
March 14 World Pi Day
Second Thursday of March World Kidney Day
March 15 World Consumer Rights Day
March 20 International Day of Happiness, World Sparrow Day
World Day of Theatre for
Children and Young People
March 21 International Day for the
Elimination of Racial Discrimination, World Poetry Day, World Down Syndrome Day, International Day of Forests
March 22 World Water Day
March 23 World Meteorological Day
March 24 World Tuberculosis Day, International Day for the Right to the Truth concerning Gross Human Rights Violations and for the Dignity of
Victims
March 25 International Day of
Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade International Day of Solidarity
with Detained and Missing Staff members
March 27 World Theatre Day
April 1 April Fools’ Day
April 2 World Autism Awareness Day
April 4 International Day for Mine
Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action
April 6 International Day of Sport for
Development and Peace
April 5 Indian National Maritime Day
April 7 International Day of Reflection
on the Genocide in Rwanda
World Health Day
April 12 International Day of Human
Space Flight
April 13 Jallianwala Bagh Massacre Day
April 17 World Haemophilia Day
April 18 World Heritage Day –
International Day for Monuments and Sites
April 21 Civil Service Day
April 22 World Earth Day
April 23 World Book and Copyright Day, English Language Day
April 24 World Day for Animals in
Laboratories, National Panchayati Raj Divas
April 25 World Malaria Day
April 26 World Intellectual Property Day
April 28 World Day for Safety and Health
at Work
April 29 International Dance Day, Day of Remembrance for all Victims of Chemical Warfare
April 30 International Jazz Day
Last Week of April World Immunization Week
May 1 International Labour Day, May Day
May 2 World Naked Gardening Day
May 3 World Laughter Day, World Press Freedom Day
May 4 International Firefighters’ Day
May 5 World Asthma Day
May 8 World Red Cross Day
May 10 Mother’s Day
May 11 National Technology Day
May 12 International Nurses Day, World Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Awareness Day
May 15 International Day of the Family
May 17 World Telecommunication and
Information Society Day
World Hypertension Day
May 18 International Museum Day
May 20 World Metrology Day
May 21 World Day for Cultural
Diversity for Dialogue and Development, Anti Terrorism Day
May 22 International Day for
Biological Diversity
May 23 International Day to End
Obstetric Fistula, World Turtle Day
May 25 World Thyroid Day
May 28 International Day of Action for
Women’s Health
May 29 International Day of UN
Peacekeepers
May 30 Goa Statehood Day
May 31 World No Tobacco Day
First Sunday of
May World Laughter Day
First Tuesday of May World Asthma Day
Second Weekend of May World Migratory Bird Day
June 1 World Milk Day, Global Day of Parents
June 2 International Sex Workers Day
June 4 International Day of Innocent
Children Victims of Aggression
June 5 World Environment Day
June 7 Cancer Survivors Day
June 8 World Oceans Day, World Brain Tumor Day
June 11 Coal Miners Day
June 12 Anti Child Labour Day
June 13 International Albinism Awareness
Day
June 14 World Blood Donor Day
June 15 World Elder Abuse Awareness Day
June 17 World Day to Combat
Desertification and Drought
June 20 World Refugee Day
June 21 Father’s Day, International Day of Yoga, World Hydrography Day, World Music Day
June 23 United Nations Public Service
Day, International Widows’ Day, International Olympic Day
June 25 Day of the Seafarer
June 26 International Day in Support of
Victims of Torture,
International Day Against Drug
Abuse and Illicit Trafficking
June 29 Statistics Day
July 1 National Doctor’s Day, SBI day, International Joke Day
Chartered Accountants’ Day
(India), 1st Saturday of July
International Day of
Cooperatives
July 2 World Sports Journalists Day
July 6 World Zoonoses Day
July 7 World Forgiveness day
July 11 World Population Day
July 12 International Malala Day
July 15 World Youth Skills Day
July 17 International Justice Day
July 18 International Nelson Mandela
Day
July 26 Kargil Vijay Diwas
July 28 World Hepatitis Day, World Nature Conservation Day
July 29 International Tiger Day
July 30 World day against trafficking
in persons
1st August Week World Breastfeeding Week
1st Sunday of August International Friendship Day
August 6 Hiroshima Day
August 7 World Sanskrit Day
August 8 World Senior Citizen’s Day
August 8 World cat day, The International Fund For
Animal Welfare
August 9 International day of the
World’s Indigenous day
August 9 Nagasaki Peace Day
August 9 Kranti Diwas (Quit India
Movement)
Sankalp Se Siddhi (The
attainment through Resolve)
August 10 World Bio Fuel Day, National Deworming Day
August 11 National Daughter’s Day
August 12 International Youth day
August 13 Organ Donation Day
August 19 World Humanitarian Day, World Photography Day
August 20 World Mosquito Day, Sadbhavana Diwas (Harmony Day)
August 29 International day Against
Nuclear test
National Sports day
August 30 National Small Industry Day
September 1 ─ 7 National Nutrition Week
September 2 World Coconut day
September 5 National Teachers’ Day
September 7 World Forgiveness Day
September 8 International Literacy Day
September 9 World First Aid Day,
International Fetal Alcohol
Syndrome Day
September 10 World Suicide Prevention Day
September 13 World Chocolate day
September 14 National Hindi Diwas
September 15 International Day of Democracy, National Engineer’s Day
September 16 World Ozone Day
September 21 International Day of Peace, Last Sunday of September
International Day of the Deaf
September 24 National Service Scheme (NSS)
Day
September 27 World Tourism Day
September 28 World Maritime Day,
International Day for Universal
Access to Information
September 29 World Heart Day
October 01 International Day of Older
Persons,
World Vegetarian Day
October 02 International Day of
Non-Violence
National Anti-Drug Addiction
Day
October 04 World Animal Day
October 05 World Teacher’s Day, World Mental Health Day
October 09 World Post Day
October 10 World Mental Health Day
October 11 International Day of the Girl
Child, World Obesity Day
October 12 World Arthritis Day
October 13 International Day for Disaster
Reduction
October 14 World Standards Day
October 15 International Day of Rural Women,
Global Hand washing Day
October 16 World Food Day, World Allergy Awareness Day
October 17 International Day for the
Eradication of Poverty
World Trauma Day
October 20 World Statistics Day, National Solidarity day
World Osteoporosis Day
October 21 Global Iodine Deficiency
Disorders Prevention Day
October 24 United Nations Day, World Polio Day
World Information Development
Day
October 27 World Audiovisual Heritage day
October 28 International Animation Day
October 29 World Stroke Day
October 30 World Savings Day/ World Thrift
Day
October 31 National Unity Day/ Rashtriya
Ekta Diwas
October 31 National Integration Day
First Monday of
October World Habitat Day
October 09-15 National Postal Week (India)
Second Thursday of
October World Sight Day
November 01 National Stress Awareness Day, World Vegan Day
November 05 Tsunami Awareness Day
November 06 International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of Environment
in War and Armed Conflict
November 8 International Day of Radiology
November 9 Legal Service Day, World Quality Day
November 10 World science day
November 11 National Education day
November 12 World Pneumonia Day
November 14 National Children’s Day, World Diabetes Day
November 16 National Press Day, International Day for Tolerance
November 17 International Students’ Day, World Prematurity Day
November 19 National Integration Day, International Men’s Day
November 20 Welfare of Minorities Day
November 21 World Fisheries Day, World Television Day
Linguistic Harmony Day
November 22 Weaker Sections Day
November 23 Cultural Unity Day
November 24 Women’s Day
November 25 Conservation Day, International Day for
Elimination of Violence Against Women
November 26 National Constitutional
day/Samvidhan Divas
November 29 International Day of Solidarity
with the Palestinian People
November 30 International Computer Security
Day
Second Thursday of
November World Quality Day
Third Thursday of
November World Philosophy Day
Third Sunday of
November World Day of Remembrance for
Road Traffic Victims
December 1 World AIDS Day
December 2 International Day for the
Abolition of Slavery
World Pollution Prevention Day
December 3 International Day of Persons
with Disabilities
December 4 National Navy Day
December 5 International Volunteer Day for
Economic and Social Development, World Soil Day
December 7 International Civil Aviation
Day, Armed Forces Flag Day
December 9 International Day of
Commemoration and Dignity of the Victims of the Crime of Genocide and of the
Prevention of this Crime, International Anti-Corruption
Day
World Patient Safety Day
December 10 Human Rights Day
December 11 International Mountain Day
December 12 International Day of Neutrality
December 14 National Energy Conservation
Day
December 18 International Migrants Day, Arabic Language
Day (Arabic)
December 20 International Human Solidarity
Day
December 23 Kisan Divas (India)
Second Sunday of
December International Children’s Day of
Broadcasting