Important National and International Days
January
1 January – Army Medical Corps Establishment Day
8 January – African National Congress Foundation Day
11 January – Death Anniversary of Lal Bahadur Shastri
12 January – National Youth Day (Birth day of Swami Vivekananda)
15 January - Army Day
23 January – Netaji Subhashchandra Bose’s Birth Anniversary
25 January – International Custom Duty Day
25 January – India Tourism Day
26 January – Republic day
30 January – Mahatma Gandhi’s Martyrdom Day
30 January – World Leprosy Eradication Day
February
14 February - St. Valentine’s Day
24 February – Central Excise Day
28 February – National Science Day
28 February – National Defence Day
March
8 March - International Women’s Day
15 March – World Consumer Day
16 March – National Vaccination Day
19 March – World Disabled Day
21 March – World Forestry Day
24 March – World TB Day
April
6 April – National Maritime Day
7 April – World Health Day
13 April – Jallianwallah Bagh Massacre Day
14 April – Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Remembrance Day
14 April – Fire Extinguishing Day
18 April – World Heritage Day
May
1 May – International Labour Day
1 May – May Day
1 May – Maharashtra Day
8 May – International Red Cross Day
11 May - National Technology Day
15 May – International Family Day
17 May – World Telecom Day
24 May – commonwealth Day
31 May – World No Tobacco Day
June
5 June – World Environment Day
27 June – World Diabetes Day
July
4 July – American Independence Day
11 July – World Population Day
August
6 August – Hiroshima Day
9 August – Quit India Movement Day
15 August – India’s Independence Day
19 August – World Photography Day
20 August – Sadbhavna Divas
September
5 September – Teacher’s Day
8 September – International Literacy Day
14 September – Hindi Day
14 September – World First Aid Day
27 September – World Tourism Day
October
2 October – Gandhi Jayanti
3 October – World Nature Day
4 October – World Animal Day
5 October – World Habitat Day
5 October – World Teachers Day
6 October – World Wildlife Day
8 October – Indian Airforce Day
9 October – Indian Postal Day
20 October – National Solidarity Day
20 October – United Nations Day
31 October – National Integration Day (Indira Gandhi Memories)
November
7 November – Infant Protection Day
7 November – World Cancer Awareness Day
9 November – Pravasi Bharatiy Divas
9 November – Legal Services Day
14 November – Children’s Day
26 November – Law Day
December
1 December – World Aids Day
4 December – Navy Day
7 December – Armed Forces Flag Day
10 December – Human Rights Day
11 December – UNICEF Day
19 December - Goa’s Liberation Day
National
and International Weeks
10 April - 16 April -- Rail week
14 April - 20 April -- Fire extinguish week
1 Aug - 7 Aug -- World breast feeding week
1 Sept - 7 Sept -- National nutrition week
9 Oct - 15 Oct -- National post week
2 Nov - 8 Nov -- National wild life week
14 Nov - 20 Nov -- National book week
18 Nov - 24 Nov -- National Pharmacy week
19 Nov - 25 Nov -- Communal Integration week (India)