National and International Important days of the year are important for CBSE UGC NET Exam. There is a huge collection of important days and dates here. This will help you find the important National and International Days and Dates of India and the World.
In CBSE UGC NET Exam, the questions related to days are asked. This list of important days will let you know what is that day for. This list will help you clear the questions related to what is on that day. In the general awareness section of UGC NET Exam, at least one question is definitely asked on important
In the general awareness section of UGC NET Exam, at least one question is definitely asked on important dates/days.
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 the World.
Important Days / Dates – National and International – India and World
Important days/dates in January:
January 01 : Global family day, Army Medical Corps Establishment Day.
January 06 : World War Orphans Day.
January 08 : African National Congress Foundation day
January 09 : NRI day / Pravasi Bhartiya Divas.
January 10 : World laughter day.
January 11 : death day of Lal Bahadur Shastri
January 12 : National Youth Day, Swami Vivekanand Birthday
January 15 : Army Day.
January 23 : Netaji Subhash Chandra bose birthday.
January 24 : National Girl Child day of India.
January 25 : India Tourism Day Indian Voter Day, International Customs Duty Day.
January 26 : India’s Republic Day
January 26 : International Customs day.
January 27 : International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
January 28 : Lala Lajpat Rai birthday
January 28 : Data protection day
January 30 : National Martyrs’ Day or Sarvodaya Day
January 30 : World leprosy eradication day.
Important days/dates in February:
February 02 : World Wetlands Day
February 04 : World Cancer day, Srilanka National day, Facebook day.
February 05 : Kashmir Day (in Pakistan)
February 06 : International day against female genital mutilation.
2nd Sunday of February : World Marriage Day.
February 11 : World Day of the Sick
February 12 : Darwin day
February 13 : Sarojini Naydu’s birthday, World Radio Day, National Womens day.
February 14 : Valentine’s day
February 20 : World day of social justice
February 21 : International mother language day
February 22 : World Thinking day, World scout day
February 23 : World peace and understanding day
February 24 : Central Excise Day.
February 28 : National Science Day
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Important days/dates in March:
March 3 : National Defence Day
March 4 : World day of fight against sexual exploitation, National Security / Safety day.
March 8 : International Women’s Day.
March 9 : CISF Raising Day.
2nd Thursday of March – World Kidney Day
March 12 : Mauritius Day, Central Industrial Security Force Day.
March 13 : World kidney day, World Rotaract Day.
March 14 : World Pie day.
2nd Monday of March – Commonwealth Day
March 15 :World Disabled Day, World Contact day.
March 15 : World consumer right day.
March 16 : National Vaccination Day.
March 18 : National Ordinance Factories Day
March 20 : World day of theatre for children and young people.
March 20 : International day of Happiness, International day for Francophonie, Word Sparrow day.
Friday of the second full week of March : World Sleep day.
March 21 : World Forestry Day. World Puppetry day. World Poetry day, World Down Syndrome day, International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.
March 22 : World water day.
March 23 :World Meteorological Day, Pakistan Day(Youm-e-pakistan).
March 24 : World T.B. day
March 24 : International day for achievers
March 25 : International day of remembrance-victims of slavery and transatlantic slave trade.
March 26 : Bangladesh Liberation Day, World Purple day (Epilepsy awareness day).
March 27 : World Drama day (World Theater Day)
Important days/dates in April:
April 1 : Orissa Day, April Fools day.
April 2 : World autism awareness day.
April 4 : International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action
April 5 : National Maritime Day.
April 7 : World Health Day.
April 8 : World Romani Day.
April 12 : World Aviation & Cosmonauts Day
April 13 : Jallianwallah Bagh Massacre Day.
April 14 : Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Jayanti.
April 15 : World day of Silence, Day of Dialogue
April 17 : World haemophilia day
April 18 : World Heritage Day.
April 21 : World Creativity and Innovation Day, National Secrataries day, National Civil Services Day
April 22 : World Earth Day.
April 23 : World book and copyright day, World English Language Day.
April 24 : World Lab Animals Day.
April 25 : World Malaria day, Italy Liberation Day
April 26 : World Intellectual Property Day
April 28 : International Worker’s Memorial Day, World day for Safety and Health at work
April 29 : International Dance Day
April 30 : International Jazz Day.
Important days/dates in May
May 1 : International Labour Day (Workers Day), Maharashtra day.
May 3 : Press Freedom Day, International Sun Day, World Asthma Day.
May 4 : Coal miner’s day, International Firefighters’ Day.
May (1st Sunday) : World Laughter Day
May (2nd Sunday) : Mother’s Day
May 05 : World Athletics Day, World Midwives day
May 06 : World No Diet Day
May 8 : World Red Cross Day or Red Crescent day, Remembrance and Reconciliation for Lost Lives of Second World War
May 9 : Victory day, World Thalassaemia Day.
May 10 : International Migratory Bird day.
May 11 : National Technology Day.
May 12 : International Nurses day.
May 13 : International Criminal Court Day.
May 14 : World Migratory day
May 15 : International Family day.
May 17 : World Telecommunication Day (Information society day), World Hypertension Day, Wold AIDS Vaccination day, International day against Homophobia and Transphobia
May 18 : World Museum Day
May 20 : World Meteorology Day
May 21 : Anti-terrorism day, National Day for Cultural Development.
May 22 : International Biological Diversity Day
May 24 : Commonwealth Day.
May 25 : World Missing Childrens day
May 29 : International Day of Peacekeepers
May 31 : World Anti-Tobacco Day.
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Important days/dates in June:
June 1 : Global Parents Day.
June 4 :International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression.
June 5 : World Environment Day.
June 7 : International level crossing awareness day
June 8 : World ocean day, World Brain Tumor day.
June 12 : World day against child labour
June (3rd Sunday) : Father’s Day.
June 14 : World blood donor day.
June 15 : World Elder Abuse Awareness day.
June 16 : International Integration Day
June 17 : World day to combat desertification and drought.
June 18 : International Picnic Day
June 20 : World Refugee day.
June 21 : World Music day.
June 23 : United Nation’s public service day, International Olympic day.
June 23 : International Widow’s day
June 26 : International day against Drug abuse & Illicit Trafficking, International Day in support of Victims of torture.
Important days/dates in July:
July 1 : National Doctor’s day, World Doctor’s day.
July 2 : World UFO day, World Sports Journalists Day.
July (1st Saturday) : International Day of Cooperatives.
July 4 : American Independence day
July 6 : World Zoonoses Day.
July 7 : Global Forgiveness day, World Chocolate Day.
July 11 : World Population Day.
July 12 : World Malala day
July 18 : Nelson Mendela International day
July 26 : Kargil Victory day or vijay diwas.
July 28 : World Nature conservation day, World Hepatitis Day.
July 29 : International Tiger Day
Important days/dates in August:
August 2 : International Friendship Day.
August 3 : Independence day of Niger
August 5 : Independence day of upper volta
August 6 : Hiroshima Day
August 9 : International day of World’s indigenous people
August 9 :Quit India moment Day and Nagasaki Day.
August 12 : International Youth day.
August 14 : Independence Day of Pakistan.
August 15 : Independence Day of India
August 19 : World Photography day.
August 20 : Sadbhavna Diwas
August 23 : International day for the remembrance of the slave trade and its abolition
August 29 : National Sports Day, Dhyan chand’s birthday.
August 30 : Small Industry day.
Important days/dates in September:
September 5 : Teachers’ Day (Dr. Radhakrishnan’s birthday)
September 8 :World Literacy Day.
September 14 : Hindi day, World first aid day
September 16 :World Ozone Day. Engineer’s day in India
September 21 :Alzheimer’s Day, International day of peace
September 25 : Social Justice day
September 26 : Day of the Deaf.
September 27 : World Tourism Day.
Important days/dates in October:
October 1 : International day of the Older person
October 2 : Mahatma Gandhi birthday, International day of non-violence
October 3 :World Habitat Day, World nature day
October 4 :World Animal Welfare Day.
October 5 : World Teacher’s day.
October 6 : World Wildlife day, World Food Security day.
October 8 : Indian Air Force Day.
October 9 : World Post Office day.
October 10 : National Post Day, World Mental health day.
October 11 : International girl child day
October 12 : World Arthritis day, World Sight day.
October 13 :UN International Day for National disaster reduction (World Calamity Control day)
October 14 :World Standards Day.
October 15 : World White Cane Day( guiding the Blind)
October 16 : World Food Day.
October 17 : International day for the eradication of poverty (International Poverty day).
October 20 : World statistics day, National Solidarity Day
October 24 : UN Day, World development information Day.
October 30 :World Thrift Day.
October 31 : Rastriya Ekta Diwas (in memory of Sardar Patel), National Integration Day (In memory of Indira Gandhi)
Important Days / Dates in November:
November 1 : World vegan day
November 5 : World Radiography day.
November 7 : Infant Protection day, World Cancer Awareness Day
November 9 : Legal services day.
November 10 : Transport day.
November 14 : Children’s Day in India, Jawaharlal Nehru birthday, World Diabetes day.
November 16 : International day for Endurance
November 17 : World Student day, National Journalism day, Guru Nanak Dev birthday
November 18 : World Adult day.
November 19 : World Citizen day.
November 20 : Africa Industrialization Day, Universal children day.
November 21 : World Television day, World Fisheries day.
November 25 : World Non-veg day.
November 26 : Law day
November 29 : International Day of Solidarity with Palestinian People.
November 30 : Flag day.
Important Days / Dates in December:
December 1 : World Aids Day.
December 2 : World Computer literacy day, International day of abolition of slavery
December 3 : International day of People with disabilities, World conservation day
December 4 : Navy Day.
December 5 : International volunteer day for economic and social development.
December 7 :Armed Forces Flag Day, International civil aviation day.
December 9 : The International day against corruption.
December 10 :Human Right Day.
December 11 : International Mountain day, UNICEF day
December 14 : International Energy conservation day.
December 18 : International Migrants day.
December 19 : Goa’s liberation day.
December 20 : International Human solidarity.
December 23 :Kisan Divas Farmer’s Day).
December 29 : International Bio-diversity day