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Important Observed Days in India

              Important  Observed Days

·         January

Ø  Jan-1     Army Medical Corps Establishment Day

Ø  Jan-8     African National Congress Foundation Day

Ø  Jan-9     NRI’s Day

Ø  Jan-10   World Laughter Day

Ø  Jan-11    Death anniversary of Lal Bahadur Shastri

Ø  Jan-12     National Youth Day( Swami Vivekananda’s  Birth Day)

Ø  Jan-15    Army Day

Ø  Jan-23     Netaji  Subas Chandra Bose’s Birth anniversary

Ø  Jan-26     Republic Day/ Tourism Day/ International Custom’s Day

Ø  Jan-28    Birth anniversary of Lala Lajpat Rai

Ø  Jan-30     Martyrs’  Day (Death anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi)/ World Leprosy Eradication Day

 

·         February

Ø  Feb-1       Coast Guard Day

Ø  Feb-2       World Wetlands Day

Ø  Feb-4       China’s New Year

Ø  Feb-5       Kashmir Day (organized by Pakistan)

Ø  Feb-12     Productivity Day (organized by Indian Tourism Development Corporation)

Ø  Feb-13     Sarojini Naidu’s birth anniversary

Ø  Feb-14     St. Valentine’s Day

Ø  Feb-21     Mother Tongue Day

Ø  Feb-24    Central Exercise Day

Ø  Feb-28     Science Day (Birth Day of C.V. Raman)

 

·         March

Ø  March-3    National Defence Day

Ø  March-4     National Security Day

Ø  March-8     International Womens’ Day

Ø  March-9     CISF Raising Day

Ø  March-12    Central Industrial Security Force Day/ Mauritius Day

Ø  March-15    World Consumer Day

Ø   March-16   National Vaccination Day

Ø  March-18    Bi-Centenary of Indian Ordinance Factories

Ø  March-19    World Disabled Day

Ø  March-21   World Forestry Day

Ø  March-23    Meteorological Day

Ø  March-24    World TB Day

Ø  March-26    Bangladesh Liberation Day

Ø  March-28    National Shipping Day

Ø  March-30    Rajasthan Day

 

·         April

Ø  April-1     Odisha Day

Ø  April-5     National Maritime Day

Ø  April-7     World Health Day

Ø  April-13   Jallianwallah Bagh Massacre Day(1919)

Ø  April-14    B.R. Ambedkar’s remembrance Day / Fire Extinguishing Day

Ø  April-16    150th anniversary of Indian Railway

Ø  April-18     World Heritage Heritage Day

Ø  April-22     World Earth Day

Ø  April-23     World Books Day

Ø  April-26     World Chernobyl Day

 

·         May

Ø  May-1     International Labours Day

Ø  May-3     International Energy(Sun) Day

Ø  May-8     International Red Cross Day(Birth Day of its Founder Henry Durant)

Ø  May-11    National Technology Day

Ø  May-12    International Nurses Day(Birth Day of Florence Nightingale)

Ø  May-13    National Integration Day(Birth Day of Fakiruddin Ali Ahmad)

Ø  May-15     International Family Day/ Nylon Day

Ø  May-17     World Telecom  Day

Ø  May-20     World Metrology Day

Ø  May-21     Anti-Terrorism Day

Ø  May-24     Common Wealth Day

Ø  May-31      World No Tobacco Day

 

·         June

Ø  June-4      International Day of Innocent Children

Ø  June-5      World Environment Day

Ø  June-12    World Day against Child Labour

Ø  June-14     World Blood Donation Day(Harvey’s Birth  Day)

Ø  June-17     World Day to Combat Desertification & Drought

Ø  June-26    International Day against Drug abuse

Ø  June-27     World Diabetes Day

 

·         July

Ø  July-1    Doctors’ Day

Ø  July-4     American Independence Day

Ø  July-11    World Population Day

Ø  July-22    World Flag Day

Ø  July-26    Kargil Victory Day

 

·         August

Ø  August-1     World Breast Feeding Day

Ø  August-6      Hirosima Day

Ø  August-9      Nagasaki Day

Ø  August-12    International Youth Day

Ø  August-14    Pakistan Day

Ø  August-15    India’s Independence Day

Ø  August-19     World Photography  Day

Ø  August-20     Sadbhavana Day (Rajiv Gandhi’s Birth Day)

Ø  August-29     Sports Day (Dhyan Chand’s Birth Day)

Ø  August-30     Small Industry Day

 

·         September

Ø  Sept-5      Teachers’ Day

Ø  Sept-7       Forgiveness Day

Ø  Sept-8        International  Literacy Day

Ø  Sept-14      Hindi Day/ World’s First Aid Day

Ø  Sept-16      World Ozone Day

Ø  Sept-21       World Alzheimer’s Day

Ø  Sept-24       World Heart Day

Ø  Sept-25       Social Justice Day

Ø  Sept-27       World Tourism Day

 

·         October

Ø  Oct-1         International Day for Elders(UN)

Ø  Oct-2         International Day of Non-Violence(Birth day of Mahatma Gandhi)

Ø  Oct-3         World Nature Day

Ø  Oct-4         World Animals Day

Ø  Oct-5         World Habitat Day/ World Teachers’ Day

Ø  Oct-6         World Wildlife Day

Ø  Oct-8         Indian Air force Day

Ø  Oct-9         World Postal Day

Ø  Oct-10       World Mental  Health Day/ National Post Day

Ø  Oct-12      World Sight Day

Ø  Oct-13      World Calamity Day(UN)

Ø  Oct-14       World Standards Day

Ø  Oct-15      World White Cane Day (Guiding the Blind)

Ø  Oct-16      World Food Day

Ø  Oct-17      International Poverty Eradication Day

Ø  Oct-20      National Solidarity Day(China attacked India on this day)

Ø  Oct-24      United Nations Day

Ø  Oct-30     World Thrift Day

Ø  Oct-31      National Integration Day

 

·         November

Ø  Nov-7       Infant Protection Day/ World Cancer Awareness Day

Ø  Nov-10     Transport Day

Ø  Nov-11     National Education Day( Birth Day of  Maulana  Abdul Kalam Azad)

Ø  Nov-12     National Public Transmission Day

Ø  Nov-14      Childrens’  Day(Birth Day of Jawaharlal Nehru)/ World Diabetes Day

Ø  Nov-17      Guru Nanak’s Birth Day

Ø  Nov-18      World Heritage Day

Ø  Nov-19      Citizen’s  Day

Ø  Nov-26       Flag Day

Ø  Nov-26      Law Day

Ø  Nov-29      International Day of Solidarity with Palestinian people

 

·         December

Ø  Dec-1      AIDS Day

Ø  Dec-4      Navy Day

Ø  Dec-7      Armed Forces Day

Ø  Dec-10    Human Rights Day

Ø  Dec-11    UNICEF Day

Ø  Dec-14     National Energy Conservation Day

Ø  Dec-18     Minorities Rights Day

Ø  Dec-19     Goa’s Liberation Day

Ø  Dec-23     Kisan Divas 

 

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