Important Days
NATIONAL & INTERNATIONAL DAYS WE OBSERVE OR CELEBRATE
January
1 January - Global Family Day / MIT Square Day / RAJ Square Day
4 January - World Braille Day
9 January - Non-Resident India (NRI) Day
12 January – National Youth Day / World Tamil Diaspora Day / Non-Resident Tamils (NRT) Day / Swami Vivekananda Jayanthi
16 January - National Startup Day
24 January - International Day of Education (UN) / National Girl Child Day
26 January - Indian Republic Day / Subhas Chandra Bose Jayanthi
February
4 February - World Cancer Day
11 February - International Day of Women and Girls in Science (UN)
13 February - World Radio Day (UN)
18 February - National Battery Day
27 February - World NGO Day
28 February – National Science Day
March
4 March - World Engineering Day for Sustainable Development (UN) / National Security Day / National Safety Day
8 March - International Women’s Day (UN)
14 March - International Day of Mathematics (UN) (Pi Day)
15 March - World Consumer Rights Day
20 March - International Day of Happiness
21 March - World Down Syndrome Day
22 March - World Water Day
24 March - World TB Day
27 March - World Theatre Day
2nd Thursday of March - World Kidney Day
March is Women's History Month
April
7 April - World Health Day
18 April - World Heritage Day
19 April - World Liver Day
21 April - World Creativity and Innovation Day
22 April - World Earth Day
23 April – World Book Day
26 April - World Intellectual Property Day
28 April - World Safety and Health at Work Day
28 April - IEEE SIGHT Day
May
1 May – International Worker’s Day
5 May - World Laughter Day
7 May - World Athletics Day
8 May - World Red Cross Day
2nd Sunday in May - National Mother's Day
11 May – National Technology Day
12 May - International Nurses Day
15 May - International Day of Families (UN)
17 May - World Telecommunication and Information Society Day
21 May - World Cultural Diversity Day
31 May - World No-Tobacco Day
June
1 June – Global Parent’s Day
3 June - World Bicycle Day
5 June - World Environment Day (UN)
7 June - World Food Safety Day
14 June - World Blood Donor Day
3rd Sunday in June - National Father's Day
21 June - International Yoga Day
23 June - International Women in Engineering Day
July
1 July - National Doctors’ Day
15 July - World Youth Skills Day
18 July - Tamilnadu Day
23 July - National Broadcasting Day
27 July - Death Anniversary of Dr Abdul Kalam
30 July - International Friendship Day (UN)
4th Sunday in July – National Parent's Day
August
9 August - International Day of the World's Indigenous People (UN) / National Book Lovers Day
12 August - International Youth Day (UN) / National Library Day
13 August - World Organ Donation Day
15 August - Indian Independence Day
19 August - World Humanitarian Day
21 August – World Entrepreneur’s Day
22 August - Madras Day / Chennai Day
23 August - National Space Day
29 August - National Sports Day
September
5 September – National Teacher’s Day / International Day of Charity / Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan Jayanthi
8 September - International Literacy Day (UN)
10 September - World Suicide Prevention Day (WHO)
15 September – National Engineer’s Day / Visvesvaraya Jayanthi
2nd Sunday in September – World Grandparent's Day
21 September - International Day of Peace (UN)
27 September - Shirdi Sai Baba Birthday
28 September - International Day for the Universal Access to Information (UN)
29 September - World Heart Day
30 September - International Podcast Day
October
1st Monday of October - World Habitat Day
1st Friday of October - World College Radio Day
1 October - International Day of Older People
2 October - International Day of Non-Violence / Gandhi Jayanthi
4 October - IEEE Day
5 October - World Teachers' Day (UN)
10 October - World Mental Health Day
11 October - International Girl Child Day
14 October - World Sight Day
15 October - World Students’ Day / National Innovation Day (Dr Abdul Kalam Birth Anniversary)
16 October - World Food Day
18 October - World Menopause Day
24 October - World Development Information Day
29 October - World Stroke Day
31 October - National Unity Day / World Savings Day
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month
November
1 November - Karnataka Rajyothsava Day
7 November – National Cancer Awareness Day
9 November - National Entrepreneurship Day
10 November - World Science Day for Peace and Development Day (UN)
11 November - National Education Day
14 November – National Children’s Day / World Diabetes Day / Nehru Jayanthi / Guru Nanak Jayanthi
19 November - World Toilet Day / International Women’s Entrepreneurship Day / International Men's Day
20 November – World Children’s Day (UN)
25 November - Thanksgiving Day (Fourth Thursday in November)
December
3 December - International Day of Persons with Disabilities Day (UN)
5 December - International Volunteer's Day
10 December - International Human Rights Day (UN)
11 December - UNICEF Day
14 December - National Energy Conservation Day
20 December - International Human Solidarity/Unity Day
22 December - National Mathematics Day
23 December - National Farmer's Day
24 December - National Consumer Rights Day