One of the most important topics asked in the SSC & Railway exams from static GK is Important Days & Dates of the year. Whether its SSC CGL, CHSL, MTS or RRB JE, RRB NTPC exams, usually 1 or 2 questions can be asked from the Important National and International days. Candidates need to learn all the important days of the year to make sure they never go wrong with this topic. Try to learn the important days daily and memorize it thoroughly. In this post, we are providing you with all the important days of the year according to months. The list of important days in all months of the year has been given below.
Important Days of January
List of Important Days (January) | |
1st January | English New Year, Army Medical Corps Establishment Day, Global family day, World Peace Day |
4th January | World Braille Day |
6th January | World War Orphans Day |
8th January | African National Congress Foundation Day |
9th January | Pravasi Bharatiya Divas NRI Day |
10th January | World Laughter Day, World Hindi Day |
11th January | Death anniversary of Lal Bahadur Shastri |
12th January | National Youth Day (Birth Day of Swami Vivekanand) |
15th January | Army Day (Field Marshall K.M. Cariappa took over the command of Army on this day in 1949 from the British), Pongal, Makar Sankranti |
25th January | International Customs Duty Day,India Tourism Day, National Voters Day |
26th January | Republic Day List of Chief Guests of Republic Day: From 1950 to 2020 |
27th January | International Holocaust Day (The largest Nazi death camp, Auschwitz- Birkenau was liberated by Soviet troops on Jan 27, 1945.), International Day of Commemoration |
28th January | Birth Anniversary of Lala Lajpat Rai |
30th January | Mahatma Gandhi’s Martyrdom Day (Martyr’s day) World Leprosy Eradication Day |
Important Days of February
List of Important Days (February) | |
1st February | Indian Coast Guard Day |
2nd February | World Wetlands Day |
4th February | World Cancer Day |
4th February | National Day of Sri Lanka |
7th February | International Development Week |
12th February | Darwin Day |
12th February | Abraham Lincoln’s Birthday |
13th February | Sarojini Naidu’s Birth Anniversary |
14th February | Saint Valentine’s Day |
18th February | Taj Mahotsav |
20th February | World Day of Social Justice |
21st February | International Mother Language Day |
22nd February | World Scout Day |
24th February | Central Excise Day |
27 February | World Sustainable Energy Day |
28 February | National Science Day |
Important Days of March
List of Important Days (March) | |
1st March | Zero Discrimination Day World Civil Defence Day |
3rd March | World Wildlife Day World Hearing Day |
4th March | National Safety Day |
8 March | International Women’s Day |
10 March | CISF Raising Day |
13 March | No Smoking Day (Second Wednesday of March) |
14 March | Pi Day International Day of Action for Rivers |
15 March | World Consumer Rights Day |
16 March | National Vaccination Day |
18 March | Ordnance Factories Day (India) |
20 March | International Day of Happiness World Sparrow Day |
21 March | World Forestry Day World Down syndrome Day World Poetry Day |
22 March | World Water Day |
23rd March | World Meteorological Day |
24 March | World Tuberculosis (TB) Day |
27 March | World Theatre Day |
Important Days of April
List Of Important Days & Dates (April) | |
1 April | Orissa Day, Prevention of Blindness week |
2 April | World Autism Awareness Day |
4 April | International Day for Mine Awareness |
5 April | National Maritime Day |
7 April | World Health Day |
10 April | World Homeopathy Day |
11 April | National Safe Motherhood Day, National Pet Day |
13 April | Jallianwallah Bagh Massacre Day (1919) |
17 April | World Haemophilia Day |
18 April | World Heritage Day |
21 April | National Civil Service Day, Secretaries’s Day |
22 April | World Earth Day |
23 April | World Book and Copyright Day |
24 April | National Panchayati Day |
25 April | World Malaria Day, World Veterinary Day |
26 April | World Intellectual Property Day |
28 April | World Day for Safety and Health at Work |
Important Days of May
List of Important Days (May) | |
1-May | International Labour Day |
3-May | Press Freedom Day |
4-May | Coal miner’s day |
8-May | World Red Cross Day |
9-May | Victory day |
May (2nd Sunday) | Mother’s Day [10th May] |
11-May | National Technology Day |
12-May | International Nurses day |
14-May | World Migratory day |
15-May | International Day of the Family |
17-May | World Telecommunication Day (Information Society Day) |
21-May | Anti-terrorism day |
24-May | Commonwealth Day |
31-May | Anti-Tobacco Day |
Important Days of June
List of Important Days (June) | |
4-Jun | International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression |
5-Jun | World Environment Day |
7-Jun | International level crossing awareness day |
8-Jun | World ocean day |
12-Jun | World day against child Labour |
June (2nd Sunday) | Father’s Day |
14-Jun | World blood donor day |
17-Jun | World day to combat desertification and drought |
20-Jun | World Refugee day |
21-Jun | Father’s day, World Music day |
23-Jun | United Nation’s public service day |
23-Jun | International Widow’s day |
26-Jun | International day against Drug abuse & Illicit Trafficking |
27-Jun | World Diabetes Day |
Important Days of July
List of Important Days (July) | |
1-Jul | National Doctor’s day |
6-Jul | World Zoonoses Day |
11-Jul | World Population Day |
12-Jul | World Malala day |
18-Jul | Nelson Mandela International Day |
28-Jul | World Nature conservation day |
Important Days of August
List of Important Days (August) | |
2-Aug | International Friendship Day |
3-Aug | Independence day of Niger |
5-Aug | Independence day of upper Volta |
6-Aug | Hiroshima Day |
9-Aug | International day of World’s indigenous people |
9-Aug | Quit India Day and Nagasaki Day |
12-Aug | International Youth day |
15-Aug | Independence Day of India |
23-Aug | International Day for the remembrance of the slave trade and its abolition |
29-Aug | National Sports Day |
Important Days of September
List of Important Days (September) | |
5-Sep | Teachers’ Day (Dr. Radhakrishnan’s birthday), Forgiveness day |
8-Sep | World Literacy Day |
14-Sep | Hindi day, World First Air Day |
15-Sep | Engineer’s day in India |
16-Sep | World Ozone Day |
21-Sep | Alzheimer’s Day, International day of peace |
25-Sep | Social justice day |
26-Sep | Day of the Deaf |
27-Sep | World Tourism Day |
Important Days of October
List of Important Days (October) | |
1-Oct | International day of the Older person |
2-Oct | Mahatma Gandhi birthday, International day of non-violence |
3-Oct | World Habitat Day, World nature day |
4-Oct | World Animal Welfare Day |
5-Oct | World Teacher’s day |
8-Oct | Indian Air Force Day |
9-Oct | World Post Office day |
10-Oct | National Post Day |
11-Oct | International girl child day |
12-Oct | World Arthritis day |
13-Oct | UN International Day for National disaster reduction |
14-Oct | World Standards Day |
15-Oct | World White Cane Day (guiding the Blind) |
16-Oct | World Food Day |
17-Oct | International day for the eradication of poverty |
20-Oct | World statistics day |
24-Oct | UN Day, World development information Day |
30-Oct | World Thrift Day |
Important Days of November
List of Important Days (November) | |
1-Nov | World vegan day |
5-Nov | World Radiography day |
9-Nov | World services day |
14-Nov | Children’s Day in India,Jawaharlal Nehru birthday |
16-Nov | International day for Endurance |
17-Nov | World Student day, National Journalism day |
18-Nov | World Adult day |
19-Nov | World Citizen day |
20-Nov | Africa Industrialization Day, Universal children day |
21-Nov | World Television day, World Fisheries day |
25-Nov | World Non-veg day |
26-Nov | Law day |
29-Nov | International Day of Solidarity with Palestinian People |
30-Nov | Flag day |
Important Days of December
List of Important Days (December) | |
1-Dec | World Aids Day |
2-Dec | World Computer literacy day, International day of abolition of slavery |
3-Dec | International Day of People with disabilities, World conservation day |
4-Dec | Navy Day |
5-Dec | International volunteer day for economic and social development |
7-Dec | Armed Forces Flag Day, International civil aviation day |
9-Dec | The International day against corruption |
10-Dec | Human Right Day |
11-Dec | International Mountain day |
14-Dec | International Energy day |
18-Dec | International Migrants day |
19-Dec | Goa’s liberation day |
20-Dec | International Human solidarity |
23-Dec | Kisan Divas (Farmer’s Day) |