All The Special Days and Dates

Questions about the important and special days and dates of the year are asked in almost all competitive exams, including SSC, UPSC, RRB, etc. If you have been preparing for any competitive exam, then brace yourself with the following GK important days month-wise that can be asked in your upcoming exam. 

All Special Days & Dates in a Year

January Important Days

• 4th Jan: World Braille Day
• 9th Jan: NRI Day
• 10th Jan: World Hindi Day
• 12th Jan: World Youth Day
• 15th Jan: Army Day
• 25th Jan: National Voters Day
• 26th Jan: Republic Day of India
• 27th Jan: International Day of Commemoration
• 30th Jan: Martyr’s Day

February Important Days

• 2nd Feb: World Wetlands Day
• 4th Feb: World Cancer Day
• 10th Feb: National De-worming Day
• 11th Feb: International Day of Women and Girls in Science
• 12th Feb: National Productivity Day
• 13th Feb: World Women’s Day and World Radio Day
• 14th Feb: Valentine’s Day
• 20th Feb: World Day of Social Justice
• 21st Feb: International Mother Language Day
• 24th Feb: Central Excise Day
• 28th Feb: National Science Day
• Second Week’s second day of February: Safer Internet Day

March Important Days

• 1st March: Zero Discrimination Day, World Civil Defence Day
• 3rd March: World Wildlife Day, World Hearing Day
• 4th March: National Security Day
• 8th March: International Women’s Day
• 15th March: World Disabled Day, World Consumer Rights Day
• 16th March: World Sleep Day
• 18th March: Ordnance Factories Day (India)
• 20th March: International Day of happiness; World Sparrow Day
• 21st March: World Poetry Day, World Forestry Day, World Down Syndrome Day
• 22nd March: World Day for Water
• 23rd March: World Meteorological Day
• 24th March: World TB Day
• 27th March: World Theatre Day
• 2nd Wednesday in March: No Smoking Day
• 2nd Thursday in March: World Kidney Day

April Important Days

• 1st April: Odisha Day
• 2nd April: World Autism Awareness Day
• 4th April: International Day for Mine Awareness
• 5th April: National Maritime Day
• 7th April: World Health Day
• 10th April: World Homeopathy Day
• 11th April: National Safe Motherhood Day; National Pet Day
• 17th April: World Haemophilia Day
• 18th April: World Heritage Day
• 19th April: World Liver Day
• 21st April: Secretaries Day; Civil Services Day
• 22nd April: Earth Day
• 23rd April: World Book and Copyright Day
• 24th April: National Panchayati Day
• 25th April: World Malaria Day
• 26th April: World Intellectual property Day
• 28th April: World Day for Safety and Health at Work; World Veterinary Day
• 29th April: International Dance Day
• 30th April: Ayushman Bharat Diwas

May Important Days

• 1st May: International Labour Day, Maharashtra Day
• 3rd May: Press Freedom Day
• 4th May: Coal Miners Day; International Firefighters Day
• 7th May: World Athletics Day
• 8th May: World Red Cross Day; World Thalassaemia Day
• 11th May: National Technology Day
• 12th May: International Nurses Day
• 15th May: International Day of the Family
• 17th May: World Telecommunication Day; World Hypertension Day
• 18th May: World AIDS vaccine Day; International Museum Day
• 21st May: National Anti-Terrorism Day
• 22nd May: International Day for Biological Diversity
• 24th May: Commonwealth Day
• 31st May: Anti-Tobacco Day
• 1st Sunday in May: World Laughter Day
• 1st Tuesday in May: World Asthma Day
• 2nd Sunday in May: Mother’s Day

June Important Days

• 1st June: World Milk Day
• 3rd June: World Bicycle Day
• 4th June: International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression
• 5th June: World Environment Day
• 8th June: World Ocean Day
• 12th June: Anti-Child Labor Day
• 13th June: International Albinism Awareness Day
• 14th June: World Blood Donor Day
• 20th June: World Refugee Day
• 21st June: International Day of Yoga
• 23rd June: United Nations Public Service Day
• 26th June: International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking
• 3rd Sunday of June: Father’s Day

July Important Days

• 1st July: Doctor’s Day
• 6th July: World Zoonoses Day
• 11th July: World Population Day
• 17th July: World Day for International Justice
• 18th July: International Nelson Mandela Day
• 28th July: World Hepatitis Day

August Important Days

• 6th Aug: Hiroshima Day
• 8th Aug: World Senior Citizen’s Day
• 9th Aug: Quit India Day, Nagasaki Day
• 12th Aug: International Youth Day
• 15th Aug: Indian Independence Day
• 19th Aug: Photography Day, World Humanitarian Day
• 29th Aug: National Sports Day
• 1st Sunday in August: International Friendship Day

September Important Days

• 2nd Sept: Coconut Day
• 5th Sept: Teacher’s Day, Sanskrit Day
• 8th Sept: International Literacy Day
• 14th Sept: Hindi Diwas
• 15th Sept: Engineers Day, International Day of Democracy
• 16th Sept: World Ozone Day, International Day for preservation
• 21st Sept: Alzheimer’s Day, Day for Peace & Non-Violence (UN)
• 22nd Sept: Rose Day (Welfare of cancer patients)
• 23rd Sept: International Day of Sign Languages
• 26th Sept: Day of the Deaf; World Contraception Day
• 27th Sept: World Tourism Day, World Maritime Day
• 29th Sept: World Heart Day
• 30th Sept: International Translation Day
• Last Saturday in Sept: World Rivers Day

October Important Days

• 1st Oct: International Day of the Elderly
• 2nd Oct: Gandhi Jayanthi, International Day of Non-Violence
• 4th Oct: World Animal Welfare Day
• 8th Oct: Indian Air Force Day
• 9th Oct: World Post Office Day
• 10th Oct: National Post Day, World Mental Health Day
• 11th Oct: National Girl Child Day
• 13th Oct: UN International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction
• 14th Oct: World Standards Day
• 15th Oct: World Students Day; World White Cane Day
• 16th Oct: World Food Day
• 24th Oct: UN Day; World Development Information Day
• 30th Oct: World Thrift Day
• 31st Oct: National Unity Day
• 1st Monday in Oct: World Habitat Day
• 2nd Thursday in Oct: World Sight Day

November Important Days

• 5th Nov: World Tsunami Day
• 7th Nov: National Cancer Awareness day
• 9th Nov: Legal Services Day
• 14th Nov: Children’s Day, Diabetes Day
• 17th Nov: National Epilepsy Day
• 20th Nov: Africa Industrialization Day
• 21st Nov: World Television Day
• 29th Nov: International Day of Solidarity with Palestinian People

December Important Days

• 1st Dec: World AIDS Day
• 2nd Dec: National Pollution Control
• 3rd Dec: World Day of the Handicapped
• 4th Dec: Indian Navy Day
• 7th Dec: Indian Armed Forces Flag Day
• 10th Dec: Human Rights Day
• 11th Dec: International Mountain Day
• 14th Dec: World Energy Conservation Day
• 16th Dec: Vijay Diwas
• 18th Dec: Minorities Rights Day (India)
• 22nd Dec: National Mathematics Day
• 23rd Dec: Kisan Divas 
• 24th Dec: National Consumers Day
• 25th Dec: Christmas Day

Wrapping up:

So this was the list of special days in a year that can be asked in competitive exams. Ensure that you remember all these days and dates to answer correctly and score high marks in GK. 

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