List of Important Days in India 2024
If you are searching for a comprehensive List of Important Days in India in PDF format, you are in the right place! You can easily download it from the link provided at the bottom of this page. Certain days are recognized as important by global organizations such as the UN, UNESCO, and FAO to raise awareness and highlight their significance in the public eye.
Why Knowing Important Days is Essential
For students preparing for competitive exams like UPSC, banking, RRB, and others, being aware of these 50 Important Days in India is crucial for excelling in the general awareness section. Many questions in these exams are related to national and international events, and candidates must be knowledgeable about them to prevent losing valuable marks.
List of Important Days of India
| Important Days PDF in 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 LAugusthter 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 |
| 23rd January | Netaji Subhash Chandra bose birthday |
| 24th January | National Girl Child day of India |
| 25th January | International Customs Duty Day,India Tourism Day, National Voters Day |
| 26th January | Republic Day of India and International Customs day |
| 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 |
| 28th January | Data protection day |
| 30th January | Mahatma Gandhi’s Martyrdom Day (Martyr’s day), World Leprosy Eradication Day |
| Important Days PDF in February | |
| 1st February | Indian Coast Guard Day |
| 2nd February | World Wetlands Day |
| 4th February | World Cancer Day |
| 4th February | National Day of Sri Lanka |
| 6th February | International day against female genital mutilation |
| 7th February | International Development Week |
| 11th February | World Day of the Sick |
| 2nd Sunday of February | World Marriage Day |
| 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 |
| 23rd February | World peace and understanding day |
| 24th February | Central Excise Day |
| 27th February | World Sustainable Energy Day |
| 28th February | National Science Day |
| Important Days and Date PDF | |
| 1st March | Zero Discrimination Day, World Civil Defence Day |
| 3rd March | World Wildlife Day, World Hearing Day |
| 4th March | National Safety Day |
| 8-Mar | International Women’s Day |
| 10-Mar | CISF Raising Day |
| 13-Mar | No Smoking Day (Second Wednesday of March) |
| 14-Mar | Pi Day, International Day of Action for Rivers |
| 15-Mar | World Consumer Rights Day |
| 16-Mar | National Vaccination Day |
| 18-Mar | Ordnance Factories Day (India) |
| 20-Mar | International Day of Happiness, World Sparrow Day |
| 21-Mar | World Forestry Day, World Down syndrome Day, World Poetry Day |
| 22-Mar | World Water Day |
| 23rd March | World Meteorological Day, Saheed Diwas |
| 24-Mar | World Tuberculosis (TB) Day |
| 27-Mar | World Theatre Day |
| Important Days and Date PDF | |
| 1-Apr | Orissa Day, Prevention of Blindness week |
| 2-Apr | World Autism Awareness Day |
| 4-Apr | International Day for Mine Awareness |
| 5-Apr | National Maritime Day |
| 7-Apr | World Health Day |
| 10-Apr | World Homeopathy Day |
| 11-Apr | National Safe Motherhood Day, National Pet Day |
| 13-Apr | Jallianwallah Bagh Massacre Day (1919) |
| 17-Apr | World Haemophilia Day |
| 18-Apr | World Heritage Day |
| 21-Apr | National Civil Service Day, Secretaries’s Day |
| 22-Apr | World Earth Day |
| 23-Apr | World Book and Copyright Day |
| 24-Apr | National Panchayati Day |
| 25-Apr | World Malaria Day |
| 26-Apr | World Intellectual Property Day |
| 28-Apr | World Day for Safety and Health at Work, World Veterinary Day |
| Important Days and Date PDF | |
| 1-May | International Labour Day |
| 3-May | Press Freedom Day |
| 4-May | Coal miner’s day |
| May (2nd Sunday) | Mother’s Day |
| 8-May | World Red Cross Day |
| 9-May | Victory day |
| 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 and Date PDF | |
| 1-Jun | Global Parents Day |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| June (3rd Sunday) | Father’s 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 PDF | |
| 1-Jul | National Doctor’s day |
| 1-Jul | World UFO day, World Sports Journalists Day |
| July (1st Saturday) | International Day of Cooperatives |
| 4-Jul | American Independence 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 |
| 29-Jul | International Tiger Day |
| Important Days PDF | |
| 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 |
| 14-Aug | Independence Day of Pakistan |
| 15-Aug | Independence Day of India |
| 19-Aug | World Photography day |
| 20-Aug | Sadbhavna Diwas |
| 23-Aug | International Day for the remembrance of the slave trade and its abolition |
| 29-Aug | National Sports Day |
| 30-Aug | Small Industry Day |
| Important Days PDF | |
| 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 PDF | |
| 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 |
| 6-Oct | World Wildlife day, World Food Security 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 |
| 31-Oct | Rastriya Ekta Diwas (in memory of Sardar Patel), National Integration Day (In memory of Indira Gandhi) |
| Important Days PDF | |
| 1-Nov | World vegan day |
| 5-Nov | World Radiography day |
| 7-Nov | Infant Protection day, World Cancer Awareness Day |
| 9-Nov | World services day |
| 10-Nov | Transport 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 PDF | |
| 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) |
| 29-Dec | International Bio-diversity day |
Boost Your Exam Preparation
Understanding the important days not only helps in exam prep but also enriches your general knowledge. This can be a great advantage in interviews and other competitive scenarios. So make sure to download the PDF for quick reference and effective revision!