Important days in India-General Knowledge

List of Important days in India

Dates are a very important part of the historical and genealogical research.  

Month	Dates	Day
January	1-Jan	Army Medical Corps Establishment Day
	8-Jan	African National Congress Foundation Day
	10-Jan	World Laughter Day
	9-Jan	Pravasi Bharatiya Divas
	11-Jan	Death anniversary of Lal Bahadur Shastri
	12-Jan	National youth Day (Birth Day of Swami Vivekanand)
	15-Jan	Army Day
	23-Jan	Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose's birth anniversary
	25-Jan	International Customs Duty Day, India Tourism Day, Indian Voter Day
	26-Jan	Republic Day
	28-Jan	Birth anniversary of Lala Lajpat Rai
	30-Jan	(Martyr's day) Mahatma Gandhi's Martyrdom Day;World Leprosy Eradication Day
	31-Jan	World Leprosy Eradication Day
February	2-Feb	World Wetlands Day
	4-Feb	National Day of Srilanka
	5-Feb	Kashmir Day (Organised by Pakistan)
	13-Feb	Sarojini Naidu's Birth Anniversary
	24-Feb	Central Exise Day
	28-Feb	National Science Day
March	3-Mar	National Defence Day
	4-Mar	National Security Day
	8-Mar	International Women's Day
	9-Mar	CISF Raising Day
	12-Mar	Mauritius Day;Central Industrial Security Force Day
	15-Mar	World Consumer Day
	16-Mar	National Vaccination Day
	21-Mar	World Forestry Day
	22-Mar	World Day of Water
	23-Mar	World Meterological Day
	24-Mar	World TB Day
	26-Mar	Bangaladesh Liberation Day
April	1-Apr	Orissa Day
	5-Apr	National Meritime Day
	7-Apr	World Health Day
	11-Apr	National Safe Motherhood Day
	13-Apr	Jallianwallah Bagh Massacre Day (1919)
	14-Apr	B.R. Ambedkar Remembrance Day
	17-Apr	World Haemophilia Day
	18-Apr	World Heritage Day
	21-Apr	National Civil Service Day
	22-Apr	World Earth Day
	23-Apr	World Books Day
	24-Apr	Panchayat Raj Day
	26-Apr	World Intellectual Property Day
May	1-May	International Labour Day, Maharashtra Day
	3-May	International Press Freedom day; International Energy Day
	4-May	Coal Miners Day
	7-May	Worlds AIDS Orphans day
	8-May	International Red Cross Day (It is celebrated to commemorate the birth anniversary of the founder of the Red Cross Organization Jean Henry Dunant)
	11-May	National Technology Day
	15-May	International Family Day
	17-May	World Telecom Day
	18-May	International Museums Day
	22-May	International Bio Diversity Day
	24-May	Commonwealth Day
	25-May	Worlds Thyroid Day
	29-May	International Day of UN Peace Keepers
	30-May	Hindi Journalism Day
	31-May	World No Tobacco Day
June	1-Jun	World Milk Day (FAO)
	5-Jun	World Environment Day
	8-Jun	World Oceans Day
	12-Jun	World Day Against Child Labour / Child Labour Prohibition Day
	14-Jun	World Blood Donor Day
	15-Jun	World Elder Abuse Awareness Day
	17-Jun	World Day to Combat Desertification
	20-Jun	World Refugee Day
	21-Jun	International Day of Yoga
	23-Jun	United Nations Public Service Day
	26-Jun	International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking
	29-Jun	National Statistics Day
July	1-Jul	Doctor's Day
	2-Jul	World UFO Day
	4-Jul	American Independence Day
	7-Jul	International Day of Cooperatives
	11-Jul	World Population Day
	17-Jul	World Day for International Justice
	18-Jul	Mandela Day
	26-Jul	Kargil Victory Day
	27-Jul	Central Reserve Police Force Foundation Day
	28-Jul	World Hepatitis Day
August	6-Aug	Hiroshima Day
	9-Aug	Quit India Movement Day
	12-Aug	International youth Day
	14-Aug	Pakistan's Independence Day
	15-Aug	India's Independence Day
	19-Aug	World Photography Day
	20-Aug	Sadbhavana Diwas
	29-Aug	National Sports Day of India (Dhyanchand's Birth Day)
	30-Aug	Small Industry Day
September	5-Sep	Teacher's Day (Dr. Radhakrishnan's Birth Day)
	7-Sep	Forgiveness Day
	8-Sep	International Literacy Day
	14-Sep	Hindi day,World First Aid Day
	16-Sep	World Ozone Day
	21-Sep	International Day of Peace, World Alzheimer's day
	25-Sep	Social Justice Day
	27-Sep	World Tourism Day
October	1-Oct	International Day for the Elderly(UN)
	2-Oct	Gandhi Jayanti, International Day of Non-Violence
	3-Oct	World Nature Day, World Habitat Day
	4-Oct	World Animal 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 Postal Day
	10-Oct	World Mental Health day;National Post Day
	11-Oct	International Girl Child Day
	12-Oct	World Sight day
	13-Oct	World Calamity Control Day(UN)
	14-Oct	World Standard Day
	15-Oct	World White cane day(guiding the blind)
	16-Oct	World Food Day
	17-Oct	International poverty
	20-Oct	National Solidarity Day (China attacked India on that day)
	24-Oct	United Nations Day
	30-Oct	World Thrift Day
	31-Oct	Rastriya Ekta Diwas (Sardar Patel), National Integration Day (In memory of Indira Gandhi)
November	7-Nov	Infant Protection day, World Cancer Awareness Day
	9-Nov	Legal Service Day
	10-Nov	Transport Day
	14-Nov	Children's day/ World Diabetics day
	17-Nov	Guru Nanak Dev's Birth Anniversary
	26-Nov	Law Day
	30-Nov	Flag Day
December	1-Dec	World AIDS Day
	3-Dec	World Disability Day
	4-Dec	Navy Day
	5-Dec	World Soil Day
	7-Dec	Armed Force Flag Day
	10-Dec	Human Rights day
	11-Dec	UNICEF Day
	14-Dec	National Energy Conservation Day
	19-Dec	Goa's Liberation day
	23-Dec	Kisan Divas (Farmer's Day)