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Important National and International Days
Important Days & Dates in January 2021
1st January - English New Year
1st January - Army Medical Corps Establishment Day
1st January - Global family day
1st January - 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
10th January - 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
25th January - India Tourism Day
25th January - 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)
30th January - World Leprosy Eradication Day
Important Days & Dates in February 2021
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
11th 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
27 February - World Sustainable Energy Day
28 February - National Science Day
Important Days & Dates in March 2021
1st March - Zero Discrimination Day
1st March - World Civil Defence Day
3rd March - World Wildlife Day
3rd March - 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
14 March - 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
20 March - World Sparrow Day
21 March - World Forestry Day
21 March - World Down syndrome Day
21 March - 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 & Dates in April 2021
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 - Jallianwala Bagh (1919) | Massacre Day (1919)
17 April - World Haemophilia Day
18 April - World Heritage Day
21 April - National Civil Service Day
21 April - Secretaries’ Day
22 April - World Earth Day
23 April - World Book and Copyright Day
24 April - National Panchayati Day
25 April - World Malaria Day
26 April - World Intellectual Property Day
28 April - World Day for Safety and Health at Work
28 April - World Veterinary Day
Important Days & Dates in May 2021
1-May - International Labour Day
3-May - Press Freedom Day
4-May - Coal miner’s day
4 -May - Mother’s Day (2nd Sunday)
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 & Dates in June 2021
1-June - Global Parents Day
4-June - International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression
5-June - World Environment Day
7-June - International level crossing awareness day
8-June-World Ocean Day
12-June - World Day against Child Labour
14-June - World blood donor day
17-June - World Day to combat desertification and drought
20-June World Refugee Day
21-June - Father’s Day
21-June - World Music Day
21-June - Father’s Day June (3rd Sunday)
23-June - United Nation’s Public Service Day
23-June - International Widow’s Day
26-June - International Day against Drug abuse & Illicit Trafficking
27-June - World Diabetes Day
Important Days & Dates in July 2021
1-July - National Doctor’s Day
1-July - World UFO Day
1-July - World Sports Journalists Day
1-July - International Day of Cooperatives - July (1st Saturday)
4-July - American Independence Day
6-July - World Zoonoses Day
11-July - World Population Day
12-July - World Malala day
18-July - Nelson Mandela International Day
28-July - World Nature conservation day
29-July - International Tiger Day
Important Days & Dates in August 2021
2-August - International Friendship Day
3-August - Independence Day of Niger
5-August - Independence Day of upper Volta
6-August - Hiroshima Day
9-August - International Day of World’s indigenous people
9-August - Quit India Day and Nagasaki Day
12-August - International Youth Day
14-August - Independence Day of Pakistan
15-August - Independence Day of India
19-August - World Photography Day
20-August - Sadbhavna Diwas
23-August - International Day for the remembrance of
the slave trade and its abolition
29-August - National Sports Day
30-August - Small Industry Day
Important Days & Dates in September 2021
5-September - Teachers’ Day (Dr. Radhakrishnan’s birthday), Forgiveness Day
8-September - World Literacy Day
14-September - Hindi day, World First Air Day
15-September - Engineer’s Day in India
16-September - World Ozone Day
21-September - Alzheimer’s Day, International Day of Peace
25-September - Social justice day
26-September - Day of the Deaf
27-September - World Tourism Day
Important Days & Dates in October 2021
1-October - International day of the older person
2-October - Mahatma Gandhi birthday
2-October - International Day of Non-Violence
3-October - World Habitat Day
3-October - World Nature Day
4-October - World Animal Welfare Day
5-October - World Teacher’s Day
6-October - World Wildlife Day
6-October - World Food Security Day
8-October - Indian Air Force Day
9-October - World Post Office Day
10-October - National Post Day
11-October - International girl child day
12-October - World Arthritis Day
13-October - UN International Day for National disaster reduction
14-October - World Standards Day
15-October - World White Cane Day (guiding the Blind)
16-October - World Food Day
17-October - International day for the eradication of poverty
20-October - World Statistics Day
24-October - UN Day
24-October - World development information Day
30-October - World Thrift Day
31-October - Rastriya Ekta Diwas (in memory of Sardar Patel)
31-October - National Integration Day (In memory of Indira Gandhi)
Important Days in November 2021
1-November - World vegan day
5-November - World Radiography Day
7-November - Infant Protection Day
7-November - World Cancer Awareness Day
9-November - World Services Day
10-November - Transport Day
14-November - Children’s Day in India
14-November - Jawaharlal Nehru birthday
16-November - International day for Endurance
17-November - World Student Day
17-November - National Journalism Day
18-November - World Adult Day
19-November - World Citizen Day
20-November - Africa Industrialization Day
21-November - Universal children day
21-November - World Television Day
21-November - World Fisheries day
25-November - World Non-veg day
26-November - Law Day
29-November - International Day of Solidarity with Palestinian People
30-November - Flag Day
Important Days in December 2021
1-December - World Aids Day
2-December - World Computer literacy day
2-December - International Day of Abolition of slavery
3-December - International Day of People with disabilities
3-December - World conservation day
4-December - Navy Day
5-December - International volunteer day for economic and social development
7-December - Armed Forces Flag Day
7-December - International civil aviation day
9-December - The International day against corruption
10-December - Human Right Day
11-December - International Mountain Day
14-December - International Energy Day
18-December - International Migrants Day
19-December - Goa’s liberation day
20-December - International Human solidarity
23-December - Kisan Divas (Farmer’s Day)
29-December - International Bio-diversity day
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