Important Days:
These are some important days which are asked in previous question papers:
January :
January 9 -- NRI Day
January 10 -- World Laughter Day
January 12 -- National Youth Day
January 15 -- Army Day
January 26 -- India's Republic Day, International
Customs Day
January 30 -- Martyrs' Day; World Leprosy
Eradication Day
February :
February 2nd -- Sunday World Marriage Day
February 24 -- Central Excise Day
February 28 -- National Science Day Second Monday
March Commonwealth Day
March :
March 8 -- International Women's Day; Intl. literacy
Day
March 15 -- World Disabled Day; World Consumer
Rights Day
March 18 -- Ordnance Factories Day (India)
March 21 -- World Forestry Day; International Day
for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
March 22 -- World Day for Water
March 23 -- World Meteorological Day
March 24 -- World TB Day
Aprial :
April 5 -- International Day for Mine Awareness;
National Maritime Day
April 7 -- World Health Day
April 17 -- World Haemophilia Day
April 18 -- World Heritage Day
April 21 -- Secretaries' Day
April 22 -- Earth Day
April 23 -- World Book and Copyright Day
May :
May 1 -- Workers' Day (International Labour Day)
May 3 -- Press Freedom Day; World Asthma Day
May 2nd -- Sunday Mother's Day
May 4 -- Coal Miners' Day
May 8 -- World Red Cross Day
May 9 -- World Thalassaemia Day
May 11 -- National Technology Day
May 12 -- World Hypertension Day; International
Nurses Day
May 15 -- International Day of the Family
May 17 -- World Telecommunication Day
May 24 -- Commonwealth Day
May 31 -- Anti-tobacco Day
June :
June 4 -- International Day of Innocent Children
Victims of Aggression
June 5 -- World Environment Day
June 3rd -- Sunday Father's Day
June 14 -- World Blood Donor Day
June 26 -- International Day against Drug Abuse and
Illicit Trafficking
July :
July 1 -- Doctor's Day
July 6 -- World Zoonoses Day
July 11 -- World Population Day
August :
August 3 -- Internatioal Friendship Day
August 6 -- Hiroshima Day
August 8 -- World Senior Citizen's Day
August 9 -- Quit India Day, Nagasaki Day
August 15 -- Indian Independence Day
August 18 -- IntI. Day of the World's Indigenous
Peoples
August 19 -- Photography Day
August 29 -- National Sports Day
September :
September 2 -- Coconut Day
September 5 -- Teachers' Day; Sanskrit Day
September 8 -- World Literacy Day (UNESCO)
September 15 -- Engineers' Day
September 16 -- World Ozone Day
September 21 -- Alzheimer's Day; Day for Peace &
Non-violence (UN)
September 22 -- Rose Day (Welfare of cancer
patients)
September 26 -- Day of the Deaf
September 27 -- World Tourism Day
October :
October 1 -- International Day for the Elderly
October 2 -- Gandhi Jayanthi
October 3 -- World Habitat Day
October 4 -- World Animal Welfare Day
October 8 -- Indian Air Force Day
October 9 -- World Post Office Day
October 10 -- National Post Day
October 2nd -- Thursday World Sight Day
October 13 -- UN International Day for Natural
Disaster Reduction
October 14 -- World Standards Day
October 15 -- World White Cane Day (guiding the
blind)
October 16 -- World Food Day
October 24 -- UN Day; World Development Information
Day
October 30 -- World Thrift Day
November :
November 9 -- Legal Services Day
November 14 -- Children's Day; Diabetes Day
November 17 -- National Epilepsy Day
November 20 -- Africa Industrialization Day
November 29 -- International Day of Solidarity with
Palestinian People
December :
December 1 -- World AIDS Day
December 1 -- World AIDS Day
December 3 -- World Day of the Handicapped
December 4 -- Indian Navy Day
December 7 -- Indian Armed Forces Flag Day
December 10 -- Human Rights Day; IntI. Children's
Day of Broadcasting
December 18 -- Minorities Rights Day (India)
December 23 -- Kisan Divas (Farmer's Day) (India) 