LIST OF IMPORTANT DAYS AND DATES
Here are some of the important dates and days of the year 2024
1 January: New Year's Day, Global Family Day, Army Medical Corps Establishment Day
4 January: World Braille Day
6 January: National Technology Day, World War Orphans Day
9 January: NRI (Non-Resident Indian) Day or Pravasi Bharatiya Divas
10 January 2024: World Laughter Day, World Hindi Day
11 January 2024: Death Anniversary of Lal Bahadur Shastri
12 January: National Youth Day
13 January: Lohri
15 January: Ponal, Makar Sankranti and Indian Army Day
17 January: Guru Govind Singh Jayanti
18 January: National Immunization Day (Polio Day)
23 January: Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Birthday
24 January: National Girl Child Day of India
25 January: National Voters Day, India Tourism Day, Hazarat Ali's Birthday
26 January: Republic Day of India, International Customs Day
27 January: International Holocaust Day, International Day of Commemoration
28 January: Birth Anniversary of Lala Lajpat Rai
28 January: Data Protection Day, Birth Anniversary of Lala Lajpat Rai
30 January: Mahatma Gandhi’s Martyrdom Day, Martyrs Day or Shaheed Diwas, World Leprosy Eradication Day
1st February: Indian Coast Guard Day
2 February: World Wetlands Day
4 February: World Cancer Day
6 February: International Day of Zero Tolerance of Female Genital Mutilation
7 February: International Development Week
11 February: World Day of the Sick, International Day of Women and Girls in Science
Second Sunday of February: World Marriage Day
12 February: Drawin Day, National Productivity Day
13 February: National Women’s Day (Birth Date of Sarojini Naidu), World Radio Day, Abraham Lincoln’s Birthday
14 February: Valentine Day, Basant Panchami / Sri Panchami
15 February: International Childhood Cancer Day
18 February: Taj Mahotsav
19 February: Shivaji Jayanti
20 February: World Day of Social Justice
21 February: International Mother Language Day
22 February: World Scout Day
23 February: World Peace and Understanding Day
24 February: Central Excise Day, Guru Ravidas's Birthday
27 February: World NGO Day, World Sustainable Energy Day
28 February: National Science Day
1 March: Zero Discrimination Day, World Civil Defence Day
2 March: Employee Appreciation Day
3 March: World Hearing Day, World Wildlife Day
4 March: National Security Day, National Safety Day
6 March: Swami Dayananda Saraswati Jayanti
8 March: International Women’s Day, Maha Shivaratri
10 March: CISF Raising Day, No Smoking Day (Second Wednesday of March)
13 March: World Sleep Day, No Smoking Day
14 March: International Day of Action for Rivers, PI Day
15 March: World Consumer Rights Day
16 March: National Vaccination Day
18 March: Ordinance Factories Day (India)
20 March: World Sparrow Day, International Day of Happiness
21 March: World Forestry Day, World Down Syndrome Day, World Poetry Day
22 March: World Water Day, Bihar Day
23 March: World Meteorological Day
24 March: World Tuberculosis (TB) Day, Holika Dahan
25 March: Holi
29 March: Good Friday
27 March: World Theatre Day
31 March: Easter Sunday
1 April: Odisha Day, Prevention of Blindness Week
2 April: World Autism Awareness Day, International Children’s Book Day
4 April: International Day for Mine Awareness
5 April: National Maritime Day, Jamat-Ul-Vida
7 April: World Health Day
9 April: Chaitra Sukladi/ Gudi Padava/ Ugadi/ Cheti Chand
10 April: World Homoeopathy Day (WHD)
11 April: National Safe Motherhood Day, National Pet Day, Id-ul- Fitr
13 April: Jallianwala Bagh Massacre(1919), Vaisakhi/ Vishu
14 April: Meshadi (Tamil New Year's Day) / Vaisakhadi (Bengal)/ Bahag Bihu (Assam)
17 April: World Haemophilia Day, Ram Navami
18 April: World Heritage Day
19 April: World Liver Day
21 April: National Civil Service Day, Secretaries’s Day, Mahavir Jayanti
22 April: World Earth Day
23 April: World Book and Copyright Day
24 April: National Panchayati Raj Day
25 April: World Malaria Day
26 April: World Intellectual Property Day
27 April: World Veterinary Day
28 April: World Day for Safety and Health at Work, World Veterinary Day
29 April: International Dance Day
30 April: Ayushman Bharat Diwas
1 May: International Labour Day or May Day, Maharashtra Day
3 May: Press Freedom Day, World Laughter Day (first Sunday of May)
4 May: International Firefighter’s Day, Coal Miners Day
5 May: World Asthma Day (First Tuesday of May)
7 May: World Athletics Day, Rabindranath Tagore Jayanti
May (Second Sunday): Mother’s Day
8 May: World Red Cross Day, World Thalassaemia Day, Guru Rabindranath's Birthday
9 May: Victory Day
11 May: National Technology Day
12 May: International Nurses Day
14 May: World Migratory Bird Day
15 May: International Day of Family
16 May: Armed Forces Day (Third Saturday of May)
17 May: World Hypertension Day, World Telecommunication Day
18 May: World AIDS Vaccine Day, International Museum Day
21 May: National Anti-Terrorism Day
22 May: International Day for Biological Diversity
23 May: Buddha Purnima
24 May: Commonwealth Day
31 May: Anti-Tobacco Day
1 June: World Milk Day, Global Day of Parents
2 June: Telangana Formation Day, International Sex Workers Day
3 June: World Bicycle Day
4 June: International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression
5 June: World Environment day
7 June: World Food Safety Day, International Level Cross Awareness Day
8 June: World Brain Tumour Day, World Oceans Day
12 June: World Day Against Child Labour
13 June: International Albinism Awareness Day
14 June: World Blood Donor Day
15 June: World Wind Day, World Elder Abuse Awareness Day
17 June: World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought (International), Id-ul-Zuha (Bakrid)
18 June: Autistic Pride Day
19 June: World Fathers’ Day, World Sickle Cell Awareness Day, and World Sauntering Day
20 June: World Refugee Day, Father’s Day (3rd Sunday)
21 June: International Day of Yoga, World Hydrography Day, World Music Day
June (Third Sunday): Father’s Day
23 June: International Olympic Day, United Nations Public Service Day, International Widow’s Day
26 June: International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking
27 June: World Diabetes Day
30 June: World Asteroid Day
1 July: National Doctor’s Day, Chartered Accountant’s Day (India), National Postal Worker Day,
2 July: World UFO Day, National Anisette Day, World Sports Journalists Day
July (1st Saturday): International Day of Cooperatives
4 July: Independence Day USA
6 July: World Zoonoses day
7 July: World Chocolate Day, Rath Yatra
11 July: World Population Day
12 July: Paper Bag Day, National Simplicity Day, World Malala Day
15 July: World Youth Skills Day
17 July: World Day for International Justice, Muharram
18 July: Nelson Mandela Day
22 July: Pi Approximation Day
26 July: Kargil Vijay Diwas (Kargil Victory Day)
28 July: World Hepatitis Day, World Nature Conservation Day
29 July: International Tiger Day
30 July: International Friendship Day
2 August: International Friendship Day
6 August: Hiroshima Day
7 August: National Handloom Day
August(1st Sunday): India Friendship Day
9 August: Independence Day of World’s Indigenous People, Quit India Movement Day, Nagasaki Day
12 August: International Youth Day
13 August: World Organ Donation Day
14 August: Youm-e-Azadi (Pakistan’s Independence Day)
15 August: Independence Day of India, Parsi New Year's day / Nauraj
16 August: Bennington Battle Day
17 August: Indonesian Independence Day
19 August: World Photography Day, World Humanitarian Day, Raksha Bandhan
20 August: Sadbhavna Divas
23 August: International Day for the remembrance of the slave trade and its abolition
26 August: Women’s Equality Day, Janmashtami (Vaishnva)
29 August: National Sports Day
30 August: Small Industry Day
2 September: World Coconut Day, Victory over Japan Day (USA)
3 September: Skyscraper Day
5 September: Teachers’ Day (India), International Day of Charity
7 September: Brazilian Independence Day, Forgiveness Day, Ganesh Chaturthi / Vinayaka Chaturthi
8 September: International Literacy Day
10 September: World Suicide Prevention Day
14 September: Hindi Diwas, World First Aid Day
15 September: International Day of Democracy, Engineer’s Day (India), Onam or Thiru Onam Day
16 September: World Ozone Day, Malaysia Day, International day of Preservation, Milad-un-Nabi or Id-e-Milad (Birthday of Prophet Mohammad)
21 September: World Alzheimer’s Day, International Day of Peace and Non-Violence
22 September: Rose Day (Welfare of Cancer patients)
23 September: International Day of Sign Languages
25 September: Social Justice Day
26 September: World Contraception Day, European Day of Languages, World Maritime Day, Day of the Deaf
27 September: World Tourism Day
28 September: World Rabies Day
29 September: World Heart Day
30 September: International Translation Day
Fourth Sunday of September: World Rivers Day
1 October: International Day for the Elderly, World Vegetarian Day, International Coffee Day
2 October: Gandhi Jayanti, International Day of Non-Violence
3 October: German Unity Day, World Nature Day
October(1st Monday): World Habitat Day
4 October: World Animal Welfare Day
5 October: World Teacher’s Day
6 October: World Wildlife Day, World Food Security Day
8 October: Indian Air Force Day
9 October: World Post Office Day
10 October: World Mental Health Day, National Post Day, Dussehra (Maha Saptami)
11 October: International Girl Child Day, Dussehra (Maha Ashtami) / Dussehra (Maha Navmi)
12 October: World Arthritis Day, Dussehra
13 October: UN International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction
14 October: World Standard Day
15 October: World Students Day, Global Handwashing Day, Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day, World White Cane Day (guiding the blind), International Day of Rural Women
16 October: World Food Day
17 October: International Poverty Eradication Day, Maharishi Valmiki's Birthday
20 October: National Solidarity Day (China attacked India on this day), World Osteoporosis Day, World Statistics Day, Karaka Chaturthi (Karva Chouth)
21 October: Police Martyrs' Day
24 October: United Nations Day, World Development Information Day
30 October: World Thrift Day
31 October: Ekta Diwas (National Unity Day), Halloween, Diwali (Deepawali) /Naraka Chaturdasi
1 November: World Vegan Day, All Saints’ Day
2 November: Govardhan Puja
3 November: Bhai Duj
5 November: World Tsunami Day, World Radiography Day
7 November: National Cancer Awareness day, Infant Protection Day,Pratihar Sashthi or Surya Sashthi (Chhat Puja)
9 November: National Legal Service Day, World Services Day
10 November: Transport Day
12 November: World Pneumonia Day
13 November: World Kindness Day
14 November: Children’s Day, World Diabetes Day, Jawaharlal Nehru Birthday
15 November: Guru Nanak Dev’s Birth Anniversary
16 November: International Day for Endurance
17 November: National Epilepsy Day, World Student Day, National Journalism Day
18 November: World Adult Day
19 November: World Toilet Day, International Men’s Day, World Citizen Day
20 November: Africa Industrialization Day, Universal Children’s Day
21 November: World Television Day, World Fisheries Day
24 November: Guru Teg Bahadur's Martyrdom Day
25 November: International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, World Non-veg Day
26 November: Constitution Day or Law Day (India)
29 November: International Day of Solidarity with Palestinian People
30 November: Flag Day
1 December: World AIDS Day
2 December: National Pollution Control Day, World Computer Literacy Day, International Day of Abolition of Slavery
3 December: International Day of People with Disabilities, World Conservation Day
4 December: Indian Navy Day
5 December: World Soil Day, International Volunteer Day
7 December: Indian Armed Forces Flag Day, International Civil Aviation Day
9 December: International Anti-Corruption Day
10 December: Human Rights Day
11 December: UNICEF Day, International Mountain Day
14 December: World Energy Conservation Day
15 December: International Tea Day
16 December: Vijay Diwas
18 December: Minorities Rights Day (India), International Migrants Day
19 December: Goa’s Liberation Day
20 December: International Human Solidarity Day
22 December: National Mathematics Day
23 December: Kisan Divas (Farmer’s Day in India)
24 December: National Consumer Rights Day, Christmas Eve
25 December: Christmas Day, Good Governance Day (India)
29 December: International Bio-diversity Day
31 December: New Year’s Eve
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