List of important days in the year is a very important topic under the General Awareness Section for various Government and Bank Exams like SSC CGL, SSC CPO, RRB Group D, RRB NTPC, SBI PO, IBPS PO, SBI Clerk, IBPS Clerk, etc. 2-3 questions from this topic are asked in all the above-mentioned examination. To help you with the same we have brought you all the List of Important Days held every year, at a single place. Read along to know more about Important Days.
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List of Important Days In A Year: Month-wise List
Important Days In A Year For January
- 04-Jan: World Braille Day
Reason: The day recognizes the contributions of Louis Braille in helping blind and visually impaired people to read and write.
- 10-Jan: World Hindi Day
- 12-Jan: National Youth Day
- 15-Jan: Indian Army Day
- 24-Jan: International Day of Education
Reason: January 24 as International Day of Education, in celebration of the role of education for bringing global peace and sustainable development
- 25-Jan: National Voters Day
- 26-Jan: India’s Republic Day, International Customs Day
- 27-Jan: International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust
- 30-Jan: Martyrs’ Day
Reason: We celebrate this day a Martyrs’ Day to honor our brave martyrs who laid their lives for the country.
Important Days In A Year For February
- 02-Feb: World Wetlands Day
- 04-Feb: World Cancer Day
Reason: 4 Feb is celebrated as a world cancer day to raise worldwide attention and inspire action for a cancer-free future.
- 06-Feb: International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation
Reason: This day is celebrated to eradicate female genital mutilation.
- 10-Feb: World Pulses Day
- 11-Feb: International Day of Women and Girls in Science
- 13-Feb: World Radio Day
- 20-Feb: World Day of Social Justice
- 21-Feb: International Mother Language Day
Reason: This day is celebrated as International Mother Language Day to promote awareness of linguistic and cultural diversity and to promote multilingualism
- 24-Feb: Central Excise Day
- 27-Jan: World NGO Day
- 28-Feb: National Science Day
Important Days In A Year For March
- 01-Mar: Zero Discrimination Day
Reason: It is an annual day celebrated by the UN and other international organization to promote equality before the law and in practice throughout all of the member countries of the UN.
- 03-Mar: World Wildlife Day
- 08-Mar: International Women’s Day
- 20-Mar: International Day of Happiness
- 21-Mar: International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
- 21-Mar: World Poetry Day
- 21-Mar: World Down Syndrome Day
Reason: This day was selected as a world down syndrome day to signify the uniqueness of the triplication of the 21st chromosome which causes Down syndrome.
- 22-Mar: World Water Day
- 23-Mar: World Meteorological Day
- 24-Mar: World Tuberculosis Day
Important Days In A Year For April
- 02-Apr: World Autism Awareness Day
Reason: This day is celebrated in order to take measures to raise awareness about people with Autism Spectrum Disorder throughout the world - 04-Apr: International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action
- 06-Apr: International Day of Sport for Development and Peace
- 07-Apr: World Health Day
- 12-Apr: International Day of Human Space Flight
- 21-Apr: World Creativity and Innovation Day
- 22-Apr: International Mother Earth Day
Reason: This day is celebrated in order to achieve a just balance among the economic, social, and environmental needs of present and future generations, to promote harmony with nature and the Earth.
- 23-Apr: World Book and Copyright Day
- 24-Apr: International Day of Multilateralism and Diplomacy for Peace
- 25-Apr: International Delegate’s Day
- 25-Apr: World Malaria Day
Reason: This day is celebrated in the recognition of global efforts to control malaria.
- 26-Apr: World Intellectual Property Day
- 28-Apr: World Day for Safety and Health at Work
Reason: It is an annual international campaign to promote safe, healthy and decent work
- 30-Apr: International Jazz Day
Important Days In A Year For May
- 02-May: World Tuna Day
Reason: 02 May is celebrated as a World Tuna Day in order to raise awareness about the importance of tuna and to promote more sustainable fishing practices.
- 03-May: World Press Freedom Day
- 11 May: (second Saturday of May) World Migratory Bird Day
- 15-May: International Day of Families
- 16-May: International Day of Living Together in Peace
- 16-May: International Day of Light
- 17-May: World Telecommunication and Information Society Day
Reason: This day is celebrated in order to help raise awareness of the possibilities that the use of the Internet and other information and communication technologies can bring to societies and economies.
- 20-May: World Bee Day
- 21-May: World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development
- 22-May: International Day for Biological Diversity
- 29-May: International Day of UN Peacekeepers
- 31-May: World No-Tobacco Day
Reason: This day is celebrated in observed all around the world to encourage the 24 hour period of abstinence from all forms of tobacco consumption around the globe
Important Days In A Year For June
- 01-Jun: Global Day of Parents
- 03-Jun: World Bicycle Day
- 04-Jun: International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression
- 05-Jun: World Environment Day
Reason: This day is celebrated every year in order to encourage awareness and action for the protection of our environment.
- 07-Jun: World Food Safety Day
- 08-Jun: World Oceans Day
- 12-Jun: World Day Against Child Labour
- 13-Jun: International Albinism Awareness Day
- 14-Jun: World Blood Donor Day
- 15-Jun: World Elder Abuse Awareness Day
- 16-Jun: International Day of Family Remittances
- 17-Jun: World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought
- 18-Jun: Sustainable Gastronomy Day
- 20-Jun: World Refugee Day
- 21-Jun: International Day of Yoga
- 23-Jun: International Widows’ Day
- 26-Jun: International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking
Reason: This day is observed in order to ban drug abuse and the illegal drug trade
- 27-Jun: Micro-, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Day
- 29-Jun: International Day of the Tropics
- 30-Jun: International Asteroid Day
- 30-Jun: International Day of Parliamentarism
Important Days In A Year For July
- 11-Jul: World Population Day
- 15-Jul: World Youth Skills Day
- 28-Jul: World Hepatitis Day
- 30-Jul: World Day against Trafficking in Persons
Important Days In A Year For August
- 09-Aug: International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples
Reason: This day is observed in order to raise awareness and protect the rights of the world’s indigenous population.
- 12-Aug: International Youth Day
- 19-Aug: World Humanitarian Day
Reason: World humanitarian day is dedicated to recognize humanitarian personnel and those who have lost their lives working for humanitarian causes
- 21-Aug: International Day of Remembrance and Tribute to the Victims of Terrorism
- 22-Aug: International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief
- 23-Aug: International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and Its Abolition
- 29-Aug: International Day against Nuclear Tests
- 30-Aug: International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances
Important Days In A Year For September
- 05-Sep International Day of Charity
- 08-Sep International Literacy Day
Reason: Its aim is to highlight the importance of literacy to individuals, communities, and societies. Celebrations take place in several countries.
- 10-Sep World Suicide Prevention Day
- 15-Sep International Day of Democracy
- 16-Sep International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer
- 21-Sep International Day of Peace
- 23-Sep International Day of Sign Languages
- 26-Sep International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons
- 27-Sep World Tourism Day
- 28-Sep International Day for Universal Access to Information
- 28-Sep World Rabies Day
- 30-Sep International Translation Day
Important Days In A Year For October
- 01-Oct: International Day of Older Persons
- 02-Oct: International Day of Non-Violence
- 05-Oct: World Teachers’ Day
- 7 October: (first Monday in October) World Habitat Day
- 09-Oct: World Post Day
- 10-Oct: World Mental Health Day
- 11-Oct: International Day of the Girl Child
- 13-Oct: International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction
Reason: This day is celebrated in order to encourage every citizen and government to take part in building more disaster-resilient communities and nations.
- 15-Oct: International Day of Rural Women
- 16-Oct: World Food Day17-Oct International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
- 20 October: (every five years) World Statistics Day
- 24-Oct: United Nations Day
- 24-Oct: World Development Information Day
- 27-Oct: World Day for Audiovisual Heritage
Reason: This day is celebrated in order to raise awareness of the significance and preservation risks of recorded sound and audiovisual documents
- 31-Oct: World Cities Day
Important Days In A Year For November
- 02-Nov: International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists
- 05-Nov: World Tsunami Awareness Day
- 06-Nov: International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict
- 10-Nov: World Science Day for Peace and Development
Reason: World Science Day for Peace and Development is an international day that highlights the important role that science has in society and is celebrated each year on November 10
- 14-Nov: World Diabetes Day
- 19-Nov: World Toilet Day
- 20-Nov: World Children’s Day
- 21-Nov: World Television Day
- 25-Nov: International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
Important Days In A Year For December
- 01-Dec World AIDS Day
- 02-Dec International Day for the Abolition of Slavery
- 03-Dec International Day of Persons with Disabilities
- 05-Dec International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development
- 05-Dec World Soil Day
- 07-Dec International Civil Aviation Day
- 09-Dec International Day of Commemoration and Dignity of the Victims of the Crime of Genocide and of the
- Prevention of this Crime
- 09-Dec International Anti-Corruption Day
- 10-Dec Human Rights Day
- 11-Dec International Mountain Day
- 12-Dec International Day of Neutrality
- 12-Dec International Universal Health Coverage Day
- 18-Dec International Migrants Day
Reason: The General Assembly adopted a resolution on the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families
- 20-Dec International Human Solidarity Day
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