List of Important National and International Dates and Days of the Year [With Practice Sets]

A complete list of Important National and International Dates and Days of the Year for SSC, Railways, State Level Exams and all Other Competitive Exams is given below. Read the below list 2 to 3 times to remember all the important dates because in every exam there are 2-3 questions asked from these list.

For better remembering we provided some practice sets of Important Dates and Days below this post to prepare yourself quickly.

List of Important National and International Days and Dates for competitive exams

A. Important Dates and Days of January

January 4: World Braille Day
January 9: NRI Day
January 10: World Hindi Day
January 12: National Youth Day
January 15: Army Day
January 24: National Girl Child Day
January 25: National Voters Day
January 26: India's Republic Day, International Customs Day
January 30: Martyrs' Day
January Last Sunday: World Leprosy Eradication Day

B. Important Dates and Days of February

February 4: World Cancer Day
February 6: International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation
February 7: Safer Internet Day (Second day of the second week of February)
February 10: National De-worming Day
February 12: National Productivity Day
February 13: World Radio Day
February 14: Valentine Day
February 20: World Day of Social Justice
February 21: International Mother Language Day
February 24: Central Excise Day
February 28: National Science Day

C. Important Dates and Days of March

March 1: Zero Day
March 3: World Wildlife Day, National Defense Day
March 4: National Security Day
March 8: International Women's Day
March 13: No Smoking Day (Second Wednesday in March)
March 15: World Disabled Day; World Consumer Rights Day
March 18: Ordinance Factories Day (India)
March 21: World Forestry Day; World Down Syndrome Day
March 22: World Day for Water
March 23: World Meteorological Day
March 24: World TB Day
March 27: World Theater Day

D. Important Dates and Days of April

April 2: World Autism Awareness Day
April 5: International Day for Mine Awareness; National Maritime Day
April 7: World Health Day
April 10: World Homeopathy Day
April 11: National Safe Motherhood 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
April 24: National Panchayati Day
April 29: International Dance Day

E. Important Dates and Days of May

May 1: Worker's Day (International Labour Day), Maharashtra Day
May 3: Press Freedom Day
May 1st Sunday: World Laughter Day
May 1st Tuesday: World Asthma Day
May 2nd Sunday: Mother's Day
May 4: Coal Miners' Day; International Firefighters Day
May 7: World Athletics Day
May 8: World Red Cross Day
May 9: World Thalassaemia Day
May 11: National Technology Day
May 12: International Nurses Day
May 15: International Day of the Family
May 17: World Telecommunication Day; World Hypertension Day
May 18: World AIDS Vaccine Day
May 22: International Day for Biological Diversity
May 24: Commonwealth Day
May 31: Anti-tobacco Day

F. Important Dates and Days of June

June 1: World Milk Day
June 4: International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression
June 5: World Environment Day
June 3rd Sunday: Father's Day
June 8: World Ocean Day
June 12: Anti-Child Labor Day
June 14: World Blood Donor Day
June 20: World Refugee Day
June 21: International Day of Yoga
June 26: International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking

G. Important Dates and Days of July

July 1: Doctor's Day
July 6: World Zoonoses Day
July 11: World Population Day
July 18: International Nelson Mandela Day

H. Important Dates and Days of August

August 1st Sunday: International 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: International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples
August 19: Photography Day
August 29: National Sports Day

I. Important Dates and Days of September

September 2: Coconut Day
September 5: Teachers' Day; Sanskrit Day
September 8: International Literacy Day
September 15: Engineers' Day
September 16: World Ozone Day
September 21: Alzheimer's Day; Day for Peach & Non-violence (UN)
September 22: Rose Day (Welfare of cancer patients)
September 26: Day of the Deaf; World Contraception Day
September 27: World Tourism Day
September 29: World Heart Day
September Last Saturday: World rivers day

J. Important Dates and Days of October

October 1: International Day for the Elderly
October 2: Gandhi Jayanthi; International Day of Non-violence
October first Monday: 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; World Mental Health Day
October 2nd Thursday: World Sight Day
October 13: UN International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction
October 14: World Standards Day
October 15: World Students Day; 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

K. Important Dates and Days of November

November 5: World Tsunami Day
November 7: National Cancer Awareness Day
November 9: Legal Services Day
November 14: Children's Day; Diabetes Day
November 17: National Epilepsy Day
November 20: Africa Industrialization Day
November 21: World Television Day
November 29: International Day of Solidarity with Palestinian People

L. Important Dates and Days of December

December 1: World AIDS Day
December 2: National Pollution Control
December 3: World Day of the Handicapped
December 4: Indian Navy Day
December 7: Indian Armed Forces Flag Day
December 10: Human Rights Day; International Children's Day of Broadcasting
December 11: International Mountain Day
December 14: World Energy Conservation Day
December 16: Vijay Diwas
December 18: Minorities Rights Day (India)
December 22: National Mathematics Day
December 23: Kisan Divas - Farmer's Day (India)
December 24: National Consumers Day
December 25: Christmas Day

Important Dates and Days of the Year

Practice SETs

1. SET - I [Important Dates MCQ Questions & Answers]
2. SET - II [Important Dates Matching Questions & Answers]