Last reviewed 30 Sept 2026 · Facts as of 30 Sept 2026 · 12 min read
A note on themes. The date of a day is fixed, but the theme changes every year. Exams often ask for the current year's theme; check the UN, WHO or the Government of India announcement for that.
January
| Date | Day |
|---|---|
| 1 Jan | World Peace Day (observed by the Catholic Church); the New Year |
| 4 Jan | World Braille Day (Louis Braille's birth, 1809) |
| 9 Jan | Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (NRI Day) — Gandhi returned to India on this day in 1915 |
| 10 Jan | World Hindi Day (the first World Hindi Conference, Nagpur, 1975) |
| 12 Jan | National Youth Day — Swami Vivekananda's birth anniversary (1863) |
| 15 Jan | Indian Army Day (K. M. Cariappa took over as the first Indian Commander-in-Chief in 1949) |
| 23 Jan | Parakram Diwas — Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose's birth anniversary (1897) |
| 24 Jan | National Girl Child Day; National Voters' Day — 25 January (the Election Commission's foundation day, 1950) |
| 25 Jan | National Tourism Day; National Voters' Day |
| 26 Jan | Republic Day; International Customs Day |
| 27 Jan | International Holocaust Remembrance Day |
| 30 Jan | Martyrs' Day (Shaheed Diwas) — Mahatma Gandhi's death anniversary (1948); World Leprosy Day (last Sunday of January) |
February
| Date | Day |
|---|---|
| 2 Feb | World Wetlands Day (the Ramsar Convention, 1971) |
| 4 Feb | World Cancer Day |
| 6 Feb | International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation |
| 11 Feb | International Day of Women and Girls in Science |
| 12 Feb | Darwin Day |
| 13 Feb | World Radio Day; National Women's Day (Sarojini Naidu's birth anniversary in India) |
| 14 Feb | Valentine's Day (the Pulwama attack remembered) |
| 20 Feb | World Day of Social Justice; statehood day of Arunachal Pradesh and Mizoram |
| 21 Feb | International Mother Language Day (in memory of the 1952 Bengali language movement in Dhaka) |
| 22 Feb | World Thinking Day |
| 24 Feb | Central Excise Day |
| 28 Feb | National Science Day (the Raman Effect, 1928) |
March
| Date | Day |
|---|---|
| 1 Mar | Zero Discrimination Day; Civil Defence Day |
| 3 Mar | World Wildlife Day |
| 4 Mar | National Safety Day (the NSC's foundation day, 1966) |
| 8 Mar | International Women's Day |
| 10 Mar | CISF Raising Day |
| 12 Mar | Dandi March anniversary (1930) |
| 14 Mar | Pi Day (3.14) |
| 15 Mar | World Consumer Rights Day |
| 20 Mar | International Day of Happiness; World Sparrow Day |
| 21 Mar | International Day of Forests; World Poetry Day; World Down Syndrome Day; International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination; Navroz |
| 22 Mar | World Water Day |
| 23 Mar | World Meteorological Day; Shaheed Diwas (Bhagat Singh, Rajguru, Sukhdev hanged in 1931) |
| 24 Mar | World Tuberculosis Day |
| 27 Mar | World Theatre Day |
April
| Date | Day |
|---|---|
| 1 Apr | financial year begins; Utkal Divas (Odisha Day) |
| 2 Apr | World Autism Awareness Day |
| 5 Apr | National Maritime Day (India) (the first Indian ship, SS Loyalty, sailed in 1919) |
| 7 Apr | World Health Day (WHO's foundation day, 1948) |
| 10 Apr | World Homoeopathy Day |
| 11 Apr | National Safe Motherhood Day; Jyotiba Phule's birth anniversary |
| 13 Apr | Jallianwala Bagh massacre anniversary (1919) |
| 14 Apr | Dr B. R. Ambedkar Jayanti (Equality Day); Baisakhi |
| 17 Apr | World Haemophilia Day |
| 18 Apr | World Heritage Day |
| 21 Apr | Civil Services Day (India); World Creativity and Innovation Day |
| 22 Apr | Earth Day |
| 23 Apr | World Book and Copyright Day; English Language Day |
| 24 Apr | National Panchayati Raj Day (the 73rd Amendment, 1993) |
| 25 Apr | World Malaria Day |
| 26 Apr | World Intellectual Property Day |
| 28 Apr | World Day for Safety and Health at Work |
| 29 Apr | International Dance Day |
May
| Date | Day |
|---|---|
| 1 May | International Workers' Day (Labour Day) (the Haymarket affair, 1886; first celebrated in India in Chennai in 1923); Maharashtra and Gujarat Day |
| 3 May | World Press Freedom Day |
| 4 May | International Firefighters' Day |
| 8 May | World Red Cross Day (Henry Dunant's birth); World Thalassaemia Day |
| 11 May | National Technology Day (Pokhran-II, 1998) |
| 12 May | International Nurses Day (Florence Nightingale's birth, 1820) |
| 15 May | International Day of Families |
| 17 May | World Telecommunication and Information Society Day; World Hypertension Day |
| 18 May | International Museum Day |
| 21 May | Anti-Terrorism Day (Rajiv Gandhi's death anniversary, 1991) |
| 22 May | International Day for Biological Diversity |
| 31 May | World No Tobacco Day |