List of important days and dates
January
- January 1 – New Year’s Day
- January 12 – National Youth Day (India) – Birthday of Swami Vivekananda
- January 26 – Republic Day (India)
- January 30 – Martyrs’ Day (India) – Assassination of Mahatma Gandhi
February
- February 14 – Valentine’s Day
- February 21 – International Mother Language Day
- February 28 – National Science Day (India) – In honor of C. V. Raman’s discovery of the Raman Effect
March
- March 8 – International Women’s Day
- March 15 – World Consumer Rights Day
- March 21 – International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
- March 22 – World Water Day
April
- April 7 – World Health Day
- April 22 – Earth Day
- April 23 – World Book Day
May
- May 1 – International Labour Day
- May 3 – World Press Freedom Day
- May 15 – International Day of Families
- May 31 – World No Tobacco Day
June
- June 5 – World Environment Day
- June 14 – World Blood Donor Day
- June 21 – International Yoga Day
July
- July 11 – World Population Day
- July 18 – Nelson Mandela International Day
August
- August 15 – Independence Day (India)
- August 19 – World Humanitarian Day
- August 29 – National Sports Day (India) – Birthday of Major Dhyan Chand
September
- September 5 – Teacher’s Day (India) – Birthday of Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
- September 8 – International Literacy Day
- September 27 – World Tourism Day
October
- October 2 – Gandhi Jayanti (India) – Birthday of Mahatma Gandhi
- October 5 – World Teachers’ Day
- October 16 – World Food Day
- October 31 – National Unity Day (India) – Birthday of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
November
- November 14 – Children’s Day (India) – Birthday of Jawaharlal Nehru
- November 17 – National Journalism Day (India)
- November 20 – Universal Children’s Day
December
- December 1 – World AIDS Day
- December 10 – Human Rights Day
- December 25 – Christmas Day
