List of Important Dates in History

In government exams like SSC, Banking, Railways, etc we find many questions from the general awareness section. This is a very broad section and sometimes questions are very factual. We will cover the General awareness section comprehensively so that students can learn and get most of the questions correct in this section. In this article, we will discuss Important Days from both National and International perspectives.

List of Important Days :

July : 

Date	Day
1 July	National Doctor’s Day National Postal Worker Day Chartered Accountants Day
2 July	World UFO Day World Sports Journalists Day
1st Saturday of July	International Day of Cooperatives
4 July	American Independence day
6 July	World Zoonoses Day
11 July	World Population Day
12 July	World Malala day
17 July	World Day for International Justice
18 July	Nelson Mandela International Day
28 July	World Nature conservation day
29 July	International Tiger Day

August :

Date	Day
2 August	International Friendship Day
6 August	Hiroshima Day
9 August	Nagasaki Day International day of World’s indigenous people
12 August	International Youth day
14 August	Independence Day of Pakistan
15 August	Independence Day of India
19 August	World Photography day
20 August	Sadbhavana Diwas
23 August	International Day for the remembrance of the slave trade and its abolition
29 August	National Sports Day
30 August	Small Industry Day

September :

Date	Day
5 September	Teachers’ Day (Dr. Radhakrishnan’s birthday)  Forgiveness day
8 September	World Literacy Day
14 September	Hindi day World First Aid Day
15 September	Engineer’s day(India)
16 September	World Ozone Day
21 September	Alzheimer’s Day  International day of peace
25 September	Social justice day
26 September	Day of the Deaf
27 September	World Tourism Day

October :

Date	Day
1 October	International Day of the Older person
2 October	Mahatma Gandhi birthday International day of non-violence
3 October	World Habitat Day  World nature day
4 October	World Animal Welfare Day
5 October	World Teacher’s day
6 October	German American Day
8 October	Indian Air Force Day
9 October	World Post Office day
10 October	National Post Day
11 October	International girl child day
12 October	World Arthritis day
13 October	UN International Day for National disaster reduction
14 October	World Standards Day
15 October	World White Cane Day
16 October	World Food Day
17 October	International day for the eradication of poverty
20 October	World statistics day
24 October	United Nations Day  World development information Day
30 October	World Thrift Day
31 October	Rashtriya Ekta Diwas (in memory of Sardar Patel), National Integration Day (In memory of Indira Gandhi)

November : 

Date	Day
1 November	World vegan day
5 November	World Tsunami Awareness Day
7 November	Infant Protection day World Cancer Awareness Day
9 November	Legal services day
10 November	World Science Day for Peace and Development
14 November	Children’s Day in India
16 November	International day for Tolerance
17 November	National Epilepsy Day
18 November	World Adult day
19 November	World Citizen day
20 November	Africa Industrialization Day
21 November	World Television day World Fisheries day
26 November	Law day
29 November	International Day of Solidarity with Palestinian people
30 November	Saint Andrew’s Day

December :

Date	Day
1-December	World AIDS Day
2-December	International day of abolition of slavery
3-December	International Day of People with disabilities
4-December	Indian Navy Day
5-December	International volunteer day for economic and social development
7-December	Armed Forces Flag Day International civil aviation day
9-December	The International day against corruption
10-December	Human Right Day
11-December	International Mountain day
14-December	National Energy Conservation day
18-December	International Migrants day
19-December	Goa’s liberation day
20-December	International Human Solidarity
23-December	Kisan Divas (Farmer’s Day)