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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 :

January :

 

Date 

Day

1 January  English New Year 
Army Medical Corps Establishment Day
Global family day 
World Peace Day
4 January  World Braille Day
6 January  World War Orphans Day
8 January  African National Congress Foundation Day
9 January   Pravasi Bharatiya Divas/NRI Day
10  January  World Hindi Day
11 January  Death anniversary of Lal Bahadur Shastri
National Human Trafficking Awareness day
12 January  National Youth Day (Birth Day of Swami Vivekananda)
15 January Army Day
23 January  Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose’s birthday
24 January  National Girl Child day of India
25 January  India Tourism Day
National Voters Day
26 January  Republic Day of India and International Customs day
27 January International Holocaust Day
International Day of Commemoration
28 January  Data protection day
Birth Anniversary of Lala Lajpat Rai
30 January  Mahatma Gandhi’s Martyrdom Day (Martyr’s day)
World Leprosy Eradication Day

February :

 

Day

Date

1 February  Indian Coast Guard Day
2 February  World Wetlands Day
4 February  World Cancer Day
6 February  International day against female genital mutilation
7 February  International Development Week
11 February  World Day of the Sick
2nd Sunday of February  World Marriage Day
12 February  Darwin Day
13 February  Sarojini Naidu’s Birth Anniversary
14 February  Saint Valentine’s Day
18 February  Taj Mahotsav
20 February  World Day of Social Justice
21 February  International Mother Language Day
22 February  World Scout Day
23 February  World peace and understanding day
24 February  Central Excise Day
27 February  World Sustainable Energy Day
28 February  National Science Day

 

March

 

Day

Date

1 March  Zero Discrimination Day
World Civil Defence Day
3 March  World Wildlife Day
World Hearing Day
4 March  National Safety Day
8  March  International Women’s Day
10  March  CISF Raising Day
13 March No Smoking Day (Second Wednesday of March)
14 March International Day of Action for Rivers
15 March  World Consumer Rights Day
16 March  National Vaccination Day
18 March  Ordnance Factories Day (India)
20 March  International Day of Happiness
World Sparrow Day
21 March  World Forestry Day
World Down syndrome Day
World Poetry Day
22 March  World Water Day
23rd March  World Meteorological Day
24 March  World Tuberculosis (TB) Day
27 March  World Theatre Day

 

April :

 

Day Date
1 April  Orissa Day 
Prevention of Blindness week
2 April  World Autism Awareness Day
4 April  International Day for Mine Awareness
5 April  National Maritime Day
7 April  World Health Day
10 April  World Homeopathy Day
11 April  National Safe Motherhood Day, National Pet Day
13 April Jallianwala Bagh Massacre Day
17 April  World Haemophilia Day
18 April  World Heritage Day
21 April  National Civil Service Day 
22 April  World Earth Day
23 April  World Book and Copyright Day
24 April  National Panchayati Raj Day
25 April  World Malaria Day
26 April  World Intellectual Property Day
28 April  World Day for Safety and Health at Work
World Veterinary Day

 

May :

 

Day

Date

1 May  International Labour Day
3 May  Press Freedom Day
4 May  Coal miners day
May (2nd Sunday)  Mother’s Day
8 May World Red Cross Day
9 May  Victory day
11 May  National Technology Day
12 May  International Nurses day
14 May  World Migratory day
15 May International Day of the Families
17 May World Telecommunication Day
21 May  Anti-terrorism day
24 May  Commonwealth Day
31 May  Anti-Tobacco Day

 

June :

 

Date

Day

1 June  World Milk Day
Global Parents Day
2 June  International Sex Workers Day
Telangana Formation Day
3 June  World Bicycle Day
4 June  International Day of Innocent
Children Victims of Aggression
5 June  World Environment Day
7 June  World Food Safety Day
International level crossing awareness day
8 June  World Oceans Day
World Brain Tumour Day
12 June  World Day Against Child Labour
14 June World Blood Donor Day 
15 June Global Wind Day
World Elder Abuse 
Awareness Day
17 June  World Day to Combat
Desertification and Drought
18 June  Autistic Pride Day
19 June  World Sauntering Day
World Fathers’ Day (Every 3rd Sunday of June)
World Sickle Cell Awareness Day
20 June  World Refugee Day
21 June  World Hydrography Day
International Yoga Day
World Music day
23 June  International Olympic Day
United Nations Public Service Day
International Widow’s Day
26 June  International Day against Drug Abuse & Illicit Trafficking
27 June  World Diabetes Day
Earth Constitution Day
30 June  World Asteroid Day

 



Last Updated : 17 Jul, 2023
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