List of Important Days and Dates month wise.

List of Important Days and Dates month wise. Also have provided the fact behind the naming of the months. This is very useful for students which preparing for competitive exams.

January is the first month of welcoming the New Year. Everybody starts their journey with new hopes & new goals. January month name was derived from the Roman god Janus, the protector of gates and doorways. That is why January presides over the gate to the New Year. Janus basically is depicted with two faces, one looking into the past and the other into the future.

January: Important days

1. 01^st Jan - English New Year, Army Medical Corps Establishment Day, Global family day, World Peace Day

2.    04^th Jan - World Braille Day
3.    06^th Jan - World War Orphans Day
4.    08^th Jan - African National Congress Foundation Day
5.    09^th Jan - Pravasi Bharatiya Divas, NRI Day
6.    10^th Jan - World Laughter Day, World Hindi Day
7.    11^th Jan - Death anniversary of Lal Bahadur Shastri
8.    12^th Jan - National Youth Day (Birthday of Swami Vivekanand)
9.    13^th Jan - Guru Gobind Singh Jayanti
10. 15^th Jan - Indian Army Day (Field Marshall K.M. Cariappa took over the command of Army on this day in 1949 from the British)
11. 23^rd Jan - Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose's birth anniversary
12. 25^th Jan - International Customs Duty Day, India Tourism Day, national Voters Day
13. 26^th Jan - Republic Day
14. 27^th Jan - International Holocaust Day   (The largest Nazi death camp, Auschwitz- Birkenau was liberated by Soviet troops on Jan 27, 1945.), International Day of Commemoration
15. 28^th Jan - Birth anniversary of Lala Lajpat Rai

16. 30^th Jan - Mahatma Gandhi's Martyrdom Day (Martyr's day)

· Jan (last Sunday) - World Leprosy Eradication Day

List of Important Days and Dates month wise.

February is the second month of the year in our modern-day Gregorian calendar and consists of 28 days. It is named after the Latin word februum which means purification. February is the shortest month with only 28 days in common years and in leap years it has 29 days. Every year which is divisible by 4 is have 29days in the February month and this year known as leap Year.

February: Important days

1. 1st Feb – Indian Coast Guard Day

2. 2nd Feb – World Wetlands Day

3. 4^th Feb - World Cancer Day, National Day of Sri Lanka

4. 7^th Feb - International Development Week

5. 12^th Feb – Darwin Day , Abraham Lincoln's Birthday

6. 13^th Feb – Sarojini Naidu’s Birth Anniversary

7. 14^th Feb - Saint Valentine's Day

8. 20^th Feb - World Day of Social Justice

9. 21^st Feb - International Mother Language Day

10. 22^nd Feb - World Scout Day

11. 24^th Feb – Central Excise Day

12. 27^th Feb - World Sustainable Energy Day

13. 28^th Feb – National Science Day

March has 31 days and is the third month of the year. It is named after the Roman God of the war, Mars. Let us tell you that March originally was the first month of the year according to the Roman calendar and names Martius but according to the Gregorian calendar it is the third month of the year.

March: Important days

1.    1^st March – Zero Discrimination Day, World Civil Defence Day
2.    3^rd March - World Wildlife Day, World Hearing Day
3.    4^th March - National Safety Day
4.    8^th March - International Women's Day
5.    10^th March - CISF Raising Day
6.    12^th March - Mauritius Day
7.    14^th March – Pi Day, International Day of Action for Rivers
8.    15^th March - World Consumer Rights Day
9.    16^th March - National Vaccination Day
10. 18^th March - Ordnance Factories Day (India)
11. 20^th March - International Day of Happiness, World Sparrow Day
12. 21^st March - World Forestry Day, World Down syndrome Day, World Poetry Day
13. 22^nd March – World Water Day
14. 23^rd March - World Meteorological Day
15. 24^th March - World Tuberculosis (TB) Day
16. 27^th March - World Theatre Day

No Smoking Day (Second Wednesday of March)

April according to the Gregorian calendar, it is the fourth month of the year. In Southern Hemisphere, March month is associated with the autumn season in some parts and spring in some parts of the Northern Hemisphere. April is named after the Greek goddess Aphrodite.

April: Important days

1.    1^st April - Odisha Day(Utkal Divas) Odisha and Bihar state has formed on 1936, Prevention of Blindness week, April Fools Day
2.    2^nd April- World Autism Awareness Day
3.    4^th April- International Day for Mine Awareness
4.    5^th April- National Maritime Day
5.    7^th April- World Health Day
6.    10^th April- World Homeopathy Day
7.    11^th April- National Safe Motherhood Day, National Pet Day
8.    13^th April- Jallianwala Bagh Massacre Day (1919)
9.    14^th April- B.R. Ambedkar Remembrance Day
10. 17^th April- World Haemophilia Day
11. 18^th April- World Heritage Day
12. 21^st April- National Civil Service Day, Secretaries' Day
13. 22^nd April- World Earth Day
14. 23^rd April- World Book and Copyright Day
15. 24^th April- National Panchayati Day
16. 25^th April- World Malaria Day
17. 26^th April- World Intellectual Property Day
18. 28^th April- World Day for Safety and Health at Work, World Veterinary Day
19. 30^th April- Ayushman Bharat Diwas

May has 31 days and is the fifth month of the year. It is named after the Greek goddess Maia and is identified with the Roman era goddess of fertility. It brings spring in the Northern Hemisphere and autumn in the Southern Hemisphere.

May: Important days

1.    1^st May: International Labour Day or May Day
2.    3^rd May: Press Freedom Day
3.    4^th May: Coal Miners Day, International Firefighter’s Day
4.    7^th May: World Athletics Day, Rabindranath Tagore Jayanti
5.    8^th May: World Red Cross Day, World Thalassaemia Day
6.    9^th May: Europe Day
7.    10^thMay: Mother's Day (Second Sunday of May)
8.      11^th May: National Technology Day
9.      12^th May: International Nurses Day
10.   15^th May: International Day of Families
11.   17^th May: World Telecommunication Day, World Hypertension Day
12.   18^th May: World AIDS Vaccine Day, International Museum Day
13.   21^st May: National Anti-Terrorism Day
14.   22^nd May: International Day for Biological Diversity
15.   25^th May: National Memorial Day (last Monday of May)
16.   31^st May: Anti-Tobacco Day

· World Laughter Day (First Sunday of May)

· World Asthma Day (First Tuesday of May)

· National Endangered Species Day (Third Friday in May)

· US Armed Forces Day (Third Saturday of the May)

June has 30 days and is the sixth month of the year. It is named after the Roman goddess Juno. The summer solstice in the Northern Hemisphere is the day with the most daylight hours and the winter solstice in the Southern hemisphere is the day with the fewest daylight that occurs in June. The traditional astronomical summer is on 21 June in Northern Hemisphere and the Southern Hemisphere, meteorological winter begins on 1 June.

June: Important days

1.    1^st June: World Milk Day, Global Day of Parents
2.    2^nd June: International Sex Workers Day, Telangana Formation Day
3.    3^rd June: World Bicycle Day
4.    4^th June: International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression
5.    5^th June: World Environment Day
6.    7^th June: World Food Safety Day
7.    8^th June: World Brain Tumour Day, World Oceans Day
8.    12^th June: World Day Against Child Labour
9.    14^th June: World Blood Donor Day
10. 15^th June: World Wind Day, World Elder Abuse Awareness Day
11. 16^th June: Martyrdom of Guru Arjan Dev
12. 17^th June: World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought (International)
13. 18^th June: Autistic Pride Day, International Picnic Day
14. 19^th June: World Sickle Cell Awareness Day, World Sauntering Day
15. 20^th June: World Refugee Day (International)
16. 21^st June: World Music Day, World Hydrography Day, International Yoga Day
17. 23^rd June: International Olympic Day, UN Public Service Day, International Widow's Day
18. 26^th June: International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, International Day in Support of Victims of Torture
19. 30^th June: World Asteroid Day

· World Father’s Day (3rd Sunday of June)

July has 31 Days and is the seventh month of the year. In Northern Hemisphere, it is the month of summer. In the Roman calendar, July was originally the month of Quintilis. Until January and February were added in 450 BC, it was the fifth month of the year. It got its original name from the Latin word for fifth. Later the name was changed to Julius Caesar who was born on 12 July.

July: Important days

1.    1^st July - Doctor's Day, National Postal Worker Day, Canada Day, Chartered Accountant's Day (India) ,National U.S. Postage Stamp Day, National Gingersnap Day
2.    2^nd July - World UFO Day, National Anisette Day
3.    3^rd July - National Fried Clam Day
4.    4^th July - Independence Day USA
5.    6^th July - World Zoonoses Day
6.    11^th July - World Population Day, National 7-Eleven Day
7.    12^th July - National Simplicity Day, Paper Bag Day
8.    14^th July- Bastille Day
9.    17^th July - World Day for International Justice
10. 18^th July - International Nelson Mandela Day
11. 22^nd July - Pi Approximation Day
12. 24^th July - National Thermal Engineers Day
13. 25^th July - National Refreshment Day (Fourth Thursday in July)
14. 26^th July - Kargil Vijay Diwas (Kargil Victory Day)
15. 28^th July - World Nature Conservation Day, World Hepatitis Day
16. 29^th July - International Tiger Day

· National Parent's Day (Fourth Sunday of July)

· System Administrator Appreciation Day (Last Friday in July)

August has 31 days and is the eighth month of the year. It is named after Augustus Caesar. As it was the sixth month in the ancient Roman calendar and Latin originally named as Sextilis. In honour of Augustus Caesar, the name of the month changed to August.

August: Important days

1.    1^st Aug: Yorkshire Day
2.    4^th Aug: U.S. Coast Guard Day
3.    6^th Aug: Hiroshima Day
4.    9^th Aug: Quit India Movement Day, Nagasaki Day, Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples
5.    12^th Aug: International Youth Day
6.    13^th Aug: International Lefthanders Day
7.    14^th Aug: Youm-e-Azadi (Pakistan Independence Day)
8.    15^th Aug: Independence Day (India), National Day of mourning (Bangladesh), Day of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary
9.    16^th Aug: Bennington Battle Day
10. 17^th Aug: Indonesian Independence Day
11. 19^th Aug: World Photography Day, World Humanitarian Day
12. 20^th Aug: World Mosquito Day, Sadbhavana Divas, Indian Akshay Urja Day
13. 23^rd Aug: International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition, European Day of Remembrance for Victims of Stalinism and Nazism
14. 26^th Aug: Women's Equality Day
15. 29^th Aug: National Sports Day
16. 30^th Aug: Small Industry Day
17. 31^st Aug: Hari Merdeka (Malaysia National Day)

· Friendship Day(First Sunday of August)

· International Beer Day(First Friday of August)

September has 30 days and is the 9th month of the year. Season that falls in September is Autumn. Originally, according to Roman calendar September is the seventh month. And, so it got its name which means seventh. When January and February were added, it became the ninth month. Its birth flowers are the forget-me-not, morning glory and aster.

September: Important days

1.    1^st to 7^th September - National Nutrition Week
2.    2^nd September- (USA) Victory over Japan Day,Coconut Day
3.    3^rd September - Skyscraper Day
4.    5^th September - Teachers' Day (India), International Day of Charity, National cheese pizza day
5.    7^th September - Brazilian Independence Day, Forgiveness Day
6.    8^th September - International Literacy Day
7.    10^th September- World Suicide Prevention Day
8.    11^th September - Patriot Day
9.    14^th September - Hindi Diwas, World First Aid Day, Onam(Kerala, India)
10. 15^th September - Engineer's Day (India) International Day of Democracy
11. 16^th September - World Ozone Day, International Day of Preservation, Malaysia Day
12. 19^th September - International Talk Like a Pirate Day
13. 21^st September - World Alzheimer's Day, International Day of Peace and Non-Violence (UN)
14. 22^nd September - Rose Day (Welfare of Cancer patients)
15. 23^rd September - International Day of Sign Languages
16. 26^th September - World Maritime Day, World Contraception Day, European Day of Languages
17. 27^th September - World Tourism Day
18. 28^th September - World Rabies Day
19. 29^th September - World Heart Day
20. 30^th September - International Translation

· Day World Rivers Day(Fourth Sunday of September)

· Last week of September - World Day of Deaf

October month has 31 Days and is the tenth month of the year. Originally, it was the eight month according to the Roman calendar. The name October is derived from Octo that is eight in Latin. October month is associated with autumn in the Northern Hemisphere and spring in the Southern Hemisphere.

October: Important days

1.    1^st October - World Vegetarian Day, International Coffee Day, International Day of the Elderly (UN)
2.    2^nd October - Gandhi Jayanti, International Day of Non-Violence
3.    3^rd October - German Unity Day
4.    4^th October - World Animal Welfare Day
5.    5 October - World Teachers' Day
6.    6^th October - German-American Day
7.    8 October - Indian Air Force Day
8.    9^th October - World Postal Day or World Post Office Day
9.    10^th October - World Mental Health Day
10. 11^th October - International Girl Child Day
11. 13^th October - UN International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction
12. 14^th October - World Standards Day
13. 15^th October - World Students Day, Global Handwashing Day, World White Cane Day (guiding the blind), Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day
14. 16^th October - World Food Day
15. 17^th October - International Poverty Eradication Day
16. 20^th October - National Solidarity Day (China attacked India on that Day)
17. 23^rd October - Mole Day
18. 24^th October - United Nations Day
19. 24 October - World Development Information Day
20. 30^th October - World Thrift Day
21. 31^st October - Rashtriya Ekta Diwas

· World Habitat Day (First Monday of October)

· World Sight Day (Second Thursday of October)

November has 30 days and is the 11th month of the year. According to the Roman calendar, originally it was the 9th month. The November name originated from the Latin novem meaning "nine" which marked it the ninth month of the year in the Roman calendar. In Southern Hemisphere it is the month of late spring and late autumn in the Northern Hemisphere.

November: Important days

1.    1^st November - World Vegan Day, All Saints' Day
2.    2^nd November - All Souls' Day
3.    5^th November - World Tsunami Day
4.    7^th November - Infant Protection Day, National Cancer Awareness Day
5.    9^th November - National Legal Services Day, Iqbal Day, Uttarakhand Foundation Day, Kartarpur Corridor inauguration
6.    10^th November - Transport Day
7.    11^th November - Armistice Day (Remembrance Day ), Veterans Day (United States)
8.    12^th November - World Pneumonia Day, Guru Nanak Dev's Birth Anniversary
9.    13^th November - World Kindness Day
10. 14^th November - World Diabetes Day, Children's Day(India), Jawaharlal Nehru Jayanti
11. 15^th November - Jharkhand Foundation Day
12. 17^th November - National Epilepsy Day
13. 19^th November - International Men's Day, World Toilet Day
14. 20^th November - Universal Children's Day, Africa Industrialisation Day
15. 21^st November - World Television Day
16. 25^th November - International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
17. 26^th November - Constitution Day of India
18. 29^th November - International Day of Solidarity with Palestinian People
19. 30^th November - (Scotland) Saint Andrew's Day

· Melbourne Cup Day (1st Tuesday in November)

· Fourth Thursday of November - Thanksgiving Day (United States)

December has 31 days and is the twelfth and last month of the year. According to the Roman calendar, it was originally the tenth month. From the Latin word decem means "ten' from where it got the name as December, the tenth month in the Roman calendar.

December: Important days

1.    1^st December - World AIDS Day
2.    2^nd December - National Pollution Control Day, International Day for the Abolition of Slavery
3.    3^rd December - World Day of the Handicapped
4.    4^th December - Indian Navy Day
5.    5^th December - International Volunteer Day, World Soil Day
6.    7^th December - Indian Armed Forces Flag Day, International Civil Aviation Day
7.    9^th December - International Anti-Corruption Day
8.    10^th December - Human Rights Day
9.    11^th December - UNICEF Day, International Mountain Day
10. 14^th December - National Energy Conservation Day
11. 15^th December - International Tea Day
12. 16^th December - Victory Day of Bangladesh
13. 18^th December - Minorities Rights Day (India), International Migrants Day
14. 19^th December - Goa's Liberation Day
15. 20^thDecember - International Human Solidarity Day
16. 22^nd December - National Mathematics Day
17. 23^rd December - Kisan Divas (Farmer's Day in India)
18. 24^th December - National Consumer Rights Day
19. 25^th December - Christmas Day, Good Governance Day (India)
20. 31^st December - Saint Sylvester’s Day, Last Day of Year, New Year's Eve

List of Important Days and Dates month wise.