List of Important Days
The month-wise Important Days and Dates of 2024 to be Celebrated or observed.
JANUARY
1 January: Global Family Day, Army Medical Corps Establishment Day
4 January: World Braille Day
6 January: National Technology Day,
12 January: National Youth Day
13-14th January: Makar Sankranti or Lohri, Guru Govind Singh Jayanti
15 January: Indian Army Day
23 January: Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Jayanti
24 January: National Girl Child Day
25 January: National Voters Day, National Tourism Day
26 January: Republic Day of India,
30 January: Martyrs Day or Shaheed Diwas
FEBRUARY
4 February: World Cancer Day
13 February: National Women’s Day (Birth Date of Sarojini Naidu), World Radio Day
21 February: International Mother Language Day
28 February: National Science Day
MARCH
3 March: World Wildlife Day
8 March: International Women’s Day
10 March: No Smoking Day (Second Wednesday of March)
14 March: International Day of Action for Rivers, Pi Day
15 March: World Consumer Rights Day
16 March: National Vaccination Day
18 March: Ordinance Factories Day (India)
20 March: World Sparrow Day, International Day of Happiness
21 March: World Forestry Day, World Poetry Day
22 March: World Water Day
24 March: World Tuberculosis (TB) Day
2 April: World Autism Awareness Day International Children’s Book Day
5 April: National Maritime Day
7 April: World Health Day
10 April: World Homoeopathy Day (WHD)
13 April: Jallianwala Bagh Massacre
17 April: World Haemophilia Day
18 April: World Heritage Day
19 April: World Liver Day
22 April: World Earth Day
23 April: World Book and Copyright Day
25 April: World Malaria Day
26 April: World Intellectual Property Day
29 April: International Dance Day
30 April: Ayushman Bharat Diwas
1 May: International Labour Day or May Day
3 May: Press Freedom Day, World Laughter Day (first Sunday of May)
4 May: International Firefighter’s Day,
5 May: World Asthma Day (First Tuesday of May)
7 May: World Athletics Day, Rabindranath Tagore Jayanti
8 May: World Red Cross Day, World Thalassaemia Day
10 May: Mother’s Day (Second Sunday of May)
11 May: National Technology Day
12 May: International Nurses Day
15 May: International Day of Family
16 May: Armed Forces Day (Third Saturday of May)
17 May: World Hypertension Day, World Telecommunication Day
18 May: World AIDS Vaccine Day, International Museum Day
21 May: National Anti-Terrorism Day
22 May: International Day for Biological Diversity
24 May: Commonwealth Day
31 May: Anti-Tobacco Day
1 June: World Milk Day, Global Day of Parents
3 June: World Bicycle Day
5 June: World Environment day
7 June: World Food Safety Day
8 June: World Brain Tumour Day, World Oceans Day
12 June: Anti Child Labour day
14 June: World Blood Donor Day
15 June: World Wind Day
17 June: World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought (International)
20 June: World Refugee Day, Father’s Day (3rd Sunday)
21 June: International Day of Yoga, World Hydrography Day, World Music Day
23 June: International Olympic Day, United Nations Public Service Day,
26 June: International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking
1 July: National Doctor’s Day
6 July: World Zoonoses day,
11 July: World Population Day
15 July: World Youth Skills Day
17 July: World Day for International Justice
22 July: Pi Approximation Day
26 July: Kargil Vijay Diwas (Kargil Victory Day)
28 July: World Hepatitis Day, World Nature Conservation Day
29 July: International Tiger Day
30 July: International Friendship Day
6 August: Hiroshima Day
7 August: National Handloom Day
8 August: Friendship Day
9 August: Quit India Movement Day, Nagasaki Day
12 August: International Youth Day
13 August: World Organ Donation Day
15 August: Independence Day of India
19 August: World Photography Day, World Humanitarian Day, Krishna Janmashtami
20 August: Sadbhavna Divas
22 August: Raksha Bandhan
29 August: National Sports Day
2 September: World Coconut Day,
5 September: Teachers’ Day (India), International Day of Charity
8 September: International Literacy Day
10 September: World Suicide Prevention Day
14 September: Hindi Diwas, World First Aid Day
15 September: International Day of Democracy, Engineer’s Day (India)
16 September: World Ozone Day, International day of Preservation
21 September: World Alzheimer’s Day, International Day of Peace and Non-Violence
23 September: International Day of Sign Languages
26 September: World Contraception Day, World Maritime Day
27 September: World Tourism Day
28 September: World Rabies Day
29 September: World Heart Day
30 September: International Translation Day
Fourth Sunday of September: World Rivers Day
1 October: International Day for the Elderly, World Vegetarian Day, International Coffee Day
2 October: Gandhi Jayanti, International Day of Non-Violence
4 October: World Habitat Day (First Monday), World Animal Welfare Day
5 October: World Teachers’ Day
8 October: Indian Air Force Day
9 October: World Post Office Day
10 October: World Mental Health Day, National Post Day
11 October: International Girl Child Day
13 October: UN International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction
14 October: World Standard Day
15 October: World Students Day, Global Handwashing Day
16 October: World Food Day
17 October: International Poverty Eradication Day
20 October: National Solidarity Day
24 October: United Nations Day, World Information Day, World Polio Day
30 October: World Thrift Day
31 October: Ekta Diwas (National Unity Day), Halloween
1 November: World Vegan Day, All Saints’ Day
5 November: World Tsunami Day
7 November: National Cancer Awareness day, Infant Protection Day
9 November: National Legal Service Day
10 November: Transport Day
12 November: Guru Nanak Dev’s Birth Anniversary, World Pneumonia Day
13 November: World Kindness Day
14 November: Children’s Day, World Diabetes Day
17 November: National Epilepsy Day
19 November: World Toilet Day, International Men’s Day
20 November: Africa Industrialization Day, Universal Children’s Day
21 November: World Television Day
25 November: International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
26 November: Law Day (India)
29 November: International Day of Solidarity with Palestinian People
1 December: World AIDS Day
2 December: National Pollution Control Day
3 December: World Day of the Handicapped
4 December: Indian Navy Day
5 December: World Soil Day, International Volunteer Day
7 December: Indian Armed Forces Flag Day, International Civil Aviation Day
9 December: International Anti-Corruption Day
10 December: Human Rights Day
11 December: UNICEF Day, International Mountain Day
14 December: World Energy Conservation Day
15 December: KVS Foundation Day
16 December: Vijay Diwas
18 December: Minorities Rights Day (India), International Migrants Day
19 December: Goa’s Liberation Day
20 December: International Human Solidarity Day
22 December: National Mathematics Day
23 December: Kisan Divas (Farmer’s Day in India)
24 December: National Consumer Rights Day
25 December: Christmas Day, Good Governance Day (India)
26 December: Veer Bal Diwas
31 December: New Year’s Eve