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Important Days

National and international days through the year. This year’s themes appear in the daily posts.

• 12 JanNational Youth Day (Swami Vivekananda's birthday)
• 15 JanArmy Day
• 23 JanParakram Diwas (Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose's birthday)
• 24 JanNational Girl Child Day
• 25 JanNational Voters' Day; National Tourism Day
• 26 JanRepublic Day
• 30 JanMartyrs' Day (Gandhi's death anniversary)
• 4 FebWorld Cancer Day
• 21 FebInternational Mother Language Day
• 28 FebNational Science Day (Raman Effect, 1928)
• 8 MarInternational Women's Day
• 15 MarWorld Consumer Rights Day
• 22 MarWorld Water Day
• 23 MarWorld Meteorological Day
• 24 MarWorld TB Day
• 7 AprWorld Health Day
• 14 AprAmbedkar Jayanti
• 22 AprEarth Day
• 24 AprNational Panchayati Raj Day
• 1 MayInternational Labour Day; Maharashtra and Gujarat Day
• 11 MayNational Technology Day (Pokhran-II, 1998)
• 22 MayInternational Day for Biological Diversity
• 31 MayWorld No Tobacco Day
• 5 JunWorld Environment Day
• 21 JunInternational Yoga Day
• 29 JunNational Statistics Day (P. C. Mahalanobis)
• 1 JulNational Doctors' Day (Dr B. C. Roy); Chartered Accountants' Day
• 11 JulWorld Population Day
• 26 JulKargil Vijay Diwas
• 7 AugNational Handloom Day
• 15 AugIndependence Day
• 23 AugNational Space Day (Chandrayaan-3 landing)
• 29 AugNational Sports Day (Major Dhyan Chand)
• 5 SepTeachers' Day (Dr S. Radhakrishnan)
• 8 SepInternational Literacy Day
• 14 SepHindi Diwas
• 15 SepEngineers' Day (M. Visvesvaraya)
• 16 SepWorld Ozone Day
• 2 OctGandhi Jayanti; International Day of Non-Violence
• 8 OctIndian Air Force Day
• 16 OctWorld Food Day
• 24 OctUnited Nations Day
• 31 OctRashtriya Ekta Diwas (Sardar Patel's birthday)
• 1 NovFormation day of several States (1956, 1966, 2000)
• 14 NovChildren's Day (Nehru's birthday)
• 15 NovJanjatiya Gaurav Divas (Birsa Munda)
• 26 NovConstitution Day
• 1 DecWorld AIDS Day
• 4 DecNavy Day
• 7 DecArmed Forces Flag Day
• 10 DecHuman Rights Day
• 16 DecVijay Diwas (1971)
• 23 DecKisan Diwas (Charan Singh)
• 24 DecNational Consumer Day