Important Days Topic is very important for Government and Bank exams. Generally candidates can expect at least one or two questions from this topic. Important Dates Topic play a very major role as part of General Knowledge Section. Candidates do not generally show their interest towards General Awareness Section. Candidates can expect some questions on Important Days, Vitamins and some other more topics.Hence; Candidates are requested to go through Important Days topic which will be useful for Government and Bank Exams.
January Month:
Jan 1: Army Medical Corps Establishment Day
Jan 4: Myanmar Independence Day
Jan 9: Pravasi Bharatiya Divas
Jan 10: World Laughter Day
Jan 11: Lal Bahadur Shastri’s Death anniversary
Jan 12: National Youth Day
Jan 15: Army Day
Jan 17: Election Commission Day
Jan 19: World Peace Day
Jan 23: Desh Prem Divas (Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose’s Birth Anniversary)
Jan 24: Girls Empowerment Day
Jan 25: National Tourism Day; National Voters Day
Jan 26: International Customs Day
Jan 30: Martyr’s Day (Mahatma Gandhi’s death Anniversary); World Leprosy Eradication Day
February Month:
Feb 1: Coast Guard Day
Feb 2: World Wetland Day/National Day of Sri Lanka
Feb 3: World Cancer Day
Feb 5: Kashmir Day
Feb 12: Darwin Day
Feb 14: Valentine’s Day
Feb 21: International Mother Language Day
Feb 23: World Peace and Understanding Day
Feb 24: Central Excise Day
Feb 27: Maulana Abul Kalam Azad’s Death anniversary
Feb 28: National Science Day
Feb 29: National De-addiction Day
March Month:
March 3: National Defence Day
March 4: National Security Day
March 12: Mauritius Day
March 15: World Consumer Rights Day, World Disabled Day
March 18: Ordnance Factories Day (India), Human Rights Day
March 20: World Sparrow Day
March 21: World Forestry Day; International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination World Disabled Day
March 22: World Water Day
March 23: World Meteorological Day; Pakistan Day
March 24: World TB Day
March 26: Bangladesh National Day
March 27: World Theatre Day
March 28: National Shipping Day
March 30: Rajasthan State Formation Day
April Month:
April 1: All Fools Day; Orissa Statehood Day
April 5: National Maritime Day; Samata Divas (Babu Jagjivan Ram’s Birth Anniversary)
April 7: World Health Day
April 10-16: Railway Week
April 13: Jallianwala Bagh Day
April 16: World Hemophilia Day
April 18: World Heritage Day
April 21: Secretaries Day
April 22: World Earth Day
April 24: World Lab Animal Day; Manav Ekta Divas
April 25: World Malaria Day
April 26: Chernobyl Day; Non Violence Day
April 27: South Africa Independence Day
April 28: International Day of Mourning; World Veterinary Day
April 29: International Dance Day
April 30: International Child Labour Day
May Month:
May 1: International Labour Day; Maharashtra Statehood Day
May 3: International Press Freedom Day
May (2nd Sunday): Mother’s Day
May 5: World Athletics Day
May 6: World Laughter Day
May 8: World Red Cross Day
May 9: Rabindranath Birth Anniversary; World Thalassemia Day
May 11: National Technology Day; India’s first Atomic Test conducted in 1974
May 12: International Nurses Day
May 13: National Solidarity Day
May 15: International Day of the family
May 17: World Telecommunications Day
May 18: World Museum Day
May 21: National Anti-terrorism Day (death anniversary of Rajiv Gandhi)
May 23: Africa Day
May 24: Commonwealth Day
May 28: Official Language Day
May 29: Mount Everest Day
May 31: Anti-Tobacco Day
June Month:
June 1: International Children’s Day
June 4: International Day of Innocent Child Victims of Aggression
June 5: World Environment Day
June 8: World Brain Tumour Day; World Ocean Day
June 17: Goa Revolution Day
June 20: World Refuges Day
June (3rd Sunday): Father’s Day
June 26: International Day against Drug abuse Drug Abuse and IIIicit Trafficking, Anti Emergency Day
June 27: World Diabetes Day
June 28: Poor’s Day
July Month:
July 1: Architect Day; Doctor’s Day
July 4: America Independence Day
July 6: World Rabies Day; World Zoonoses Day
July 11: World Population Day
July 22: National Flag Adoption Day
July 24: Income Tax Day
July 26: Kargil Vijay Divas
August Month:
August 6: Hiroshima Day
August 8: World Senior Citizen’s Day
August (1st Sunday): World Friendship Day
August 9: Quit India Day; Nagasaki Day; World Humanitarian Day; International Day of the World’s Indegenous People
August 12: Librarians Day; International Youth Day
August 14: Pakistan Independence Day
August 15: Independence Day (India)
August 19: World Photography Day
August 20: Sadbhavana Diwas (Rajiv Gandhi Birth Anniversary)
August 23: International Day for Remembrance of the Salve and its abolition
August 29: National Sports Day (Indian Hockey Wizard Dhyan Chand birth anniversary)
August 30: Small Industry Day
September Month:
Sept. 2: Coconut Day
Sept. 5: Teachers Day (Dr.Sarvepalli Radha Krishna’s Birth Anniversary); Sanskrit Day
Sept. 7: Forgiveness Day
Sept. 8: World Literacy Day
Sept. 14: Hindi Day; Day of Mourning (USA)
Sept. 16: World Ozone Day
Sept. 21: World Alzheimer’s Day
Sept. 22: Rose Day (Welfare of Cancer Patients)
Sept. 24: World Heart Day; International Girl Child Day
Sept. 25: Social Justice Day
Sept. 26: Day of the Deaf
Sept. 27: World Tourism Day
October Month:
Oct. 1: International Day for the Elderly
Oct. 2: Gandhi Jayanti; International Non-violence Day; World Vegetarian Day
Oct. 3: World Habitat Day
Oct. 4: World Animal Welfare Day
Oct. 5: World Teacher’s Day
Oct. 6: World Wildlife Day
Oct. 7: International Day of Natural Disaster Reduction
Oct. 8: Indian Air Force Day; World Sight Day
Oct. 9: World Post Office Day
Oct. 10: Disaster Reduction Day; National Postal Day
Oct. 12: World Sight Day
Oct. 13: World Calamity Day
Oct. 14: World Standards Day
Oct. 15: World White Cane Day
Oct. 16: World Food Day
Oct. 17: International Poverty Eradication Day
Oct. 20: National Solidarity Day
Oct. 21: Police Commemoration Day (India)
Oct. 24: UN Day; World Development Information Day
Oct. 27: National Police Day
Oct. 30: World Thrift Day
Oct. 31: National Integration Day (Indira Gandhi death Anniversary)
November Month:
Nov. 2: World Pneumonia Day
Nov. 6: International Day for Preventing Exploitation of Environment in War & Armed Conflict
Nov. 10: World Science Day for Peace and Development
Nov. 14: Childrens Day (India)
Nov. 16: International Day for Tolerance
Nov. 18: World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims
Nov. 20: Universal Children’s Day
Nov. 21: World Television Day
Nov. 25: International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
Nov. 29: International Day of Solidarity with Palestinian People
December Month:
Dec. 1: World AIDS Day
Dec. 2: International Day for the Abolition of Slavery
Dec. 3: International Day for Disabled Persons
Dec. 5: International Volunteer Day for Economic & Social Development
Dec. 7: International Civil Aviation Day
Dec. 9: International Anti-Corruption Day
Dec. 10: International Day of Broadcasting; Human Rights Day
Dec. 11: International Mountain Day
Dec. 18: International Migrants Day
Dec. 19: United Nations Day for South-South Corporation
Dec. 20: Identical Human Solidarity Day
Dec. 22: National Maths Day
Dec. 23: Farmers Day
Note: Kindly Make note of the above Important Days.Because in almost all kind of State/Central Government Exams candidates can expect 1 or 2 questions from above Important Days.