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The topic, important National and International days and dates is gaining a great importance under the general awareness sections of various competitive exams such as SSC, Banking, RRB etc. Nowadays even UPSC exams ask factual questions associated with the dates.
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Important Days And Dates in January 2023
List of important National and International days and dates of January is given below:
| Date | Event |
| 1st January | English New Year
Global Family Day World Peace Day |
| 4th January | World Braille Day |
| 6th January | World War Orphans Day
National Technology Day |
| 9th January | Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (NRI Day) |
| 10th January | World Laughter Day
World Hindi Day |
| 11th January | National Human Trafficking Awareness Day
Death anniversary of Lal Bahadur Shastri |
| 12th January | National Youth Day
(Birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda) |
| 13thJanuary | Guru Gobind Singh Jayanti |
| 14th January | Lohri
Makar Sankrati |
| 15th January | Indian Army Day
Pongal |
| 18th January | National Immunization Day |
| 23rd January | Birth Anniversary of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose |
| 24th January | National Girl Child Day |
| 25th January | India Tourism Day
National Voters Day |
| 26th January | India’s Republic Day
International Customs Day |
| 27th January | International Day of Commemoration
International Holocaust Remembrance Day |
| 30th January | Martyr’s Day |
| Last Sunday of January | World Leprosy Day |
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Important Days And Dates in February 2023
List of important National and International days and dates of February is given below:
| Date | Event |
| 1st February | Kalpana Chawla’s Death Anniversary
Indian Coast Guard Day |
| 2nd February | World Wetlands Day |
| 4th February | World Cancer Day |
| 6th February | International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation |
| 7th February | International Development Week |
| 9th February | Safer Internet Day
(Second day of the second week of February) |
| 10th February | World Pulses Day
National Deworming Day |
| 11th February | International Day of Women and Girls in Science |
| 12th February | International Darwin Day
National Productivity Day |
| 13th February | World Radio Day
National Women’s Day |
| 14th February | Valentine Day |
| 20th February | World Day of Social Justice |
| 21st February | International Mother Language Day |
| 22nd February | World Scout Day |
| 23rd February | World Peace and Understanding Day |
| 24th February | Central Excise Day |
| 27thFebruary | World NGO Day |
| 28th February | National Science Day
Rare Disease Day |
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Important Days And Dates in March 2023
List of important National and International days and dates of March is given below:
| Date | Event |
| 1st March | Zero Discrimination Day
World Civil Defence Day |
| 3rd March | World Wildlife Day
National Defence Day |
| 4th March | National Security Day |
| 8th March | International Women’s Day |
| 10th March | CISF Raising Day |
| 11th March | Commonwealth Day
World Kidney Day |
| 14th March | International Day of Action for Rivers |
| 15th March | World Consumer Rights Day |
| 16th March | National Vaccination Day |
| 18th March | Ordnance Factories Day
Global Recycling Day |
| 20th March | World Sparrow Day
International Day of Happiness |
| 21st March | International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
World Forestry Day World Down Syndrome Day World Poetry Day |
| 22nd March | World Water Day |
| 23rd March | World Meteorological Day |
| 24th March | World Tuberculosis Day |
| 25th March | International Day of Remembrance of the Victims Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade |
| 27th March | World Theatre Day |
Important Days And Dates in April 2023
List of important National and International days and dates of April is given below:
| Date | Event |
| 1st April | Odisha Day
Prevention of Blindness week |
| 2nd April | World Autism Awareness Day |
| 4th April | International Day for Mine Awareness |
| 5th April | National Maritime Day |
| 7th April | World Health Day
Handloom Week |
| 8th April | World Tradition Day |
| 10th April | World Homeopathy Day |
| 11th April | National Safe Motherhood Day
National Pet Day |
| 13th April | Jallianwala Bagh Massacre Day |
| 14th April | Dr.B.R. Ambedkar Remembrance Day |
| 17th April | World Hemophilia Day |
| 18th April | World Heritage Day |
| 19th April | World Liver Day |
| 21st April | National Civil Service Day
Secretaries Day |
| 22nd April | International Earth Day |
| 23rd April | World Book and Copyright Day |
| 24th April | National Panchayati Day
World Veterinary Day (4th Saturday of April) |
| 25th April | World Malaria Day |
| 26th April | World Intellectual Property Day |
| 28th April | World Day for Safety and Health at Work |
| 29th April | International Dance Day |
| 30th April | Ayushman Bharat Diwas |
Important Days And Dates in May 2023
List of important National and International days and dates of May is given below:
| Date | Event |
| 1st May | International Labour Day / May Day
Maharashtra Day |
| 2nd May | World Laughter Day (1st Sunday of May) |
| 3rd May | Press Freedom Day |
| 4th May | World Asthma Day (1st Tuesday Of May)
Coal Miner’s Day International Firefighters Day |
| 7th May | World Athletics Day
Rabindranath Tagore Jayanti |
| 8th May | World Red Cross Day
World Thalassaemia Day |
| 9th May | Mother’s Day (2nd Sunday of May) |
| 11th May | National Technology Day |
| 12th May | International Nurses Day |
| 15th May | International Family Day |
| 16th May | Armed Force Day (3rd Saturday of May) |
| 17th May | World Telecommunication Day
World Hypertension Day |
| 18th May | World AIDS Vaccine Day
International Museum Day |
| 20th May | World Metrology Day
World Bee Day |
| 21st May | National Anti-Terrorism Day
National Endangered Species Day (3rd Friday of May) |
| 22nd May | International Day for Biological Diversity |
| 24th May | National Commonwealth Day |
| 31st May | World Anti-tobacco Day |
Important Days And Dates in June 2023
List of important National and International days and dates of June is given below:
| Date | Event |
| 1st June | World Milk Day |
| 3rd June | World Bicycle Day |
| 4th June | International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression |
| 5th June | World Environment Day |
| 7th June | World Food Safety Day |
| 8th June | World Ocean Day
World Brain Tumour Day |
| 12th June | World Anti-Child Labour Day |
| 13th June | International Albinism Awareness Day |
| 14th June | World Blood Donor Day |
| 15th June | World Elder Abuse Awareness Day
World Wind Day |
| 16th June | International Integration Day |
| 17th June | World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought |
| 19th June | World Sickle Cell Awareness Day
World Sauntering Day |
| 20th June | World Refugee Day
International Father’s Day (3rd Sunday of June) |
| 21st June | International Yoga Day
World Music Day World Hydrography Day |
| 23rd June | International Olympic Day
United Nations Public Service Day |
| 26th June | International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking
International Day in Support of Victims of Torture |
| 29th June | National Statistics Day |
| 30th June | World Asteroid Day |
Important Days And Dates in July 2023
List of important National and International days and dates of the month July is given below:
| Date | Event |
| 1st July | National Doctor’s Day
National Postal Worker Day National Chartered Accountant’s Day |
| 2nd July | World Sports Journalists Day
World UFO Day |
| 4th July | International Cooperative Day
USA Independence Day |
| 6th July | World Zoonoses Day |
| 11th July | World Population Day |
| 12th July | National Paper Bag Day |
| 17th July | World Day for International Justice |
| 18th July | International Nelson Mandela Day |
| 22nd July | National Refreshment Day (4th Thursday of July) |
| 25th July | National Parent’s Day (4th Sunday of July) |
| 26th July | Kargil Memorial Day (In India) |
| 28th July | World Nature Conservation Day
World Nature Day World Hepatitis Day |
| 29th July | International Tiger Day |
| 30th July | International Friendship Day |
Important Days And Dates in August 2023
List of important National and International days and dates of August is given below:
| Date | Event |
| 1st August | Clergy Sexual Abuse Awareness Day |
| 6th August | Hiroshima Day |
| 9th August | Nagasaki Day
Quit India Day International Day of the World’s Indigenous People |
| 10th August | World Biofuel Day |
| 11th August | National Daughter’s Day |
| 12th August | International Youth Day |
| 13th August | Organ Donation Day
International Lefthanders Day |
| 15th August | Independence Day of India |
| 19th August | World Humanitarian Day
World Photography Day |
| 20th August | World Mosquito Day
Indian Akshay Urja Day |
| 21st August | World Senior Citizen Day |
| 23rd August | International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition |
| 26th August | Women’s Equality Day |
| 29th August | National Sports Day
International Day against the Nuclear Tests |
Important Days And Dates in September 2023
List of important National and International days and dates of September is given below:
| Date | Event |
| 1st September | National Nutrition Week (September 1 to 7) |
| 2nd September | World Coconut Day |
| 5th September | Teacher’s Day in India |
| 8th September | International Literacy Day |
| 12th September | United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation
World First Aid Day |
| 14th September | National Hindi Day |
| 15th September | International Day of Democracy
Engineer’s Day |
| 16th September | World Ozone Day |
| 19th September | International Talk Like a Pirate Day |
| 21st September | World Alzheimer’s Day
International Day of Peace World Biosphere Day |
| 22nd September | World Rhino Day |
| 23rd September | International Sign Language Day |
| 26th September | World Contraception Day |
| 28th September | Right to Know Day |
| 29th September | World Heart Day |
| 30th September | International Blasphemy Rights Day |
Important Days And Dates in October 2023
List of important National and International days and dates of October is given below:
| Date | Event |
| 1st October | International Day of Older Persons |
| 2nd October | Gandhi Jayanthi
International Day of Non-Violence |
| 4th October | World Habitat Day (1st Monday of October)
World Animal Welfare Day |
| 5th October | World Teachers’ Day |
| 8th October | Indian Air Force Day |
| 9th October | World Post Office Day |
| 10th October | World Mental Health Day
National Post Day |
| 11th October | International Day of Girl Child |
| 12th October | World Arthritis Day |
| 13th October | International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction |
| 14th October | World Sight Day (2nd Thursday of October)
World Standards Day |
| 15th October | World Students Day
International Day of Rural Women World White Cane Day |
| 16th October | World Food Day |
| 17th October | International Day for the Eradication of Poverty |
| 20th October | International Day of the Air Traffic Controller
World Statistics Day |
| 24th October | World Development Information Day
United Nations Day World Polio Day |
| 27th October | World Day for Audiovisual Heritage |
| 30th October | World Thrift Day |
| 31st October | National Unity Day |
Important Days And Dates in November 2023
List of important National and International days and dates of November is given below:
| Date | Event |
| 2nd November | International Journalist’s Remembrance Day |
| 5th November | World Tsunami Day
National Ayurveda Day |
| 6th November | International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict |
| 7th November | National Cancer Awareness Day |
| 8th November | World Radiography Day |
| 9th November | National Legal Service Day |
| 10th November | World Immunization Day |
| 11th November | National Education Day |
| 12th November | World Pneumonia Day |
| 13th November | World Kindness Day |
| 14th November | Children’s Day in India
Diabetes Day |
| 16th November | International Day for Tolerance |
| 17th November | National Epilepsy Day
International Students Day National Journalism Day |
| 18thNovember | World Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Day |
| 19th November | International Men’s Day
National Integration Day |
| 20th November | Africa Industrialisation Day
Transgender Dy of Remembrance Universal Children’s Day |
| 21st November | World Fisheries Day
World Television Day |
| 25th November | International Day for the Elimination of Violences against Women |
| 26th November | National Law Day (India)
Constitution Day |
| 29th November | International Day of Solidarity with Palestinian People |
Important Days And Dates in December 2023
List of important National and International days and dates of December is given below:
| Date | Event |
| 1st December | World AIDS Day |
| 2nd December | National Pollution Control Day
International Day for the Abolition of Slavery |
| 3rd December | International Day of Disabled Persons |
| 4th December | Indian Navy Day |
| 7th December | Indian Armed Forces Flag Day
International Civil Aviation Day |
| 9th December | International Day against Corruption |
| 10th December | Human Rights Day
International Animal Rights Day |
| 11th December | International Mountain Day |
| 14th December | National Energy Conservation Day |
| 16th December | Vijay Diwas Day |
| 18th December | Minorities Rights Day
International Migrants Day |
| 20th December | International Human Solidarity Day |
| 22nd December | National Mathematics Day |
| 23rd December | Kisan Diwas Day (In India) |
| 24th December | National Consumers Day |
| 25th December | Christmas |
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