LIST OF IMPORTANT DAYS

LIST OF IMPORTANT DAYS ********************* January 9 NRI Day January 10 World Laughter Day January 12 National Youth Day January 15 Army Day January 26 India's Republic Day, International Customs Day January 30 Martyrs' Day; World Leprosy Eradication Day

2nd Sunday of February World Marriage Day February 24 Central Excise Day February 28 National Science Day

Second Monday March Commonwealth Day March 8 International Women's Day; Intl. literacy Day March 15 World Disabled Day; World Consumer Rights Day March 18 Ordnance Factories Day (India) March 21 World Forestry Day; International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination March 22 World Day for Water March 23 World Meteorological Day March 24 World TB Day

April 5 National Maritime Day April 7 World Health Day April 17 World Haemophilia Day April 18 World Heritage Day April 21 Secretaries' Day April 22 Earth Day April 23 World Book and Copyright Day

May 1 Workers' Day (International Labour Day) May 3 Press Freedom Day; World Asthma Day May 2nd Sunday Mother's Day May 4 Coal Miners' Day May 8 World Red Cross Day May 9 World Thalassaemia Day May 11 National Technology Day May 12 World Hypertension Day; International Nurses Day May 15 International Day of the Family May 17 World Telecommunication Day May 24 Commonwealth Day May 31 Anti-tobacco Day

June 4 International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression June 5 World Environment Day June 3rd Sunday Father's Day June 14 World Blood Donor Day June 26 International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking

July 1 Doctor's Day July 6 World Zoonoses Day July 11 World Population Day

August 3 Internatioal Friendship Day August 6 Hiroshima Day August 8 World Senior Citizen's Day August 9 Quit India Day, Nagasaki Day August 15 Indian Independence Day August 18 International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples August 19 Photography Day August 29 National Sports Day August 19 Photography Day August 29 National Sports Day

September 2 Coconut Day September 5 Teachers' Day; Sanskrit Day September 8 World Literacy Day (UNESCO) September 15 Engineers' Day September 16 World Ozone Day September 21 Alzheimer's Day; Day for Peace & Non-violence (UN) September 26 Day of the Deaf September 27 World Tourism Day

October 1 International Day for the Elderly October 2 Gandhi Jayanthi October 3 World Habitat Day October 4 World Animal Welfare Day October 8 Indian Air Force Day October 9 World Post Office Day October 10 National Post Day October 2nd Thursday World Sight Day October 13 UN International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction October 14 World Standards Day October 15 World White Cane Day (guiding the blind) October 16 World Food Day October 24 UN Day; World Development Information Day October 30 World Thrift Day

November 9 Legal Services Day November 14 Children's Day; Diabetes Day November 17 National Epilepsy Day November 20 Africa Industrialization Day November 29 International Day of Solidarity with Palestinian People

December 1 World AIDS Day December 3 World Day of the Handicapped December 4 Indian Navy Day December 7 Indian Armed Forces Flag Day December 10 Human Rights Day December 18 Minorities Rights Day (India) December 23 Kisan Divas (Farmer's Day) (India)