Topic – Important National & International Dates
In India, we habitually celebrate many days which are of social, international, economic, commemorative or festive importance. Some of the days are also significant for General Studies as UPSC IAS Prelims exam has at least one question about a celebration of the important days and dates. Nowadays, the exam does ask factual questions related to days when they are in news due to some other important aspect. Every international day adopts a theme for that year. The concerned authorities formulate the policies according to the theme adopted for the year. UPSC is keen to ask questions connected to international days especially associated with technology, environment, and humanity services.
This article will help you with those important dates & events that are important for UPSC 2020.
National & International Dates For IAS Exam
Aspirants should have all information of our important days and dates in India. There list of dates and their importance which will help the aspirants for understanding the days and dates of both national and international level.
| Day | Events |
| January | |
| 1st Jan | World Peace Day |
| 4th Jan | International World Braille Day |
| 6th Jan | World Day -War Orphans |
| 9th Jan | NRI Day |
| 10th Jan | World Laughter Day |
| 11th Jan | National Human Trafficking Awareness Day |
| 12th Jan | National Youth Day (India) |
| 15th Jan | Army Day (India) |
| 20th Jan | World Religion Day |
| 24th Jan | National Girl child day (India) |
| 25th Jan | Tourism Day and National Voters Day (India) |
| 26th Jan | Republic Day (India) |
| 27th Jan | International Holocaust Remembrance Day |
| 30th Jan | World Leprosy Eradication Day |
| February | |
| 2nd Feb | World Wetlands Day |
| 3rd Feb | World Cancer Awareness Day |
| 4th Feb | World Cancer Day |
| 6th Feb | International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation |
| 12th Feb | International Day of Women’s Health |
| 13th Feb | World Radio Day (UNESCO) |
| 20th Feb | World Day of Social Justice |
| 21st Feb | International Mother Language Day |
| 23th Feb | World Peace and Understanding Day |
| 24th Feb | Central Excise Day |
| 28th Feb | National Science Day (India) |
| March | |
| 4th Mar | World Day of the Fight Against Sexual Exploitation |
| 8th Mar | International Women’s Day International Literacy Day |
| 14th Mar | International Day of Action for Rivers |
| 15th Mar | World Consumer Rights Day World Disabled Day |
| 16th Mar | National Vaccination Day |
| 21st Mar | International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination UN World Forestry Day |
| 22nd Mar | World Day for Water |
| 23rd Mar | World Meteorological Day |
| 24th Mar | World Tuberculosis Day |
| April | |
| 2nd Apr | World Autism Awareness Day |
| 5th Apr | National Maritime Day (India) |
| 7th Apr | World Health Day |
| 14th Apr | Cultural Unity Day (recognized by India, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Bangladesh, and Nepal) National Law Day (India) |
| 17th Apr | World Haemophilia Day |
| 18th Apr | World Heritage Day |
| 21st Apr | Civil Services Day (India) |
| 22nd Apr | Earth Day |
| 25th Apr | World Malaria DayNational Administrative Professionals Day |
| 26th Apr | World Intellectual Property Day |
| May | |
| 1st May | Labour Day |
| 2nd May | International Astronomy Day |
| 3rd May | World Solar Energy Day World Asthma Day |
| 8th May | World Red Cross & Red Crescent Day |
| 9th May | World Thalassemia Day |
| 10th May | World Mother Day |
| 11th May | National Technology Day (India) |
| 12th May | World Migratory Bird Day |
| 13th May | International Criminal Court Day |
| 17th May | World Telecommunication Day World Information Society Day |
| 18th May | International Museum Day |
| 19th May | World Hepatitis Day |
| 20th May | World Metrology Day |
| 21st May | World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development Anti-Terrorism Day |
| 22nd May | International Day for Biological Diversity |
| 24th May | Commonwealth Day |
| 29thMay | International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers International Mount Everest Day (Chosen by Nepal) |
| 31st May | World Anti-Tobacco Day |
| June | |
| 1st Jun | International Children’s Day |
| 4th Jun | International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression |
| 5th Jun | World Environment Day |
| 6th Jun | Hunger Day |
| 8th Jun | World Ocean Day |
| 12th Jun | World Day Against Child Labour |
| 14th Jun | World Blood Donor Day |
| 15th Jun | World Elder Abuse Awareness Day |
| 16th Jun | International Integration Day |
| 17th Jun | World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought |
| 19th Jun | World Sickle Cell Day |
| 20th Jun | World Refugee Day |
| 21st Jun | World Music Day |
| 23th Jun | United Nations Public Service Day International Olympic Day |
| 26th Jun | International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking International Anti-Drugs DayInternational Day in Support of Victims of Torture |
| 3rd Sunday of June | International Father’s Day |
| July | |
| 1st Jul | Doctor’s Day |
| 2st Jul | World UFO DayWorld Sports Journalists Day |
| 7th Jul | International Cooperative Day |
| 11th Jul | World Population Day |
| 18th Jul | Mandela Day |
| 26th Jul | Kargil Memorial Day |
| 28th Jul | World Hepatitis DayWorld Nature Conservation Day |
| 29th Jul | International Tiger Day |
| 30th Jul | International Day of Friendship |
| August | |
| 1st Aug | Clergy Sexual Abuse Awareness Day |
| 6th Aug | Hiroshima Day Anti-Nuclear Day |
| 8th Aug | World Senior Citizen Day |
| 9th Aug | Nagasaki DayInternational Day of the World’s Indigenous People |
| 10th Aug | Dengue Prevention Day |
| 12th Aug | International Youth Day |
| 15th Aug | India’s Independence Day |
| 19th Aug | World Humanitarian Da |
| 20th Aug | World Mosquito Day |
| 23rd Aug | International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition |
| 29th Aug | National Sports Day (India) International Day against Nuclear Tests |
| September | |
| 2nd Sep | World Coconut Day |
| 4th Sep | Minority Welfare Day World Cerebral Palsy Day |
| 5th Sep | Teachers Day (India) |
| 8th Sep | International Literacy Day |
| 11th Sep | World First Aid Day |
| 12th Sep | United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation |
| 14th Sep | Hindi Day (India) |
| 15th Sep | International Day of Democracy |
| 16th Sep | World Ozone Day |
| 19th Sep | International Talk Like a Pirate Day |
| 21st Sep | International Day of Peace World Alzheimer’s DayBiosphere Day |
| 22nd Sep | World Rhino Day |
| 26th Sep | World Day Of The Deaf |
| 28th Sep | Right to Know Day |
| 30th Sep | Blasphemy Day |
| October | |
| 1st Oct | International Day of Older Persons |
| 2nd Oct | International Day of Non-Violence |
| Human Rights Protection DayWorld Animal Day | |
| 3rd Oct | World Nature Day |
| 4th Oct | World Animal Welfare Day |
| 5th Oct | World Teachers’ Day |
| 8th Oct | World Humanitarian Action Day |
| 10th Oct | National Post Day (India) |
| 13th Oct | World Day for Natural Disaster Reduction World Calamity Control Day |
| 15th Oct | International Day of Rural Women |
| 16th Oct | World Food Day |
| 17th Oct | International Day for the Eradication of Poverty |
| 20th Oct | International Day of the Air Traffic Controller |
| 24th Oct | United Nations DayWorld Development Information DayWorld Polio Day |
| 27th Oct | World Day for Audiovisual Heritage |
| 30th Oct | World Thrift Day |
| 31st Oct | National Integration Day (India) |
| November | |
| 6th Nov | International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict |
| 9th Nov | World Legal Services Day |
| 10th Nov | World Immunization Day |
| 12th Nov | World Pneumonia Day |
| 13th Nov | World Kindness Day |
| 14th Nov | Children’s Day (India) |
| 16th Nov | International Day for ToleranceWorld Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Day |
| 17th Nov | International Students Day |
| 19th Nov | International Journalist’s remembrance Day International Men’s Day |
| 20th Nov | Africa Industrialization Day Universal Children’s DayTransgender Day of Remembrance |
| 21st Nov | World Television Day World Fisheries Day |
| 25th Nov | International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women |
| 26th Nov | National Law Day (India) |
| 29th Nov | International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People |
| December | |
| 1st Dec | World Aids Day |
| 2nd Dec | International Day for the Abolition of Slavery |
| 3rd Dec | World Conservation Day |
| 4th Dec | Indian Navy Day |
| 5th Dec | International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development |
| 7th Dec | Indian Armed Force Flag Day, International Civil Aviation Day |
| 9th Dec | The International Day against Corruption |
| 10th Dec | Human Rights DayInternational Animal Rights Day |
| 11th Dec | International Mountain Day |
| 12th Dec | The International Day Of Heavy Metal |
| 14th Dec | National Energy Conservation Day (India) |
| 18th Dec | International Migrants Day |
| 20th Dec | International Human Solidarity Day |
| 23rd Dec | Farmers Day (India) |
| 29th Dec | International Biodiversity Day |
