Calendar Special Day and Dates

JANUARY

1 January
Global Family Day
9 January
NRI Day
4 January
World Braille Day

10 January

World Hindi Day

12 January

National Youth Day

14 January

Makar Sankranti

15 January

Army Day, Pongal, Bihu, Lohri

23 January

Netaji Subash Chandra Bose Jayanti

24 January
International Day of Education

National Girl Child Day

25 January

National Voters Day

National Tourism Day

26 January
India’s Republic Day

International Customs Day

27 January
International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust

30 January

Martyrs’ Day

January (LAST SUNDAY)

World Leprosy Eradication Day

FEBRUARY

2 February
World Wetlands Day
4 February
World Cancer Day

5 February

Safe Internet Day (second day of the second week of February)

6 February
International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation

10 February
World Pulses Day

National De-worming Day

11 February
International Day of Women and Girls in Science

12 February

National Productivity Day

13 February
World Radio Day

14 February
Valentines Day

20 February
World Day of Social Justice

21 February
International Mother Language Day

24 February

Central Excise Day

27 February

World NGO Day

28 February

National Science Day

Rare Disease Day

29 February

Leap Year

MARCH

1 March
Zero Discrimination Day [UNAIDS]

World Civil Defense Day

3 March
World Wildlife Day

4 March

National Security Day

8 March
International Women's Day

World Kidney Day (2nd Wednesday in March)

13 March
No Smoking Day (2nd Wednesday in March)
14 March
International Day of Action of Action for Rivers
Pi Day
17 March
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s Birth Anniversary
20 March
International Day of Happiness

French Language Day (French)

21 March
International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

World Poetry Day (UNESCO)

International Day of Nowruz

World Down Syndrome Day

International Day of Forests

World Forest Day

22 March
World Water Day

Bihar Day

23 March
World Meteorological Day [WMO]

24 March

World Tuberculosis Day [WHO]

International Day for the Right to the Truth concerning Gross Human Rights Violations and for the Dignity
of Victims

25 March
International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade

International Day of Solidarity with Detained and Missing Staff Members

26 March

Independence Day of Bangladesh

27 March

World Theater Day

APRIL

1 April
Utkal Diwas
2 April
World Autism Awareness Day

7 April
International Day of Reflection on the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda

World Health Day [WHO]

10 April

World Homeopathy Day

11 April

National Safe Motherhood Day

National Pet Day

12 April
International Day of Human Space Flight

13 April

Jallianwala Bagh Massacre

14 April

Pahela Baishakh

17 April

World Hemophilia Day

18 April
World Heritage Day

19 April

World Liver Day

20 April
Chinese Language Day (Chinese)

21 April
World Creativity and Innovation Day

Secretaries’ Day (civil service day)

22 April
International Mother Earth Day

23 April
World Book and Copyright Day (UNESCO)

English Language Day

Spanish Language Day (Spanish)

24 April
International Day of Multilateralism and Diplomacy for Peace

National Panchayati Day

25 April
International Delegate’s Day (starting in 2020)

World Malaria Day [WHO]

International Girls in ICT Day [ITU]

26 April
International Chernobyl Disaster Remembrance Day

World Intellectual Property Day [WIPO]

28 April

World Day for Safety and Health at Work

World Veterinary Day

30 April
International Jazz Day (UNESCO)

Ayushman Bharat Diwas

MAY

May

World Laughter Day (first Sunday)

World Asthma Day (first Tuesday)

Mother’s Day (second Sunday)

1 May

Labor Day

2 May
World Tuna Day

3 May
World Press Freedom Day (UNESCO)

4 May

Coal Miners day

International Fire Fighters Day

7 May

Rabindranath Tagore (born)

World Athletic Day

8 May

Time of Remembrance and Reconciliation for Those Who Lost Their Lives During the Second World War

World Red Cross Day

World Thalassemia Day

9 May
Time of Remembrance and Reconciliation for Those Who Lost Their Lives During the Second World War
11 May (second Saturday of May)
World Migratory Bird Day [UNEP]

National technology day

12 May

International Nurse day

15 May
International Day of Families

16 May
International Day of Living Together in Peace

International Day of Light [UNESCO]

17 May
World Telecommunication and Information Society Day

"Vesak", the Day of the Full Moon

18 May

World AIDS Vaccine Day

International Museum Day

20 May
World Bee Day

21 May

World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development

National anti-terrorism day

22 May
International Day for Biological Diversity

23 May
International Day to End Obstetric Fistula

24 May

Commonwealth Day
25 May

Kazi Nazrul Islam (born)

29 May
International Day of UN Peacekeepers

31 May
World No-Tobacco Day [WHO]

JUNE

1 June
Global Day of Parents

World milk day

3 June
World Bicycle Day

4 June
International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression

5 June
World Environment Day

5 June
International Day for the Fight against Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing

6 June
Russian Language Day (Russian)

7 June
World Food Safety Day
8 June
World Oceans Day

World brain tumor day

12 June
World Day Against Child Laboure

13 June
International Albinism Awareness Day

14 June
World Blood Donor Day [WHO]

15 June
World Elder Abuse Awareness Day

World wind day

16 June
International Day of Family Remittances

17 June
World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought

18 June
Sustainable Gastronomy Day

19 June
International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict

20 June
World Refugee Day

21 June
International Day of Yoga

World music day

World hydrography day

International Day of the Celebration of the Solstice

23 June
United Nations Public Service Day

International Olympics day

International Widows' Day

25 June
Day of the Seafarer [IMO]

26 June
International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking

26 June
United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture

International day against drug abuse and illicit trafficking

27 June
Micro-, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Day

29 June
International Day of the Tropics

30 June
International Asteroid Day

30 June
International Day of Parliamentarism

JULY

1 July
Doctor’s Day
6 July (first Saturday in July)
International Day of Cooperatives

World Zoonoses Day

11 July
World Population Day (UNDP)

15 July
World Youth Skills Day

17 July

World day for international justice

18 July
Nelson Mandela International Day

19 July

Humuyan Ahmed (death)

28 July
World Hepatitis Day [WHO]

30 July
International Day of Friendship

30 July
World Day against Trafficking in Persons

AUGUST

August (first Sunday)

International friendship day

6 August

Hiroshima Day

7 August

Rabindranath Tagore (death)

9 August
International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples

Quit India Day

Nagasaki Day

12 August
International Youth Day

15 August

National Mourning Day

Indian Independence Day

19 August
World Humanitarian Day

Photography Day

21 August
International Day of Remembrance and Tribute to the Victims of Terrorism
22 August
International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief

23 August
International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and Its Abolition [UNESCO]

29 August
Kazi Nazrul Islam (Death)

International Day against Nuclear Tests

National Sports day

30 August
International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances

September

2 September
Coconut Day
5 September
International Day of Charity

8 September
International Literacy Day (UNESCO)

10 September
World Suicide Prevention Day [WHO]

12 September
United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation

14 September

Hind Diwas

15 September
International Day of Democracy
Engineers’ Day
16 September
International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer

21 September
International Day of Peace
22 September

Rose day (welfare of cancer patients)

23 September
International Day of Sign Languages

26 September

International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons

World Maritime Day (last Thursday of September)

27 September
World Tourism Day

World Tourism Day

28 September
International Day for Universal Access to Information [UNESCO]

World Rabies Day [WHO]

29 September
World Heart Day
30 September
International Translation Day

September (LAST SUNDAY OF SEPTEMBER)

World river day

OCTOBER

1 October
International Day of Older Persons

2 October
International Day of Non-Violence

4 October

World Animal Day

5 October
World Teachers’ Day [UNESCO]
7 October (first Monday in October)
World Habitat Day

9 October
World Post Day

10 October
World Mental Health Day [WHO]

National Post Day

11 October
International Day of the Girl Child

12 October (second Saturday of October)

World Migratory Bird Day [UNEP]

13 October
International Day for Disaster Reduction

14 October

World Standards Day

15 October
International Day of Rural Women

World student’s day

World cane day (guiding the blind)

16 October
World Food Day [FAO]

17 October
International Day for the Eradication of Poverty

20 October (every five years, beginning in 2010)

World Statistics Day

24 October
United Nations Day

World Development Information Day

26 October
Dussehra

27 October
World Day for Audiovisual Heritage (UNESCO)

30 October

World thrift Day

31 October
World Cities Day

NOVEMBER

2 November
International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists

5 November
World Tsunami Awareness Day

6 November
International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict

7 November

National cancer awareness day

9 November

Legal service day

10 November
World Science Day for Peace and Development (UNESCO)

13 November

Humayun Ahmed (born)

14 November
World Diabetes Day

Children’s day

16 November
International Day for Tolerance (UNESCO)

17 November
World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims (third Sunday in November)
National epilepsy day

19 November
World Toilet Day

20 November
Africa Industrialization Day

20 November
Universal Children’s Day

21 November
World Television Day

World Philosophy Day (UNESCO) [third Thursday in November]

25 November
International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women

29 November
International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People

30 November
Day of Remembrance for all Victims of Chemical Warfare

DECEMBER

1 December
World AIDS Day

2 December
International Day for the Abolition of Slavery

National pollution control

3 December
International Day of Persons with Disabilities

5 December
International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development

World Soil Day

7 December
International Civil Aviation Day

9 December
International Day of Commemoration and Dignity of the Victims of the Crime of Genocide and of the
Prevention of this Crime

International Anti-Corruption Day

10 December
Human Rights Day

International children’s day of broadcasting

11 December
International Mountain Day

12 December
International Day of Neutrality

International Universal Health Coverage Day

11 December

International mountain day

14 December

Martyred Intellectuals Day

World energy conservation day

16 December

Victory Day

Vijay Diwas

18 December
International Migrants Day
Arabic Language Day (Arabic)

20 December
International Human Solidarity Day

22 December
National mathematics day

24 December

National consumers day

25 December

Christmas day

31 December

New Year’s Eve in Bangladesh

Source
United Nations
https://www.un.org/en/sections/observances/international-days/

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