Important Days & Dates - General Awareness Study Material & Notes

General Awareness incorporates having knowledge of one’s surroundings as well as the non-so-evident trivia. Competitive exams are especially focused upon testing the knowledge the applicants for a variety of subjects. These exams see a flood of applications, therefore it becomes very important to make ourselves different and better than the rest. The list of important days and dates that occur in a year are being given here for the benefit of such candidates who wish to cover every aspect of exams. Since you will be getting questions based on this list in almost every exam of the country, you can at least be sure of marking one or two questions there.

We would advice you not to ignore this topic, because one mark difference is enough to cause a change in your final ranking in this age of severe competition. Hence, you should go through this list carefully to retain these important dates and days. We would also suggest you to bookmark this page for future reference and revision. Below mentioned important dates and days are sorted out according to their month of occurrence, in order to make things easy to remember and recall.

January:

January 1 – Global Family Day
January 12 – National Youth Day
January 15 – Army Day
January 23 – Birth anniversary of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose
January 26 – Republic Day
January 26 – International Customs day
January 28 – Birth anniversary of Lala Lajpat Rai
January 28 – Data Protection Day
January 30 – World Leprosy Eradication Day

February:

February 4 – World Cancer Day
February 5 – Kashmir Day
February 6 – International Day against Female Genital Mutilation
February 12 – Darwin Day ; World Day of the Sick
February 13 – National Women’s Day
February 14 – Valentine’s Day
February 20 – World Day of Social Justice
February 21 – International Mother Language Day
February 22 – World Scout Day
February 23 – World Peaces and Understanding Day

March:

March 4 – World Day of the Fight Against Sexual Exploitation
March 8 – International Womens’ Day
March 13 – World Kidney Day
March 13 – World Rotaract Day
March 15 – World Consumer Rights Day
March 20 – International Day of the Francophonie
March 20 – World Day of Theatre for Children and Young People
March 21 – World Sleep Day
March 21 – World Forestry Day
March 21 – International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.
March 22 – World Water Day
March 23 – World Meteorological Day
March 24 – World TB Day
March 24 – International Day for Achievers
March 25 – International Day of Remembrance – Victims of Slavery and Transatlantic Slave Trade
March 27 – World Drama Day

April:

April 2 – World Austism Awareness Day
April 7 – World Health Day
April 17 – World Haemophilia Day
April 18 – World heritage Day
April 22 – Earth Day
April 23 – World Book and Copyright Day
April 25 – World Malaria Day
April 29 – International Dance Day

May:

May 1 – International Labour day
May 3 – Press Freedom Day
May 4 – Coal Miners day
May 8 – World Red Cross day
May 9 – – Victory Day
May 11 – National Technology Day
May 12 – International Nurses day
May 14 – World Migratory day
May 15 – International Day of the Family
May 17 – World Information Society Day
May 21 – Anti-Terrorism Day
May 22 – Global Biodiversity Day
May 31 – World No Tobacco Day

June:

June 4 – International day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression
June 5 – World Environment Day
June 7 – International Level Crossing Awareness Day
June 8 – World oceans Day
June 12 – World Day against Child Labour
June 14 – World Blood Donor day
June 17 – World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought
June 20 – World Refugee Day
June 23 – United Nations Public Service Day
June 23 – International widow’s day
June 26 – International Day against Drug Abuse and Ilicit Trafficking
June 27 – International Diabetes Day

July:

July 1 – National doctor’s Day
July 11 – World Population Day
July 12 – Malala Day
July 18 – Nelson Mandela International Day
July 28 – World Nature Conservation day
July 30 – International Day of Friendship

August:

August 9 – International day of the World’s Indigenous People
August 12 – International Youth Day
August 15 – Independence Day
August 23 – Internatinal Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition
August 29 – National Sports Day ( Birthday of Dhyan Chand )

September:

September 5 – Teacher’s Day (Dr. Radhakrishnan’s Birth Day)
September 7 – Forgiveness Day
September 8 – International Literacy Day
September 14 – Hindi day,World First Aid Day
September 16 – World Ozone Day
September 21 – International Day of Peace, World Alzheimer’s day
September 25 – Social Justice Day
September 27 – World Tourism Day

October:

October 1 – International Day of Older Persons
October 2 – International day of Non-Violence
October 3 – World Nature Day, World Habitat Day
October 4 – World Animal Day
October 5 – World Teacher’s Day
October 8 – Indian Airforce Day
October 9 – World Post Day
October 11 – International Girl Child Day
October 12 – World Arthritis Day
October 14 – World Standards Day
October 15 – World Students Day
October 16 – World Food day
October 17 – International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
October 20 – World Statistics Day
October 24 – United Nations Day
October 31 – World Thrift Day

November:

November 1 – world Vegan Day
November 5 – World Radiography Day
November 9 – World Services Day
November 14 – Children’s Day ( Birth Anniversary of Jawaharlal Nehru )
November 16 – International Day for Endurance
November 17 – International students Day
November 17 – National Journalism Day
November 18 – World Adult Day
November 19 – World Citizen Day
November 20 – Universal Children’s Day
November 21 – World Television Day
November 21 – World Fisheries day
November 25 – World Non-veg Day
November 26 – Law Day
November 30 – Flag Day

December:

December 1 – World AIDS Day
December 2 – World Computer Literacy Day
December 2 – International Day for the Abolition of Slavery
December 3 – International Day of People with Disability
December 3 – World Conservation Day
December 4 – Navy Day
December 5 – International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development
December 6 – Ambedkar Remembrance Day ( Mahaparinirvana diwas)
December 7 – International Civil Aviation Day
December 9 – The International Day Against Corruption
December 10 – International Day of Broadcasting
December 10 – Human Rights Day
December 11 – International Mountain Day
December 14 – World Energy Day
December 18 – International Migrants Day
December 19 – Goa’s Liberation Day
December 20 – International Human Solidarity Day

We hope this compilation serves its purpose of keeping you updated and confident of the nuances of every competitive exam. If you have any updates about any days and dates that we should be included in this compilation of important days and dates, then please let us know in the comments below. We would love to hear from you.