January 9 January 10 January 12 January 15 January 26 January 30

NRI Day World Laughter Day National Youth Day Army Day India's Republic Day, International Customs Day Martyrs' Day; World Leprosy Eradication Day

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

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

March 24

World TB Day

April 5 International Day for Mine Awareness; 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 July 6 Doctor's Day World Zoonoses Day

July 11 World Population Day August 3 August 6 August 8 Internatioal Friendship Day Hiroshima Day World Senior Citizen's Day

August 9 August 15 August 18 August 19 August 29 September 2 September 5 September 8

Quit India Day, Nagasaki Day Indian Independence Day IntI. Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples Photography Day National Sports Day Coconut Day Teachers' Day; Sanskrit Day 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 22 Rose Day (Welfare of cancer patients) September 26 Day of the Deaf September 27 World Tourism Day October 1 October 2 October 3 October 4 October 8 October 9 October 10 International Day for the Elderly Gandhi Jayanthi World Habitat Day World Animal Welfare Day Indian Air Force Day World Post Office Day National Post Day

October 2nd Thursday World Sight Day October 13 October 14 October 15 UN International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction World Standards Day World White Cane Day (guiding the blind)

October 16 October 24 October 30 November 9 November 14 November 17 November 20 November 29 December 1 December 3 December 4 December 7 December 10 December 18 December 23

World Food Day UN Day; World Development Information Day World Thrift Day Legal Services Day Children's Day; Diabetes Day National Epilepsy Day Africa Industrialisation Day International Day of Solidarity with Palestinian People World AIDS Day World Day of the Handicapped Indian Navy Day Indian Armed Forces Flag Day Human Rights Day; IntI. Children's Day of Broadcasting Minorities Rights Day (India) Kisan Divas (Farmer's Day) (India)