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ImportantDays

Date Day RemarksJan12 NationalYouthDay BirthdayofSwamiVivekananda

Jan15 ArmyDayFieldMarshallK.M.CariappatookoverthecommandofArmyonthisdayin1949fromtheBritish.

Jan27 InternationalHolocaustDay ThelargestNazideathcamp,AuschwitzBirkenau,wasliberatedbySoviettroopsonJan27,1945.Jan30 Martyr'sDay MartyrdomdayofMahatmaGandhiFeb14 St.Valentine'sDay Feb28 NationalScienceDay Mar8 InternationalWomen'sDay

Mar15 WorldConsumerDay PresidentJohnFKennedyformallyaddressedtheissueofconsumerrightsonthisdayin1963.

Apr7 WorldHealthDay WHOwasformedonthisdayin1948,butthefirstWorldHealthDaywasobservedin1950.May1 InternationalWorker'sDay

May8 InternationalRedCrossDay JHDunant,themanbehindRedCrosswasonthisdayin1828.

May11 NationalTechnologyDay NucleartestsatPokhrancarriedoutin1998onthisday.

May21 AntiterrorismDay FormerPMShriRajivGandhiwasassassinatedonthisdayin1991.Jun5 WorldEnvironmentDay Jul11 WorldPopulationDay Inspiredby5BillionDayin1987Jul12 MalalaDay BirthdayofMalalaYousafzai

Aug6 HiroshimaDay BombingofHiroshimaon6Aug,1945Aug9 AugustKrantiDiwas LaunchofQuitIndiaMovementin1942

Aug20 SadbhawnaDiwas BirthdayofShriRajivGandhi(1944)

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Aug20 SadbhawnaDiwas BirthdayofShriRajivGandhi(1944)Aug29 NationalSportsDay BirthdayofShriDhyanchand(1905)Sep5 Teacher'sDay BirthdayofDr.Radhakrishanan(1888)Sep8 InternationalLiteracyDay

Sep14 HindiDiwas HindiaccordedtheOfficiallanguagestatusbytheConstituentAssemblyonthisdayin1949.

Sep27 WorldTourismDay StatutesofUnitedNationsWorldTourismOrganisationadoptedonthisdayin1980.Oct2 InternationalNonviolenceDay BirthdayofMahatmaGandhi(1869)Oct8 IndianAirForceDay IAFwasofficiallyestablishedonthisdayin1932.

Oct24 UnitedNationsDay CharteroftheUnitedNationscameintoforceonthisdayin1945.Oct31 RashtriyaEktaDiwas BirthAnniversaryofSardarVallabhbhaiPatel

Nov11 NationalEducationDay BirthdayofShriMaulanaAbulKalamAzad(1888),thefirstEducationMinisterofIndia.Nov14 Children'sDay BirthdayofShriJawaharlalNehru(1889)Nov19 NationalIntegrationDay MartyrdomofSmtIndiraGandhi(1984)Dec1 WorldAIDSDay Dec4 NavyDay Dec7 ArmedForcesFlagDay

Dec10 HumanRights'Day UniversalDeclarationofHumanRightswasproclaimedandadoptedonthisdayin1948.

Dec16 VijayDiwas MarksIndia'svictoryoverPakistanintheIndoPakwarin1971.

Dec18 MinoritiesRightsDay

UnitedNationsadoptedandpromulgatedtheDeclarationontheRightsofPersonsbelongingtoNationalorEthnic,ReligiousandLinguisticMinoritiesonthisdayin1992.

Dec24 NationalConsumers'Day Jan25 NationalVoters'Day Witheffectfrom2011