LIST OF IMPORTANT DAYS ********************* January 9 NRI Day January 10 World Laughter Day January 12 National Youth Day

January 15 Army Day January 26 India's Republic Day, International Customs Day January 30 Martyrs' Day; World Leprosy Eradication Day 2nd Sunday of February World Marriage Day February 24 Central Excise Day February 28 National Science Day Second Monday March Commonwealth Day March 8 International Women's Day; Intl. literacy Day March 15 World Disabled Day; World Consumer Rights Day March 18 Ordnance Factories Day (India) March 21 World Forestry Day; International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination March 22 World Day for Water March 23 World Meteorological Day March 24 World TB Day April April April April April April April May May May May May May May May May May May May 5 National Maritime Day 7 World Health Day 17 World Haemophilia Day 18 World Heritage Day 21 Secretaries' Day 22 Earth Day 23 World Book and Copyright Day 1 Workers' Day (International Labour Day) 3 Press Freedom Day; World Asthma Day 2nd Sunday Mother's Day 4 Coal Miners' Day 8 World Red Cross Day 9 World Thalassaemia Day 11 National Technology Day 12 World Hypertension Day; International Nurses Day 15 International Day of the Family 17 World Telecommunication Day 24 Commonwealth Day 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 Doctor's Day July 6 World Zoonoses Day July 11 World Population Day August August August August August August August August August August 3 Internatioal Friendship Day 6 Hiroshima Day 8 World Senior Citizen's Day 9 Quit India Day, Nagasaki Day 15 Indian Independence Day 18 International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples 19 Photography Day 29 National Sports Day 19 Photography Day 29 National Sports Day 2 Coconut Day 5 Teachers' Day; Sanskrit Day 8 World Literacy Day (UNESCO) 15 Engineers' Day 16 World Ozone Day 21 Alzheimer's Day; Day for Peace & Non-violence (UN) 26 Day of the Deaf 27 World Tourism Day

September September September September September September September September October October October October October October October October October October October October October October

1 International Day for the Elderly 2 Gandhi Jayanthi 3 World Habitat Day 4 World Animal Welfare Day 8 Indian Air Force Day 9 World Post Office Day 10 National Post Day 2nd Thursday World Sight Day 13 UN International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction 14 World Standards Day 15 World White Cane Day (guiding the blind) 16 World Food Day 24 UN Day; World Development Information Day 30 World Thrift Day 9 Legal Services Day 14 Children's Day; Diabetes Day 17 National Epilepsy Day 20 Africa Industrialization Day

November November November November

November 29 International Day of Solidarity with Palestinian People December December December December December December December 1 World AIDS Day 3 World Day of the Handicapped 4 Indian Navy Day 7 Indian Armed Forces Flag Day 10 Human Rights Day 18 Minorities Rights Day (India) 23 Kisan Divas (Farmer's Day) (India)