Important Days and Dates – 2019

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Important Days in January, February & March

Date	Day	Theme / Remarks
1st Jan	DRDO Day	DRDO was established in 1958
4th Jan	UN World Braille day	Braille was the inventor of Braille script
10th Jan	World Hindi day	1st World Hindi Conference was held in Nagpur 10th Jan 1975
12th Jan	National Youth Day	Theme - Youth and Nation Building
15th Jan	Army Day
21st Jan	Statehood day of Manipur Meghalaya Tripura	Became full-fledged states in 1972
24th Jan	National Girl Child Day	Theme - Empowering Girls for a Brighter Tomorrow
25th Jan	National Voters’ Day	Theme - No Voter to be left behind Election Commission established in 25th Jan 1950
30th Jan	Anti-Leprosy Day	Awareness Campaign ‘Sparsh’
2nd Feb	World Wetlands Day	Theme - Wetlands and Climate Change
4th Feb	World Cancer day	3 years (2019-21) campaign Theme - I Am and I Will
6th Feb	Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation
10th Feb	World Pulses Day	1st time in 2019 by UN
13th Feb	World Radio Day
20th Feb	UN World Day of Social Justice
21st Feb	UN World Day of Social Justice	Theme - Indigenous Languages as a factor in development, peace and reconciliation
28th Feb	National Science Day	Theme - Science for the People and the People for Science
1st Mar	UN Zero Discrimination Day
3rd Mar	UN World Wildlife Day	Theme - Life Below Water: For people and planet
8th Mar	International Women's Day	Theme - Think Equal, Build Smart, Innovate for Change
14th Mar	World Kidney Day
15th Mar	World Consumer Rights Day	Theme - Trusted Smart Products
20th Mar	World Happiness Day
21th Mar	UN International Day of Forests
22nd Mar	World Water Day
23rd Mar	UN World Meteorological Day	Theme - The Sun, the Earth and the Weather
24th Mar	World Tuberculosis Day	Theme - It's time
27th Mar	World Theatre Day

 

Important Days in April, May & June

Date	Day	Theme / Remarks
1st April	Utkal Divas	Foundation day of Odisha province in 1936 Odisha was the 1st State to be formed on linguistic basis
5th April	National Maritime Day	Theme - Indian Ocean-An Ocean of opportunity
6th April	(UN) International Day of Sport for Development and Peace	Olympics Started every 4 year in this date
7th April	World Health Day	Theme - Universal Health Coverage: everyone, everywhere
17th April	World Hemophilia Day
18th April	World Heritage Day	Theme - Rural Landscapes
21st April	Civil Service Day
22nd April	Earth Day	Theme - Protect our species
24th April	National Panchayati Raj Diwas
25th April	World Malaria Day
26th April	World Intellectual Property Day
30th April	Ayushman Bharat Diwas
1st May	International Labour Day	Theme - Sustainable Pension for all : The Role of Social Partners
1st May	Foundation day of Gujarat & Maharashtra	In 1960, Gujarat & Maharashtra were formed from Bombay state.
3rd May	World Press Freedom Day	Theme - Media for Democracy : Journalism and Elections in Times of Disinformation
8th May	World Red Cross Day
11th May	National Technology Day	India successfully tested nuclear bombs (Shakti-I) in Pokhran, in 1998.
11th May	World Migratory Bird Day
15th May	International Day of Families	Theme - Families and Climate Action: Focus on SDG13
16th May	National Dengue Day
17th May	World Telecommunication and Information Society Day	Theme - Bridging the standardization gap
21st May	Anti -Terrorism Day
22nd May	International Bio-diversity Day
30th May	Statehood Day of Goa	In 1987, Goa became India's 25th state
31st May	World No-Tobacco Day
2nd June	Statehood Day of Telangana	Telangana was formed in 2014
5th June	World Environment Day	Theme - Beat Air Pollution China is the global host nation
7th June	World Food Safety Day	Theme - Food Safety, everyone's business
8th June	World Oceans Day
12th June	Day Against Child Labour
14th June	World Blood Donor Day
17th June	World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought	Theme - Let’s Grow the Future Together
19th June	Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence
20th June	World Refugee Day
21st June	International Day of Yoga	Theme - Climate Action
23th June	International Olympic Day
23th June	UN Public Service Day
26th June	UN International Day Against Drug Abuse
29th June	National Statistics Day	Theme - Sustainable Development Goals
30th June	World Social Media Day
30th June	International Asteroid Day

 

Important Days in July, August & September

Date	Day	Theme / Remarks
1st July	National Doctors’ Day	Birth & Death anniversary of Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy
11th July	World Population Day	Theme - Family planning is a human right
17th July	Day for International Justice
18th July	Nelson Mandela International Day
23th July	National Broadcasting day
26th July	Kargil Vijay Diwas
28th July	World Hepatitis Day
29th July	International Tiger Day
30th July	World Day against Trafficking in Persons
1-7th Aug	World Breastfeeding Week
6th Aug	Hiroshima Day
7th Aug	National Handloom Day
8th Aug	Kranti Diwas (Quit India Movement Day)
9th Aug	International Day of the World's Indigenous People	Theme - Indigenous Languages
10th Aug	World Biofuel Day
12th Aug	World Elephant Day
14th Aug	Kanyashree Day
19th Aug	World Humanitarian Day
21th Aug	World Senior Citizen's Day
26th Aug	Sanskrit Divas - Shravan Purnima
29th Aug	National Sports Day	Birth anniversary of Dhyan Chand
29th Aug	International Day against Nuclear Tests
5th Sept	Teachers' Day	Birthday of Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
8th Sept	International Literacy Day	Theme - Literacy and Multilingualism
12th Sept	International Day for South-South Cooperation
14th Sept	Hindi Diwas
15th Sept	National Engineers Day	Birthday of M. Visvesvarayya
15th Sept	International Day of Democracy
16th Sept	Ozone Day
18th Sept	World Bamboo Day
21st Sept	U.N. Peace Day	Theme - Climate Action for Peace
23st Sept	International Day of Sign Languages
27st Sept	World Tourism Day
29st Sept	World Heart Day

 

Important Days in October, November & December

Date	Day	Theme / Remarks
4th Oct	World Animal Welfare Day
8th Oct	Indian Air Force Day
11th Oct	International Day of The Girl Child
16th Oct	World Food Day
24th Oct	UN Day
5th Nov	National Ayurveda Day
5th Nov	World Tsunami Awareness Day
11th Nov	National Education Day
14th Nov	Rosogolla Day
14th Nov	World Diabetes Day
19th Nov	World Toilet Day
25th Nov	Elimination of Violence against Women
26th Nov	Indian Constitution Day
4th Sunday Nov	NCC Day
1st Dec	World AIDS Day
2nd Dec	International Day for the Abolition of Slavery
3rd Dec	Day of Persons with Disabilities:
4th Dec	Indian Navy Day
10th Dec	Human Rights Day
23rd Dec	Kisan Diwas
25th Dec	Good Governance Day	Birth anniversary of Atal Bihari Vajpayee

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