If you are preparing for competitive exams like NDA, CDS, AFCAT, INET, TA, UPSC or even RRB, SSC CGL, etc. You will face a few questions from the list of important days. Such questions are coming in the competitive exams frequently and in this article, we are going to mention the monthwise important days with the date.
So, to prepare well for the competitive exam, you must remember the important days, months and dates. The list of important days will help you prepare for the exam so that you can face the questions from important days of both National and International i.e. India and World.
January Important Days 2020
List of Important Days and Events for the month of January 2020
Dates / Days | Event/ Occasion |
1st January | Global Family Day |
4th January | World Braille Day |
9th January | NRI Day (Pravasi Bharatiya Divas) |
10th January | World Hindi Day |
12th January | National Youth Day |
13th January | Guru Gobind Singh Jayanti |
15th January | Indian Army Day |
23rd January | Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Jayanti |
24th January | National Girl Child Day |
25th January | National Voters Day National Tourism Day |
26th January | India’s Republic Day, International Customs Day |
27th January | International Day of Commemoration (Holocaust Remembrance & Education) |
January(Last Sunday) | World Leprosy Day |
30th January | Martyrs’ Day |
February Important Days 2020
List of Important Days and Events for the month of February 2020
Dates & Days | Event |
1st February | Kalpana Chawla’s Death Anniversary |
2nd February | World Wetlands Day |
4th February | World Cancer Day |
6th February | International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation |
7th February | Safer Internet Day (second day of second week of February) |
10th February | World Pulses Day National De-worming Day |
11th February | International day of women and girls in science Thomas Edison’s Birth Anniversary |
12th February | International Darwin Day National Productivity Day |
13th February | World Radio Day National Women’s Day |
14th February | Valentine Day |
20th February | World Day of Social Justice |
21st February | International Mother Language Day |
24th February | Central Excise Day |
28th February | National Science Day |
March Important Days 2020
List of Important Days and Events for the month of March 2020
Dates & Days | Event |
1st March | Zero Discrimination Day World Civil Defense Day |
3rd March | World Wildlife Day, National Defense Day |
4th March | National Security Day |
8th March | International Women’s Day World Kidney Day |
10th March | CISF Raising Day |
11th March | Commonwealth Day |
15th March | World Consumer Rights Day |
16th March | National Vaccination Day |
18th March | Ordnance Factories Day Global Recycling Day |
20th March | World Happiness Day World Sparrow Day |
21st March | World Forestry Day, International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination World Down Syndrome Day |
22nd March | World Water Day |
23rd March | World Meteorological Day |
24th March | World TB Day |
25th March | International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade |
27th March | World Theatre Day |
April Important Days 2020
List of Important Days and Events for the month of April 2020
Dates / Days | Event / Occasion |
1st April | Prevention of Blindness Week |
2nd April | World Autism Awareness Day |
4th April | International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine action |
5th April | National Maritime Day |
7th April | World Health Day, Handloom Week |
8th April | World Tradition Day |
10th April | World Homeopathy Day |
11th April | National Safe Motherhood Day |
17th April | World Hemophilia Day |
18th April | World Heritage Day |
21st April | Secretaries’ Day |
22nd April | International Earth Day |
23rd April | World Book & Copyright Day |
24th April | National Panchayati Day |
29th April | International Dance Day |
May Important Days 2020
List of Important Days and Events for the month of May 2020
Dates / Days | Event / Occasion |
1st May | International Labor Day, Maharashtra Day |
3rd May | Press Freedom Day |
1st (Sunday) | World Laughter Day |
1st (Tuesday) | World Asthma Day |
2nd (Sunday) | Mother’s Day |
4th May | Coal Miners’ Day, International Firefighters Day |
7th May | World Athletics Day |
8th May | World Red Cross Day, Mother’s Day |
8th May | World Thalassaemia Day |
11th May | National Technology Day |
12th May | International Nurses Day |
15th May | International Day of Family |
17th May | World Telecommunication Day, World Hypertension Day |
18th May | World AIDS Vaccine Day |
22nd May | International Day for Biological Diversity |
24th May | National Commonwealth Day |
31st May | Anti-tobacco Day |
June Important Days 2020
List of Important Days and Events for the month of June 2020
Dates / Days | Event / Occasion |
1st June | World Milk Day |
4th June | International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression |
5th June | World Environment Day |
8th June | World Ocean Day |
(3rd Sunday) June | Father’s Day |
12th June | Anti-Child Labor Day |
14th June | World Blood Donor Day |
20th June | World Refugee Day |
21st June | International Yoga Day |
26th June | International Day against Drug Abuse & Illicit Trafficking |
July Important Days 2020
List of Important Days and Events for the month of July 2020
Dates / Days | Event / Occasion |
1st July | Doctor’s Day |
6th July | World Zoonoses Day |
11th July | World Population Day |
17th July | International Nelson Mandela Day |
28th July | World Nature Conservation Day |
August Important Days 2020
List of Important Days and Events for the month of August 2020
Dates / Days | Event / Occasion |
1st – 7th August | World Breastfeeding Week |
(1st Sunday) August | International Friendship Day |
6th August | Hiroshima Day |
9th August | Quit India Day International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples |
11th August | National Daughter’s Day |
13th August | Organ Donation Day |
15th August | Indian Independence Day |
19th August | Photography Day |
21st August | World Senior Citizen’s Day |
29th August | National Sports Day |
September Important Days 2020
List of Important Days and Events for the month of September 2020
Dates / Days | Event / Occasion |
1st September | National Nutrition Week |
2nd September | World Coconut Day |
5th September | Teachers’ Day |
8th September | International Literacy Day |
15th September | Engineers’ Day |
16th September | World Ozone Day |
21st September | Alzheimer’s Day |
22nd September | Rose Day (Welfare of Cancer patients) |
(Last Saturday) September | World Rivers Day |
26th September | World Contraception Day |
27th September | World Tourism Day |
29th September | World Heart Day |
October Important Days 2020
List of Important Days and Events for the month of October 2020
Dates / Days | Event / Occasion |
1st October | International Day for the Elderly |
2nd October | Gandhi Jayanthi, International Day of Non-Violence |
(1st Monday) October | World Habitat Day |
4th October | World Animal Welfare Day |
8th October | Indian Air Force Day |
9th October | World Post Office Day |
10th October | World Mental Health Day, National Post Day |
10th October | World Sight Day |
11th October | International Day of the Girl Child |
13th October | International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction |
14th October | World Standards Day |
15th October | World Students Day, World White Cane Day |
16th October | World Food Day |
24th October | World Development Information Day, UN Day |
30th October | World Thrift Day |
November Important Days 2020
List of Important Days and Events for the month of November 2020
Dates / Days | Event / Occasion |
5th November | World Tsunami Day National Ayurveda Day |
7th November | National Cancer Awareness Day |
9th November | Legal Services Day |
11th November | National Education Day |
14th November | Children’s Day, Diabetes Day |
17th November | National Epilepsy Day |
20th November | Africa Industrialisation Day |
21st November | World Television Day |
29th November | International Day of Solidarity with Palestinian People |
December Important Days 2020
List of Important Days and Events for the month of December 2020
Dates & Days | Event |
1st December | World AIDS Day |
2nd December | National Pollution Control |
3rd December | World Day of Handicapped |
4th December | Indian Navy Day |
7th December | Indian Armed Forces Flag Day |
10th December | Human Rights Day |
11th December | International Mountain Day |
14th December | World Energy Conservation Day |
16th December | Vijay Diwas |
18th December | Minorities Rights Day |
22nd December | National Mathematics Day |
23rd December | Kisan Divas |
24th December | National Consumers Day |
25th December | Christmas |
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International Nelson Mandela day is celebrated on 18th July not on 17th July please correct it.