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Jan12

Day
NationalYouthDay

Jan15

ArmyDay

Jan27

InternationalHolocaustDay

Jan30
Feb14
Feb28
Mar8

Martyr'sDay
St.Valentine'sDay
NationalScienceDay
InternationalWomen'sDay

Mar15

WorldConsumerDay

Apr7

WorldHealthDay

May1

InternationalWorker'sDay

May8

InternationalRedCrossDay

May11

NationalTechnologyDay

May21

AntiterrorismDay

Jun5
Jul11
Jul12

WorldEnvironmentDay
WorldPopulationDay
MalalaDay

Remarks
BirthdayofSwamiVivekananda
FieldMarshallK.M.Cariappatookoverthe
commandofArmyonthisdayin1949fromthe
British.
ThelargestNazideathcamp,AuschwitzBirkenau,
wasliberatedbySoviettroopsonJan27,1945.
MartyrdomdayofMahatmaGandhi

PresidentJohnFKennedyformallyaddressedthe
issueofconsumerrightsonthisdayin1963.
WHOwasformedonthisdayin1948,butthefirst
WorldHealthDaywasobservedin1950.

JHDunant,themanbehindRedCrosswasonthis
dayin1828.
NucleartestsatPokhrancarriedoutin1998onthis
day.
FormerPMShriRajivGandhiwasassassinatedon
thisdayin1991.

Inspiredby5BillionDayin1987
BirthdayofMalalaYousafzai

Aug6
Aug9

HiroshimaDay
AugustKrantiDiwas

BombingofHiroshimaon6Aug,1945
LaunchofQuitIndiaMovementin1942

Aug20

SadbhawnaDiwas

BirthdayofShriRajivGandhi(1944)

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Aug20
Aug29
Sep5
Sep8

SadbhawnaDiwas
NationalSportsDay
Teacher'sDay
InternationalLiteracyDay

Sep14

HindiDiwas

Sep27

WorldTourismDay

Oct2
Oct8

InternationalNonviolenceDay
IndianAirForceDay

Oct24

UnitedNationsDay

Oct31

RashtriyaEktaDiwas

Nov11

NationalEducationDay

Nov14
Nov19
Dec1
Dec4
Dec7

Children'sDay
NationalIntegrationDay
WorldAIDSDay
NavyDay
ArmedForcesFlagDay

Dec10

HumanRights'Day

Dec16

VijayDiwas

Dec18

MinoritiesRightsDay

Dec24
Jan25

NationalConsumers'Day
NationalVoters'Day

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BirthdayofShriRajivGandhi(1944)
BirthdayofShriDhyanchand(1905)
BirthdayofDr.Radhakrishanan(1888)

HindiaccordedtheOfficiallanguagestatusbythe
ConstituentAssemblyonthisdayin1949.
StatutesofUnitedNationsWorldTourism
Organisationadoptedonthisdayin1980.
BirthdayofMahatmaGandhi(1869)
IAFwasofficiallyestablishedonthisdayin1932.
CharteroftheUnitedNationscameintoforceon
thisdayin1945.
BirthAnniversaryofSardarVallabhbhaiPatel
BirthdayofShriMaulanaAbulKalamAzad
(1888),thefirstEducationMinisterofIndia.
BirthdayofShriJawaharlalNehru(1889)
MartyrdomofSmtIndiraGandhi(1984)

UniversalDeclarationofHumanRightswas
proclaimedandadoptedonthisdayin1948.
MarksIndia'svictoryoverPakistanintheIndoPak
warin1971.
UnitedNationsadoptedandpromulgatedthe
DeclarationontheRightsofPersonsbelongingto
NationalorEthnic,ReligiousandLinguistic
Minoritiesonthisdayin1992.

Witheffectfrom2011

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