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 5 International Day for Mine Awareness; National Maritime Day April 7 World Health Day April 17 World Haemophilia Day April 18 World Heritage Day April 21 Secretaries' Day April 22 Earth Day April 23 World Book and Copyright Day May 1 Workers' Day (International Labour Day) May 3 Press Freedom Day; World Asthma Day May 2nd Sunday Mother's Day May 4 Coal Miners' Day May 8 World Red Cross Day May 9 World Thalassaemia Day May 11 National Technology Day May 12 World Hypertension Day; International Nurses Day May 15 International Day of the Family May 17 World Telecommunication Day May 24 Commonwealth Day May 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 July 6 July 11 August 3 August 6 August 8 August 9 August 15 August 18 August 19 August 29 September 2 September 5 September 8 September 15 September 16 September 21 September 22 September 26 September 27 October 1 October 2 October 3 October 4 October 8 October 9 October 10 October 2nd Thursday October 13 October 14 October 15 October 16 October 24 October 30 November 9 November 14 November 17 November 20 November 29 December 1 December 3 December 4

Doctor's Day World Zoonoses Day World Population Day Internatioal Friendship Day Hiroshima Day World Senior Citizen's Day Quit India Day, Nagasaki Day Indian Independence Day IntI. Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples Photography Day National Sports Day Coconut Day Teachers' Day; Sanskrit Day World Literacy Day (UNESCO) Engineers' Day World Ozone Day Alzheimer's Day; Day for Peace & Non-violence (UN) Rose Day (Welfare of cancer patients) Day of the Deaf World Tourism Day International Day for the Elderly Gandhi Jayanthi World Habitat Day World Animal Welfare Day Indian Air Force Day World Post Office Day National Post Day World Sight Day UN International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction World Standards Day World White Cane Day (guiding the blind) World Food Day UN Day; World Development Information Day World Thrift Day Legal Services Day Children's Day; Diabetes Day National Epilepsy Day Africa Industrialisation Day International Day of Solidarity with Palestinian People World AIDS Day World Day of the Handicapped Indian Navy Day

December 7 December 10 December 18 December 23

Indian Armed Forces Flag Day Human Rights Day; IntI. Children's Day of Broadcasting Minorities Rights Day (India) Kisan Divas (Farmer's Day) (India)