Friday, January 16, 2015

India - National Days - Important Days


New Year’s Day                                                                                             
01
Birth Anniversary of Satyendranath Bose                                                             
01
Birth Anniversary of Guru Gobind Singh                                                            
02
Birth Anniversary of Louise Braille                                                                   
04
Road Safety Week                                                                                        
05
Tyagaraja Aradhana Utsavam                                                                      
10-15
Death Anniversary of Lal Bahadur Shastri                                                       
11
Birth Anniversary of Swami Vivekananda/National Youth Day                             
12
Animal Welfare Fortnight                                                                              
14-28
Army Day
Tiruvalluvar Day                                                                                                     
15
15 (16 in case of leap year)
Death Anniversary of K.L. Sahgal                                                                    
17
Death Anniversary of Mahadev Goving Ranade                                                
17
Meghalaya Day                                                                                               
21
Manipur Day                                                                                                   
21
Birth Anniversary of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose/ National Day of Patriotism                     
23
India Tourism Day                                                                                           
25
Himachal Statehood Day                                                                                 
25
Republic Day                                                                                                   
26
International Customs Day                                                                               
26
Birth Anniversary of Lala Lajpat Rai                                                                 
28
All India Handicrafts Week                                                                              
28/01-03/02
BasantPanchami/ Shri Panchami/ Saraswati Pooja                                                
29   
Martyrs’ Day/ Sarvodaya Day/ Anti Leprosy Day                                            
30


February

Anniversary of Non-Cooperation Movement                                                    
01
Oil Conservation Week                                                                                   
01-07
Birth Anniversary of Dr. Rajkumari Amrit Kaur                                    
02
Birth Anniversary of K.D. Singh Babu                                                  
02
Birth Anniversary of P.V. Sivaswami Iyer                                                         
07
Birth Anniversary of Guru Ravidas/ Birth Anniversary of Dr. Zakir Hussain                                
08
Birth Anniversary of Thomas Alva Edison                                                         
11
Birth Anniversary of C.F. Andrews                                                                  
12
Birth Anniversary of Sarojini Naidu                                                                  
13
Birth Anniversary of Sri Ramakrishna Paramahansa                                          
18
Birth Anniversary of Rafi Ahmed Kidwai                                                          
18
Arunachal Pradesh/ Mizoram Statehood Day                                                   
20
Maha Shivaratri                                                                                               
21
Death Anniversary of Kasturba Gandhi                                                
22
Death Anniversary of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad                                             
22
Martyrdom Day of Chandra Shekhar Azad                                                      
27
Blind Welfare Week                                                                                        
27/02-05/03
National Science Day                                                                                      
28
Union Budget Presentation Day                                                            
28


March

International Women’s Week                                                               
01-07
Birth Anniversary of Mahaprabhu Chaitanya                                         
02
National Safety Day                                                                                         
04
International Women’s Day                                                                              
08
Commonwealth Day                                                                                        
09
Dandi March Day                                                                                            
12
Consumer Rights Day                                                                                      
15
Immunisation Day                                                                                            
16
World Forestry Day                                                                                        
21
First Day of Indian National New Year of Saka 1923                         
22       
International day for Elimination of Racial Discrimination                                   
22
Birth Anniversary of Surya Sen                                                            
22
World Day for Water                                                                                      
22
Birth Anniversary of Dr.Ram Manohar Lohia                                        
23
World Meteorological Day                                                                              
23
Martyrdom Day of Shaheed Bhagat Singh                                                        
23
World TB Day                                                                                                
24
Death Anniversary of Ganesh Shanker Vidyarthi                                               
25


April

Utkal Diwas                                                                                                    
01
Prevention of Blindness Week                                                              
01-07
Ram Navami                                                                                                   
Muharram                                                                                                       
Birth Anniversary of Babu Jagjivan Ram/ Samata Diwas                                   
05       
National Maritime Day                                                                        
05
Mahavir Jayanti                                                                                               
06
World Health Day                                                                                           
07
Birth Anniversary of G.D. Birla                                                            
10
Jallianwala Bagh Day                                                                           
13
World Heritage Day                                                                                        
18
World Earth Day                                                                                             
22


May

International Labour Day/ Maharashtra Day                       
01
World Press Freedom Day                                                                              
03
Buddha Purnima                                                                                              
07
World Red Cross Day                                                                                     
08
Birth Anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore                                                        
09
Technology Day                                                                                              
11
World Telecommunication Day                                                            
17
Anti-Terrorism Day                                                                                        
21
Goa Statehood Day                                                                                         
30
World No-Tabacco Day                                                                                 
31

June

World Environment Day                                                                                  
05
Rath Yatra                                                                                                       
23
International Day against Drug Abuse                                                   
26


July

World Population Day                                                                         
11
Anniversary of Man’s Landing on the moon                                                      
20
Birth Anniversary of Chandra Shekhar Azad                                                    
23
Birth Anniversary of Munshi Premchand                                                           
31


 
World Breast-Feeding Week                                                                           
01-07
Hiroshima Day                                                                                     
06
Quit India Movement                                                                                      
09
Independence Day                                                                                           
15
Birth Anniversary of Rajiv Gandhi/ Sadbhavana Diwas                         
20
Parsi New Year                                                                                               
21
Ganesh Chaturthi                                                                                             
National Fortnight of Eyes Donation                                                                 
23/08-06/09
Birth Anniversary of Mother Teresa                                                                 
26
Birth Anniversary of Dhyan Chand                                                                   
29
Onam
National Nutrition Week                                                                                  
01-07
Birth Anniversary of Dr. S. Radhakirshnan/Teacher Day                                   
05
International Literacy Day                                                                                
08
Birth Anniversary of Bhartendu Harishchnadra                                      
09
Birth Anniversary of Govind Ballabh Pant                                                         
10
Birth Anniversary of Acharya Vinod Bhave                                                      
11
Hindu Diwas/Sanchayika Day                                                              
14
Dayanand Saraswati Jayati                                                                               
15
15
World Deaf Day                                                                                              
23
World Tourism Day                                                                                         
27
Birth Anniversary of Sardar Bhagat Singh                                                         
28
TB Seals Day                                                                                                  
30

Wild Life Week                                                                                               
01-07
Military Nursing Service Day                                                                           
01
International Day for Elderly People                                                                 
01
National Voluntary Blood Donation Day                                                          
01
Birth Anniversary of Dr. Annie Besant                                                  
01
Birth Anniversary of Harzarat Ali                                                                      
01
Gandhi Jayanthi/National Cleanliness Day                                                         
02
Birth Anniversary of Lal Bahadur Shastri                                                         
02
Anti-Untounchability Week                                                                              
02-08
World Habitat Day (Housing)                                                                          
05
Air Force Day                                                                                                 
08
World Post Day                                                                                              
09
Territorial Army Day                                                                                        
09
World Disaster Reduction Day                                                             
10
International Film Festival of India                                                                    
10-20
Family Welfare Fortnight                                                                                  
11-25
Birth Anniversary of Jai Prakash Narayan                                                         
11
World Standards Day                                                                                      
14
World Food Day                                                                                             
16
Birth Anniversary of S. Chandrashekar                                                 
19
Azad Hind Day                                                                                    
21
Global Iodine Deficiency Disorder Day                                                
 21
Maha Saptami
UN Day                                                                                                          
24
World Development Information Day                                                   
24
Maha Ashatmi
Dussehra (Vijay Dasami)
World Thrift Day                                                                                             
28
Birth Anniversary of Vallabhbhai Patel                                                  
31
Death Anniversary of India Gandhi/Anti-Terrorism Day                        
31

Madhya Pardesh/Andhra Pradesh/ Kerela/Haryana/ Karnataka/
Chhattisgarh Formation Day                                                                            
 01
All Saints Day                                                                                                  
 01
Valmiki Jayanti                                                                                    
 01
Birth Anniversary of Deshabandhu Chittaranjan Das                             
05
Birth Anniversary of Sir C. V. Raman                                                   
05
Legal Services Day                                                                                          
09
Uttaranchal Formation Day                                                                              
09
International Week of Science                                                              
09
Dhanwantari Diwas                                                                                         
12
Nehru Jayanti/Childern’s Day                                                                           
14
Naraka Chaturdasi/Diwali
Govardhan Puja
Jharkhand Formation Day                                                                                
15
National Co-operative Week/ Soil Conservation Week                        
15-21
International Day for Tolerance and Peace                                                       
16
Bhai Duj
Indira Gandhi Jayanti/National Integration Day                                     
19
Child Right Day                                                                                               
20
NCC Day                                                                                                      
25
Constitution Day                                                                                              
26
Guru Nank Jayanti
World AIDS Day                                                                                            
01
Nagaland Statehood Day                                                                                 
01
National Pollution Control Day                                                             
02
Bhopal Gas Tragedy Day                                                                                 
03
National Conservation Day                                                                              
03
Birth Anniversary of Dr. Rajendra Prasad                                                         
03
Navy Day                                                                                                        
04
Armed Forces Flag Day                                                                                  
07
SAARC Day/ SAARC Girl Child Day                                                 
08
National Day of Mentally Retarded                                                                  
08
World Children’s Week                                                                                   
08-14
Birth Anniversary of Moulana Muhammad Ali                                      
10
Human Right Day                                                                                            
10
Birth Anniversary of Sbramaniam Bharati                                                         
11
Jamat-ul-Vida                                                                                                  
14
National Energy Conservation Day                                                                 
14
Minorities Rights Day                                                                                       
18
Guru Teg Bahadur Martyrdom Day                                                                  
19
Martyrdom Day of Ashfaqulla Khan & Ram Parsad Bismil                               
19
Goa Liberation Day                                                                                        
19
Birth Anniversary of Charan Singh/ Kishan Diwas                                             
23
Christmas                                                                                                        
25
Birth Anniversary of Shri Madan Mohan Malaviya                                            
25
Foundation Day of India National Congress                                                   
 26             

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