IMPORTANT DAYS 2019

January – 2019

Day Details Day Details
9 NRI Day (Return of Mahatma Gandhi from South Africa in 1915) 12 National Youth Day (Birthday of Swami Vivekananda)
15 Army Day 24 National Girl Child Day
25 National Tourism Day, National Voters’ Day 26 India’s Republic Day, International Customs Day
27 Day to Remember the Victims of the Holocaust 28 Data Protection Day
29 National Newspaper Day 30 Martyr’s Day (Assassination of Mahatma Gandhi)
Last Sunday : World Leprosy Eradication Day

February- 2019

Date Details Day Details
1 World Hijab Day 2nd Sunday : World Marriage Day
2 World Wetlands Day 4 World Cancer Day
6 International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation 11 International Day of Women and Girls in Science
13 World Ratio Day 14 St Valentine’s Day
20 World Day of Social Justice 21 World Mother language Day
24 Central Excise Day 28 National Science Day (This day in 1928 marked the discovery of ‘Raman Effect’ by Dr C V Raman)

March- 2019

Date Details Day Details
2nd Monday : Commonwealth Day 2nd Thursday : World Kidney Day
1 Zero Discrimination Day 3 National Defence Day, World Wildlife Day
4 National Security Day 8 International Women’s Day
10 Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) Raising Day 12 Mauritius Day
14 Pi Day (Observed on march 14(3/14 in the month/day date format) since 3, 1 and 4 are the three significant digits of Pi) 15 World Disabled Day; World Consumer Rights Day
16 National Vaccination Day 20 International Day of Happiness
21 World Forestry Day; International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination; World Poetry Day; World Down Syndrome Day 22 World Water Day
23 World Meteorological Day 24 World Tuberculosis Day
27 World Theatre Day

April- 2019

Date Details Day Details
2 World Autism Awareness Day 4 International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action
7 World Health Day 12 International Day of Human Space Flight
17 World Haemophilia Day 18 World Heritage Day
21 Secretaries’ Day, National Civil Services Day 22 Earth Day
23 World Book and Copyright Day; English Language Day 25 World Malaria Day
26 World Intellectual Property Day 28 World Day for Safety and Health at Work
29 Day of Remembrance for all Victims of Chemical Warfare, International Dance Day 30 World Jazz Day

May- 2019

Date Details Day Details
1 Workers’ Day (International Labour Day) 2 World Tuna Day
3 International Energy Day, World Press Freedom Day 1st Tuesday : World Asthma Day
2nd Sunday : Mother’s Day 4 Coal Miners’ Day
8 World Red Cross Day; World Thal-assaemia Day 11 National Technology Day
12 International Nurses Day 15 International Day of Families
17 World Hypertension Day; World Telecommunication and Information Society Day 21 World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development
22 National Maritime Day / International Day for Biological Diversity 25 World Thyroid Day
29 International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers 31 World No-Tobacco Day

June- 2019

Date Details Day Details
1 Global Day of Parents, World Milk Day 4 International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression
5 World Environment Day 8 World Oceans Day
3rd Sunday : Father’s Day 12 World Day Against Child Labour
13 International Albinism Awareness Day 14 World Blood Donor Day
15 World Elder Abuse Awareness Day 16 International Day of Family Remittances
17 World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought 19 International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict
20 World Refugee Day 21 International Yoga Day
23 United nations Day for Public Service; International Widows’ Day 25 Day of the seafarer
26 International Day Against Drug Abuse and lllicit Trafficking 29 National Statistics Day (Birthday of PC Mahalanobis, who founded the Indian Statistical Institute)
30 International Asteroid Day

July- 2019

Date Details Day Details
1 National Doctors’ Day (Birthday of B C Roy) 1st Saturday : International Day of Co-operatives
6 World Zoonoses Day 11 World Population Day
12 Malala Day 15 World Youth Skills Day
18 Nelson Mandela International Day 26 Kargil Victory Day
28 World Hepatitis Day 30 International Day of Friendship, World Day against Trafficking in Persons

August- 2019

Date Details Day Details
1st Sunday : International Friendship Day 6 Hiroshima Day
7 National Handloom Day 9 Quit India Day, Nagasaki Day; International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples
12 International Youth Day 15 Indian Independency Day
19 World Photography Day; World Hu-Manitarian Day 20 Sadbhavana Diwas (Birthday of Rajiv Gandhi)
21 World Senior Citizens’ Day 29 National Sports Day (Birthday of Dhyan Chand, the hockey wizard); International Day against Nuclear Tests
30 Small Industry Day; International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances

September- 2019

Date Details Day Details
2 World Coconut Day 5 Teacher’s Day (Birthday of Dr. S Redhakrishnan); International Day of Charity
8 World Literacy Day (UNESCO) 10 World Suicide Prevention Day
12 United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation 15 Engineers’ Day; International Day of Democracy
16 World Ozone Day 21 Alzheimer’s Day; Day for Peace & Non-violence (UN)
22 Rose Day (Welfare of cancer patients) 25 Social Justice Day
26 International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons 27 World Tourism Day
28 World Rabies Day 29 World Heart Day
Last Sunday : Day of the Deaf Last Thursday : World Maritime Day

October- 2019

Date Details Day Details
1 International Day for the Elderly, World Vegetarian Day 2 Gandhi Jayanthi, International Day of Non-Violence, World Farm Animals Day
1st Monday : World Habitat Day, World Architecture Day 1st Friday : World Smile Day
4 World Animal Day 5 World Teachers’ Day
7 World Day for Decent Work 8 Indian Air Force Day
10 World Post Office Day 10 World Mental Health Day
11 International Day of the Girl Child 2nd Thursday : World Sight Day
2nd Friday : World Egg Day 13 Un International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction
14 World Standards Day 15 World White Cane Safety Day; International Day of Rural Women, Global Hand washing Day
16 World Food Day; World An- aesthesia Day 17 International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
20 National Solidarity Day, World Statistics Day, World Osteoporosis Day 21 World Iodine Deficiency Disorders Prevention Day
24 UN Day; World Development Information Day 27 World Day for Audiovisual Heritage
28 International Animation Day 30 World Thrift Day
31 National Unity Day; World Cities Day

November- 2019

Date Details Day Details
2 International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists 5 World Tsunami Awareness Day
6 International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict 7 Infant Protection Day; National Cancer Awareness Day
9 Legal Services Day 10 World Science Day for Peace and Development
2nd Thursday : World Quality Day 11 National Education Day (Birthday of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad)
14 Children’s Day (Birthday of Jawaharlal Nehru); World Diabetes Day 16 National Press Day, International Day for Tolerance
17 National Epilepsy Day, International Students’ Day 18 Sappers’ Day
3rd Thursday : World Philosophy Day 3rd Sunday : World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims
19 World Day for Prevention of Abuse and Violence Against Children; World Citizens’ Day, International Men’s Day; World Toilet Day; Women’s Entrepreneurship Day; National Integration Day 20 Universal Children’s Day; Africa Industrialisation Day
21 World Television Day; World Hello Day 25 International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
26 Constitution Day; National Milk Day (Birthday of Verghese Kurien, father of white revolution in India) 29 International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People
30 Flag Day

December- 2019

Date Details Day Details
1 World AIDS Day 2 International Day for the Abolition of Slavery
3 World Day of the Handicapped 4 Indian Navy Day
5 World Soil Day; International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development 7 Indian Armed Forces Flag Day; International Civil Aviation Day
9 International Anti-Corruption Day 10 Human Rights Day
11 UNICEF Day; International Mountain Day 14 National Energy Conservation Day
16 Nirbhaya Day 18 International Migrants Day; Minorities Rights Day (India); Arabic Language Day
20 International Human Solidarity Day 22 National Mathematics Day
23 Farmers’ Day (Birthday of Chaudhary Charan Singh) 25 Good Governance Day (Birthday of AB Vajpayee)