| Date |
Day |
Theme 2020 |
| January 4th |
World Braille Day |
– |
| January 9th |
Pravasi Bharatiya Divas |
– |
| January 10th |
World Hindi Day |
– |
| January 12th |
National Youth Day |
– |
| January 14th |
Armed Forces Veterans Day |
– |
| January 15th |
Indian Army Day |
– |
| January 24th |
International Day of Education |
Learning for people, planet, prosperity and peace |
| January 24th |
National Girl Child Day |
– |
| January 25th |
National Voters’ Day |
Electoral Literacy for Stronger Democracy |
| January 30th |
World Neglected Tropical Diseases Day |
– |
| Last Sunday (January) |
World Leprosy Day |
Leprosy isn’t what you think |
| February 2nd |
World Wetlands Day |
Wetlands and Biodiversity |
| February 4th |
World Cancer Day |
I am I will |
| February 6th |
International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female |
Unleashing Youth Power: One decade of accelerating actions for zero female genital mutilation |
| February 10th |
World Pulses Day |
– |
| February 10th |
National Deworming Day |
– |
| February 11th |
International Day of Women and Girls in Science |
Investment in Women and Girls in Science for Inclusive Green Growth |
| February 11th |
World Unani Day |
– |
| February 12th |
National Productivity Day |
– |
| February 13th |
World Radio Day |
Radio and diversity |
| February 19th |
Soil Health Card Day |
– |
| February 20th |
Arunachal Pradesh Statehood Day |
– |
| February 20th |
World Day of Social Justice |
Closing the Inequalities Gap to Achieve Social Justice |
| February 21st |
International Mother Language Day |
Languages without borders |
| February 24th |
Central Excise Day |
– |
| February 27th |
World NGO Day |
– |
| February 27th |
India’s first ‘Protein Day’ |
– |
| February 28th |
National Science Day |
Women in Science |
| March 1st |
Zero Discrimination Day |
Zero Discrimination Against Women And Girls |
| March 3rd |
World Wildlife Day |
Sustaining all life on Earth |
| March 3rd |
World Hearing Day |
Hearing for life. Don’t let hearing loss limit you |
| March 4th |
National Safety Day |
– |
| March 7th |
Janaushadhi Diwas |
– |
| March 8th |
International Women’s Day |
I am Generation Equality: Realizing Women’s Rights |
| March 12th (2nd Thursday of March) |
World Kidney Day |
Kidney Health for Everyone Everywhere–from Prevention to Detection and Equitable Access to Care |
| March 15th |
World Consumer Rights Day |
The Sustainable Consumer |
| March 16th |
National Vaccination Day |
– |
| March 18th |
Ordnance Factory Day |
– |
| March 18th |
Global Recycling Day |
#RecyclingHeroes |
| March 21st |
International Day of Nowruz |
– |
| March 21st |
World Poetry Day |
– |
| March 21st |
World Down Syndrome Day |
We Decide |
| March 21st |
International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination |
– |
| March 21st |
International Day of Forests |
Forests and Biodiversity |
| March 22nd |
World Water Day |
Water and Climate Change |
| March 23rd |
World Meteorological Day |
Climate and Water |
| March 24th |
World Tuberculosis Day |
It’s time |
| March 24th |
International Day for the Right to the Truth Concerning Gross Human Rights Violations and for the Dignity of Victims |
– |
| March 25th |
International Day of Solidarity with Detained and Missing Staff Members |
– |
| March 25th |
International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade |
– |
| March 27th |
World Theatre Day |
– |
| March 31st |
International Transgender Day of Visibility |
– |
| 1st April |
Utkal Divas (Odisha Day) |
– |
| 2nd April |
World Autism Awareness Day |
The transition of adulthood |
| 4th April |
International Mine Awareness Day |
– |
| 5th April |
National Maritime Day |
– |
| 5th April |
International Day of Conscience |
– |
| 6th April |
International Day of Sport for Development and Peace |
– |
| 7th April |
World Health Day |
Year of the Nurse and Midwife |
| 7th April |
International Day of Reflection on the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda |
– |
| 10th April |
World Homoeopathy Day |
Linking research with education and clinical practice: Advancing scientific collaborations |
| 11th April |
National Safe Motherhood Day |
– |
| 12th April |
International Day of Human Space Flight |
– |
| 14th April |
World Chagas Disease Day |
– |
| 15th April |
World Art Day |
– |
| 17th April |
World Haemophilia Day |
Get + Involved |
| 18th April |
World Heritage Day |
Shared Cultures, Shared Heritage, Shared Responsibility |
| 19th April |
World Liver Day |
– |
| 20th April |
UN Chinese Language Day |
– |
| 21st April |
National Civil Services Day |
– |
| 21st April |
World Creativity and Innovation Day |
– |
| 22nd April |
International Mother Earth Day |
Climate Action |
| 23rd April |
World Book and Copyright Day |
KL Baca – caring through reading |
| 23rd April |
UN English Language Day |
– |
| 24th April |
National Panchayati Raj Day |
– |
| 24th April |
International Day of Multilateralism and Diplomacy for Peace |
– |
| 25th April |
World Malaria Day |
Zero malaria starts with me |
| 25th April |
International Delegate’s Day |
– |
| 26th April |
World Intellectual Property Day |
Innovate for a Green Future |
| 28th April |
World Day for Safety and Health at Work |
– |
| 29th April |
International Dance Day |
– |
| 30th April |
International Jazz Day |
– |
| 30th April |
Ayushman Bharat Diwas |
– |