| 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 |
– |