UPSC Civil Services Examination
IAS Prelims
Topic – Important National & International Dates
In India, we habitually celebrate many days which are of social, international, economic, commemorative or festive importance. Some of the days are also significant for General Studies as UPSC IAS Prelims exam has at least one question about a celebration of the important days and dates. Nowadays, the exam does ask factual questions related to days when they are in news due to some other important aspect. Every international day adopts a theme for that year. The concerned authorities formulate the policies according to the theme adopted for the year. UPSC is keen to ask questions connected to international days especially associated with technology, environment, and humanity services.
This article will help you with those important dates & events that are important for UPSC 2020.
National & International Dates For IAS Exam
Aspirants should have all information of our important days and dates in India. There list of dates and their importance which will help the aspirants for understanding the days and dates of both national and international level.
Day Events
January
1 st Jan World Peace Day
4 th Jan International World Braille Day
6 th Jan World Day -War Orphans
9 th Jan NRI Day
10th Jan World Laughter Day
11th Jan National Human Trafficking Awareness Day
12th Jan National Youth Day (India)
15th Jan Army Day (India)
20th Jan World Religion Day
24th Jan National Girl child day (India)
25th Jan Tourism Day and National Voters Day (India)
26th Jan Republic Day (India)
27th Jan International Holocaust Remembrance Day
30th Jan World Leprosy Eradication Day
February
2 nd Feb World Wetlands Day
3rd Feb World Cancer Awareness Day
4 th Feb World Cancer Day
6 th Feb International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation
12th Feb International Day of Women’s Health
13th Feb World Radio Day (UNESCO)
20th Feb World Day of Social Justice
21st Feb International Mother Language Day
23th Feb World Peace and Understanding Day
24th Feb Central Excise Day
28th Feb National Science Day (India)
March
4 th Mar World Day of the Fight Against Sexual Exploitation
8 th Mar International Women’s Day International Literacy Day
14th Mar International Day of Action for Rivers
15th Mar World Consumer Rights Day World Disabled Day
16th Mar National Vaccination Day
21st Mar International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination UN World Forestry Day
22nd Mar World Day for Water
23rd Mar World Meteorological Day
24th Mar World Tuberculosis Day
April
2 nd Apr World Autism Awareness Day
5 th Apr National Maritime Day (India)
7 th Apr World Health Day
14th Apr Cultural Unity Day (recognized by India, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Bangladesh, and Nepal) National Law Day (India)
17th Apr World Haemophilia Day
18th Apr World Heritage Day
21st Apr Civil Services Day (India)
22nd Apr Earth Day
25th Apr World Malaria Day National Administrative Professionals Day
26th Apr World Intellectual Property Day
May
1 st May Labour Day
2 nd May International Astronomy Day
3 rd May World Solar Energy Day World Asthma Day
8 th May World Red Cross & Red Crescent Day
9 th May World Thalassemia Day
10th May World Mother Day
11th May National Technology Day (India)
12th May World Migratory Bird Day
13th May International Criminal Court Day
17th May World Telecommunication Day World Information Society Day
18th May International Museum Day
19th May World Hepatitis Day
20th May World Metrology Day
21st May World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development Anti-Terrorism Day
22nd May International Day for Biological Diversity
24th May Commonwealth Day
29thMay International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers International Mount Everest Day (Chosen by Nepal)
31st May World Anti-Tobacco Day
June
1 st Jun International Children’s Day
4 th Jun International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression
5 th Jun World Environment Day
6 th Jun Hunger Day
8 th Jun World Ocean Day
12th Jun World Day Against Child Labour
14th Jun World Blood Donor Day
15th Jun World Elder Abuse Awareness Day
16th Jun International Integration Day
17th Jun World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought
19th Jun World Sickle Cell Day
20th Jun World Refugee Day
21st Jun World Music Day
23th Jun United Nations Public Service Day International Olympic Day
26th Jun International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking International Anti-Drugs Day International Day in Support of Victims of Torture
3rd Sunday of June International Father’s Day
July
1 st Jul Doctor’s Day
2st Jul World UFO Day World Sports Journalists Day
7 th Jul International Cooperative Day
11th Jul World Population Day
18th Jul Mandela Day
26th Jul Kargil Memorial Day
28th Jul World Hepatitis Day World Nature Conservation Day
29th Jul International Tiger Day
30th Jul International Day of Friendship
August
1 st Aug Clergy Sexual Abuse Awareness Day
6 th Aug Hiroshima Day Anti-Nuclear Day
8 th Aug World Senior Citizen Day
9 th Aug Nagasaki Day International Day of the World’s Indigenous People
10th Aug Dengue Prevention Day
12th Aug International Youth Day
15th Aug India’s Independence Day
19th Aug World Humanitarian Da
20th Aug World Mosquito Day
23rd Aug International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition
29th Aug National Sports Day (India) International Day against Nuclear Tests
September
2 nd Sep World Coconut Day
4 th Sep Minority Welfare Day World Cerebral Palsy Day
5 th Sep Teachers Day (India)
8 th Sep International Literacy Day
11th Sep World First Aid Day
12th Sep United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation
14th Sep Hindi Day (India)
15th Sep International Day of Democracy
16th Sep World Ozone Day
19th Sep International Talk Like a Pirate Day
21st Sep International Day of Peace World Alzheimer’s Day Biosphere Day
22nd Sep World Rhino Day
26th Sep World Day Of The Deaf
28th Sep Right to Know Day
30th Sep Blasphemy Day
October
1 st Oct International Day of Older Persons
2 nd Oct International Day of Non-Violence Human Rights Protection Day World Animal Day
3 rd Oct World Nature Day
4 th Oct World Animal Welfare Day
5 th Oct World Teachers’ Day
8 th Oct World Humanitarian Action Day
10th Oct National Post Day (India)
13th Oct World Day for Natural Disaster Reduction World Calamity Control Day
15th Oct International Day of Rural Women
16th Oct World Food Day
17th Oct International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
20th Oct International Day of the Air Traffic Controller
24th Oct United Nations Day World Development Information Day World Polio Day
27th Oct World Day for Audiovisual Heritage
30th Oct World Thrift Day
31st Oct National Integration Day (India)
November
6 th Nov International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict
9 th Nov World Legal Services Day
10th Nov World Immunization Day
12th Nov World Pneumonia Day
13th Nov World Kindness Day
14th Nov Children’s Day (India)
16th Nov International Day for Tolerance World Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Day
17th Nov International Students Day
19th Nov International Journalist’s remembrance Day International Men’s Day
20th Nov Africa Industrialization Day Universal Children’s Day Transgender Day of Remembrance
21st Nov World Television Day World Fisheries Day
25th Nov International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
26th Nov National Law Day (India)
29th Nov International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People
December
1 st Dec World Aids Day
2 nd Dec International Day for the Abolition of Slavery
3 rd Dec World Conservation Day
4 th Dec Indian Navy Day
5 th Dec International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development
7 th Dec Indian Armed Force Flag Day, International Civil Aviation Day
9 th Dec The International Day against Corruption
10th Dec Human Rights Day International Animal Rights Day
11th Dec International Mountain Day
12th Dec The International Day Of Heavy Metal
14th Dec National Energy Conservation Day (India)
18th Dec International Migrants Day
20th Dec International Human Solidarity Day
23rd Dec Farmers Day (India)
29th Dec International Biodiversity Day
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