📅 Chapter 03 · Topic 06 · Important Days

Important Days — Complete Revision

All key national and international days — month-wise master table for quick exam revision.

⚡ Most Important Days — Quick Reference

Date	Day	Key Fact
12 Jan	National Youth Day	Swami Vivekananda’s birthday (1863)
15 Jan	Army Day	Gen. K.M. Cariappa became first Indian C-in-C (1949)
23 Jan	Parakram Diwas	Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose’s birthday (1897)
26 Jan	Republic Day	Constitution came into force (1950)
30 Jan	Martyrs’ Day	Gandhi assassination (1948)
2 Feb	World Wetlands Day	Ramsar Convention (1971)
13 Feb	National Women’s Day	Sarojini Naidu’s birthday (1879)
21 Feb	International Mother Language Day	Bangladesh Language Movement (1952)
28 Feb	National Science Day	C.V. Raman + Raman Effect (1928)
8 Mar	International Women’s Day	—
22 Mar	World Water Day	—
7 Apr	World Health Day	WHO founded (1948)
14 Apr	Ambedkar Jayanti	B.R. Ambedkar’s birthday (1891)
22 Apr	Earth Day	First Earth Day (1970)
1 May	International Labour Day	Maharashtra + Gujarat Day (1960)
11 May	National Technology Day	Pokhran nuclear test (1998)
5 Jun	World Environment Day	Stockholm Conference (1972)
21 Jun	International Day of Yoga	UN declared 2015
1 Jul	National Doctors’ Day; GST Day	Dr. B.C. Roy (1882); GST (2017)
11 Jul	World Population Day	5 billion (1987)
26 Jul	Kargil Vijay Diwas	Kargil War victory (1999)
15 Aug	Independence Day	India’s independence (1947)
29 Aug	National Sports Day	Major Dhyan Chand’s birthday (1905)
5 Sep	Teachers’ Day	Dr. Radhakrishnan’s birthday (1888)
14 Sep	Hindi Diwas	Hindi adopted as official language (1949)
15 Sep	Engineers’ Day	M. Visvesvaraya’s birthday (1861)
16 Sep	World Ozone Day	Montreal Protocol (1987)
2 Oct	Gandhi Jayanti; Int’l Day of Non-Violence	Gandhi’s birthday (1869); UN 2007
8 Oct	Indian Air Force Day	IAF established (1932)
16 Oct	World Food Day	FAO founded (1945)
24 Oct	United Nations Day	UN Charter in force (1945)
31 Oct	National Unity Day	Sardar Patel’s birthday (1875)
14 Nov	Children’s Day	Nehru’s birthday (1889)
26 Nov	Constitution Day	Constitution adopted (1949)
1 Dec	World AIDS Day	—
4 Dec	Indian Navy Day	Operation Trident (1971)
10 Dec	Human Rights Day	UDHR adopted (1948)
16 Dec	Vijay Diwas	1971 war victory; Bangladesh liberation
22 Dec	National Mathematics Day	Ramanujan’s birthday (1887)

✅ Master Revision Checklist — Chapter 03

✅ 12 Jan = National Youth Day = Swami Vivekananda (1863)
✅ 23 Jan = Parakram Diwas = Netaji Bose (1897)
✅ 26 Jan = Republic Day = Constitution in force (1950)
✅ 28 Feb = National Science Day = Raman Effect (1928)
✅ 7 Apr = World Health Day = WHO (1948)
✅ 14 Apr = Ambedkar Jayanti = B.R. Ambedkar (1891)
✅ 22 Apr = Earth Day = first Earth Day (1970)
✅ 11 May = National Technology Day = Pokhran (1998)
✅ 5 Jun = World Environment Day = Stockholm (1972)
✅ 21 Jun = International Day of Yoga = UN 2015
✅ 11 Jul = World Population Day = 5 billion (1987)
✅ 15 Aug = Independence Day (1947)
✅ 29 Aug = National Sports Day = Dhyan Chand (1905)
✅ 5 Sep = Teachers’ Day = Radhakrishnan (1888)
✅ 16 Sep = World Ozone Day = Montreal Protocol (1987)
✅ 2 Oct = Gandhi Jayanti = Int’l Day of Non-Violence
✅ 31 Oct = National Unity Day = Sardar Patel (1875)
✅ 26 Nov = Constitution Day = Constitution adopted (1949)
✅ 10 Dec = Human Rights Day = UDHR (1948)
✅ 22 Dec = National Mathematics Day = Ramanujan (1887)
✅ 2023 = International Year of Millets = India proposed