Public Awareness Events Listing

India is a country full of cultural festivals and Public Awareness Events. All the festivals are based on agriculture and people enjoy it fully. Apart from festivals there are many events which are celebrated in India not less than festivals and even the culture is being changed and these events are celebrated at public and government levels. These events are mainly for spreading the awareness for social issues and helps society to develop.

Public Awareness Events: National

01 January: Dr. Sampurnanand Jayanti
04 – 10 January: Oil and Gas Conservation Week
12 January: National Youth Day: Swami Vivekananda Birthday
15 January: Army Day
19 January: Kokborok Day: Tripuri Language Day
21 January: Tripura, Manipur and Meghalaya Foundation Day
23 January: Desh Prem Diwas: Netaji Jayanti : Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Birthday
24 January: National Girl Child Day
24 January: National Voters Day
25 January: National Tourism Day
28 January: Kodandera Madappa Cariappa Jayanti: First field Marshal of India
29 January: Indian Newspaper Day
01 February: Indian Coast Guard Day
10 February: National Deworming Day
20 February: Arunachal Pradesh Statehood Day
20 February: Mizoram Statehood Day
24 February: Central Excise Day
28 February: National Science Day
04 March: National Safety Day & Week
16 March: National Vaccination Day / National Immunisation Day
18 March: Ordnance Factories Day
22 March: Bihar Diwas
30 March: Rajasthan Day
01 April: Odisha Foundation Day
01 – 07 April: Prevention of Blindness Week
05 April: National Maritime Day
11 April: National Pet Day
11 April: National Safe Motherhood Day
21 April: National Civil Services Day
24 April: National Panchayati Raj Day
30 April: Ayushman Bharat Diwas
01 May: Gujarat Day
11 May: National Technology Day
16 May: National Dengue Day
21 May: Anti Terrorism Day
30 May: Goa Statehood Day
02 June: Telangana Formation Day
29 June: National Statistics Day
01 July: National Doctors Day
01 July: National Postal Worker Day
01 July: National Chartered Accountants Day
22 July: National Flag Adoption Day / National Flag Day
26 July: कारगिल विजय दिवस: ऑपरेशन विजय
07 August: National Handloom Day
20 August: Sadbhavana Diwas
20 August: Indian Akshay Urja Day
23 August: National Space Day
25 August – 08 September: National Eye Donation Fortnight
29 August: National Sports Day
30 August: National Small Industry Day
01 – 07 September: National Nutrition Week
05 September: Teachers Day
11 September: Digvijay Diwas
15 September: Engineer’s Day
15 September: Sanchayika Day (School Banking)
17 September: हैदराबाद मुक्ति दिवस
23 September: National Ayurveda Day
25 September: Antyodaya Diwas: Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya Birth Anniversary
01 October: National Voluntary Blood Donation Day: India
10 October: National Post Day
21 October: Police Commemoration Day
31 October: Indira Gandhi Death Anniversary
31 October: National Unity Day / Rashtriya Ekta Diwas
01 November: Haryana Day
09 November: National Legal Services Day
09 November: Uttarakhand Foundation Day
11 November: National Education Day
14 November: Children’s Day
14 – 20 November: National Cooperative Week
15 November: Jharkhand Foundation Day
16 November: National Press Day
17 November: National Epilepsy Day
19 November: राष्ट्रीय एकता दिवस
19 November: National Integration Day: Indira Gandhi’s Birthday
19 – 25 November: Quami Ekta Week
26 November: Constitution Day / Samvidhan Divas / National Law Day
26 November: National Milk Day: Operation Flood
02 December: National Pollution Control Day Information (Bhopal Gas Tragedy)
04 December: Navy Day
06 December: Dr. Ambedkar Mahaparinirvan Diwas
07 December: Armed Forces Flag Day
08 – 14 December: All India Handicrafts Week
14 December: National Energy Conservation Day
16 December: Vijay Diwas – Indo-Pak 1971 War
18 December: Minorities Rights Day in India
19 December: Goa Liberation Day
22 December: National Mathematics Day / राष्ट्रीय गणित दिवस
23 December: National Farmers Day
24 December: National Consumer Day
25 December: Good Governance Day
26 December: Veer Bal DIwas / वीर बाल दिवस

Public Awareness Events: International

January Public Awareness Days

01 January: Global Family Day / World Peace Day
02 January: World Introvert Day
03 January: International Mind Body Wellness Day
04 January: World Braille Day
05 January: National Bird Day
06 January: World Day of War Orphans
08 January: African National Congress Foundation Day
08 January: Earth’s Rotation Day
10 January: विश्व हिन्दी दिवस / World Hindi Day
11 January: National Human Trafficking Awareness Day
* * January: Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Day [3rd Monday of January]
20 January: Penguin Awareness Day
24 January: International Day of Education
26 January: International Customs Day
26 January: National Geographic Day
** January: World Leprosy Day / Last Sunday of January
31 January: International Zebra Day

February

02 February: World Wetlands Day
02 February: Rheumatoid Arthritis Awareness Day
02 February: National Golden Retriever Day
04 February: World Cancer Day
04 February: Sri Lanka Independence Day / Sri Lanka National Day
06 February: International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation
08 February: National Opera Day
10 February: World Pulses Day
11 February: World Day of the Sick
12 February: Darwin Day
** February: International Epilepsy Day [2nd Monday of February]
** February: Safer Internet Day [2nd Tuesday of February]
14 February: World Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Day
15 February: World Hippo Day
** February: World Anthropology Day [3rd Thursday of February]
20 February: World Day of Social Justice
21 February: International Mother Language Day / Matribhasha Diwas
22 February: World Thinking Day
23 February: World Peace and Understanding Day
27 February: World NGO Day

March: Public Awareness Events

01 March: Zero Discrimination Day
01 March: World Civil Defence Day
01 March: Self-Injury Awareness Day
02 March: World Teen Mental Wellness Day
03 March: World Wildlife Day
03 March: World Hearing Day
04 March: National Grammar Day
** March: Employee Appreciation Day [1st Friday of March]
08 March: International Women’s Day
** March: No Smoking Day [2nd Wednesday of March]
** March: World Kidney Day [2nd Thursday of March]
** March: World Sleep Day [Friday before the spring equinox]
12 March: Mauritius Independence Day
14 March: Pi Day
14 March: International Day of Action for Rivers
15 March: World Consumer Rights Day
20 March: International Day Of Happiness
20 March: World Sparrow Day: व‍िश्‍व गौरया द‍िवस
20 March: World Oral Health Day
21 March: World Forestry Day Information
21 March: International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
21 March: World Poetry Day
22 March: World Water Day
23 March: World Meteorological Day Information
24 March: World TB Day
25 March: International Day of Solidarity with Detained and Missing Staff Members
26 March: Purple Day For Epilepsy
27 March: World Theatre Day
* * March: World Piano Day [88th Day of the year]
31 March: Eiffel Tower Day

April: Important Days

02 April: World Autism Awareness Day
02 April: International Fact-Checking Day
04 April: International Mine Awareness Day
04 April: International Carrot Day
05 April: International Day of Conscience
06 April: International Day of Sports For Development And Peace
07 April: World Health Day
08 April: International Feng Shui Awareness Day
10 April: World Homoeopathy Day
10 April: National Siblings Day
11 April: World Parkinson’s Day
17 April: World Haemophilia Day
18 April: World Heritage Day
19 April: World Liver Day
22 April: World Earth Day / पृथ्वी दिवस: आइए घरती का कर्ज उतारें
23 April: World Book Day
23 April: World Table Tennis Day
25 April: World Malaria Day
26 April: World Intellectual Property Day
27 April: World Tapir Day
27 April: International Design Day
** April: World Veterinary Day [Final Saturday of April]
** April: International Sculpture Day [Final Saturday of April]
28 April: World Day for Safety and Health at Work
29 April: International Dance Day

May: Public Awareness Days & Events

** May: World Asthma Day (First Tuesday of May)
01 May: May Day
01 May: Labour Day / अंतरराष्ट्रीय मज़दूर दिवस
** May: World Laughter Day (First Sunday of May)
03 May: World Press Freedom Day
04 May: International Firefighters Day
04 May: Coal Miners Day
05 May: International Day of the Midwife
06 May: International No Diet Day
07 May: World Athletics Day
08 May: World Thalassemia Day
08 May: World Red Cross Day / रेडक्रॉस: निःस्वार्थ सेवा का प्रतीक
** May: Mothers Day (Second Sunday of May)
12 May: World Lupus Day
12 May: International Nurses Day
15 May: International Day of Families
16 May: International Day Of Light
17 May: World Telecommunication Day
17 May: World Hypertension Day
18 May: International Museum Day
18 May: World AIDS Vaccine Day
** May: Armed Forces Day (Third Saturday of May)
** May: National Endangered Species Day (Third Saturday of May)
20 May: International HR Day
21 May: International Tea Day / अंतर्राष्ट्रीय चाय दिवस
22 May: International Day for Biological Diversity
23 May: World Turtle Day
24 May: National Brother’s Day
25 May: Africa Day
** May: National Memorial Day / Decoration Day (Last Monday of May)
30 May: International Day Of Potato
31 May: World No Tobacco Day

June

01 June: Global Day of Parents
02 June: Italy Republic Day
02 June: International Sex Workers Day
03 June: World Bicycle Day
04 June: International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression
05 June: World Environment Day
** June: National Donut Day (First Friday of June)
07 June: World Food Safety Day
08 June: National Best Friend Day
08 June: World Oceans Day
08 June: World Brain Tumor Day
12 June: World Day Against Child Labour / Anti-Child Labour Day
14 June: World Blood Donor Day
15 June: Global Wind Day
15 June: World Elder Abuse Awareness Day
** June: Fathers Day (Third Sunday of June)
17 June: World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought
19 June: World Sickle Cell Day
20 June: World Refugee Day
21 June: International Day of Yoga
21 June: World Music Day
22 June: World Rainforest Day
23 June: World Olympic Day
23 June: United Nations Public Service Day
23 June: International Widows Day
26 June: International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking
27 June: Helen Keller Day
29 June: International Day of the Tropics
30 June: International Asteroid Day

July: Public Awareness Events

* * July: International Cooperative Day – CoopsDay (First Saturday of July)
01 July: Canada Day
02 July: World UFO Day
07 July: World Chocolate Day
07 July: Global Forgiveness Day
09 July: National Sugar Cookie Day
09 July: Nunavut Day
10 July: Global Energy Independence Day
11 July: World Population Day
12 July: National Simplicity Day
12 July: World Paper Bag Day
13 July: National French Fry Day
15 July: World Youth Skills Day
17 July: World Day for International Justice
17 July: World Emoji Day
18 July: Nelson Mandela International Day
20 July: International Chess Day
20 July: International Moon Day
22 July: Pi Approximation Day
22 July: National Mango Day
* * July: National Refreshment Day (Fourth Thursday of July)
24 July: National Thermal Engineer Day
* * July: System Administrator Appreciation Day: Sysadmin Day (Last Friday of July)
25 July: World Embryologist Day
27 July: APJ Abdul Kalam Death Anniversary
28 July: World Hepatitis Day
28 July: World Nature Conservation Day
29 July: International Tiger Day
* * July: Parents Day (Fourth Sunday of July)

August

01 August: National Mountain Climbing Day
01 August: World Lung Cancer Day
01 August: World Wide Web Day
01 August: Yorkshire Day
01 – 07 August: World Breastfeeding Week
03 August: National Watermelon Day
03 August: Cloves Syndrome Awareness Day
** August: World Friendship Day (First Sunday of August)
** August: World Sanskrit Day (Shravana Purnima – based on traditional Hindu lunar calendar)
04 August: US Coast Guard Day
06 August: Hiroshima Day
09 August: International Day of World’s Indigenous Peoples
10 August: World Lion Day
10 August: World Biofuel Day
12 August: International Youth Day
12 August: World Elephant Day
13 August: World Organ Donation Day
13 August: International Lefthanders Day / खब्बू दिवस
* * August: World Helicopter Day (Third Sunday of August)
17 August: Indonesia Independence Day
17 August: Gabon Independence Day
19 August: Afghanistan Independence Day
19 August: World Photography Day
19 August: World Humanitarian Day
20 August: विश्व मच्छर दिवस / World Mosquito Day
21 August: World Senior Citizens Day
26 August: Women’s Equality Day
26 August: International Dog Day
27 August: World Lake Day

September

02 September: World Coconut Day
03 September: National Skyscraper Day
07 September: Brazil Independence Day
08 September: International Literacy Day
08 September: World Physical Therapy Day
** September: Grandparents Day [First Sunday after Labor Day]
10 September: World Suicide Prevention Day
11 September: Patriot Day: September 11 – National Day of Service & Remembrance
13 September: International Chocolate Day
** September: World First Aid Day (Second Saturday of September)
15 September: International Day of Democracy
16 September: Malaysia Day
16 September: World Ozone Day
17 September: World Patient Safety Day
18 September: World Bamboo Day
19 September: International Talk Like a Pirate Day
** September: International Red Panda Day (Third Saturday of September)
21 September: International Day of Peace
21 September: World Alzheimer’s Day
22 September: World Rhino Day
22 September: World Rose Day / Welfare of Cancer Patients Day
23 September: International Day of Sign Languages
25 September: World Pharmacists Day
26 September: World Contraception Day
26 September: World Environmental Health Day
** September: World Deaf Day (Last Sunday of September)
** September: World Rivers Day (4th Sunday of September)
27 September: World Tourism Day
28 september: World Rabies Day
28 september: International Day For Universal Access To Information
29 September: World Heart Day
30 September: International Translation Day

October: Public Awareness Events

* * October: World Habitat Day (First Monday of October)
01 October: World Vegetarian Day
01 October: World Coffee Day
02 October: International Day of Non-Violence
02 – 08 October: Wild Life Week
02 – 08 October: Anti Untouchability Week
04 October: World Animal Day
05 October: World Teachers Day
06 October: German-American Day
07 October: World Cotton Day
09 October: World Post Day
* * October: World Sight Day [Second Thursday of October]
10 October: World Mental Health Day
11 October: International Day of the Girl Child
13 October: International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction
13 October: Breast Cancer Awareness Day
14 October: World Standards Day
15 October: Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day
15 October: World Student’s Day
15 October: Global Handwashing Day
16 October: World Food Day
16 October: World Anaesthesia Day
16 October: World Spine Day
16 October: National Boss Day
17 October: International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
20 October: World Statistics Day
24 October: UNO Day: United Nations Day
24 October: World Polio Day
24 October: World Development Information Day
28 October: International Animation Day
31 October: World Savings Day: World Thrift Day

November: Public Awareness Events

01 November: World Vegan Day
03 November: World Jellyfish Day
03 November: National Sandwich Day
05 November: World Tsunami Awareness Day
06 November: International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict
06 November: National Nachos Day
07 November: Infant Protection Day
07 November: National Cancer Awareness Day
08 November: World Radiography Day
09 November: World Freedom Day
10 November: World Science Day for Peace and Development
10 November: World Public Transport Day
11 November: International Week of Science and Peace IWOSP (Celebrated yearly during the week which includes 11 November)
12 November: World Pneumonia Day
13 November: World Kindness Day
** November: World Usability Day: Make Things Easier Day [Second Thursday of November]
14 November: World Diabetes Day
16 November: International Day for Tolerance and Peace
17 November: International Student’s Day
19 November: World Toilet Day
19 – 25 November: World Heritage Week
* * November: National Philosophy Day [Third Thursday of November]
20 November: Child Rights Day: United Nations Universal Children’s Day
20 November: Universal Children’s Day / World Children’s Day
21 November: World Television Day
21 November: World Hello Day
23 November: Fibonacci Day
23 November: National Cashew Day
23 November: National Espresso Day
25 November: International Meatless Day: Animal Rights Day
25 November: International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
28 November: Red Planet Day
28 November: Palestine Day: International Day of Solidarity with Palestinian People
29 November: International Jaguar Day
* * November: Black Friday [Last Friday of November]

December: Public Awareness Events

01 December: World AIDS Day
03 December: International Day of Disabled Persons
05 December: International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development
05 December: World Soil Day
06 December: National Microwave Oven Day
07 December: International Civil Aviation Day
09 December: International Anti Corruption Day
10 December: Human Rights Day
11 December: International Mountain Day
11 December: यूनिसेफ डे (In Hindi) / Unicef Day (In English)
12 December: Universal Health Coverage Day
13 December: National Horse Day
18 December: International Migrants Day
20 December: International Human Solidarity Day
21 December: Blue Christmas Day (Winter Solstice)
21 December: World Saree Day
27 December: International Day of Epidemic Preparedness
29 December: International Cello Day