List of Important Days and Dates in Year 2021 | महत्वपुर्ण दिवस साल 2021 मे । Download Free PDF
Are you know of the important National and International days and dates? Many of us do not know most of the Important days and dates. Hence, in this blog, we have listed out all the important dates and days in 2021.
In most of the government entrance examinations like RPSC, RRB, SSC, and many other competitive exams there is a separate section called General Awareness or General Knowledge in which there are questions asked regarding important dates. So, we have explained in detail the list of important days and dates in a year to ease out your preparation.
Along with general knowledge, staying updated with Daily Current Affairs is also important. Go through the blog to know all the important days in a year of both National and International i.e. India and the world.
List of Important Days and Dates in a Year 2021
List of Important days and dates in January 2021
- 1-January-2021: New Year's Day, Global Family Day
- 4-January-2021: World Braille Day
- 6-January-2021: World War Orphans Day, National Technology Day
- 9-January-2021: NRI Day (Pravasi Bhartiya Diwas)
- 10-January-2021: World Hindi Day
- 11-January-2021: National Human Trafficking Awareness Day, National Road Safety Week
- 12-January-2021: National Youth Day,
- 13-January-2021: Lohri Day
- 14-15 January-2021: Makar Sankranti (Makar Sankranti is dedicated to Lord Sun. It also refers to a specific solar day in the Hindu calendar. On this auspicious day, the sun enters the zodiac sign of Capricorn or Makar which marks the end of winter months and the beginning of longer days. This is the beginning of the month of Magh. To recompense for the distinction that happens due to the revolution around the sun, every 80 years the day of Sankranti is deferred by one day. From the day of Makar Sankranti, the sun begins its northward journey or Uttarayan journey. Therefore, this festival is also known as Uttarayan.), Pongal.
- 15-January-2021: Indian Army day
- 18-January-2021: National Immunization Day (Polio Day)
- 23-January-2021: Netaji Subash Chandra Bose Jayanti
- 25-January-2021: National Voters day, National Tourism Day
- 26-January-2021: India’s Republic Day, International Customs Day
- 27-January-2021: International Day of Commemoration
- 30-January-2021: Martyrs’ Day
- 31-January-2021(last Sunday): World Leprosy Eradication Day
Important Dates and Days of February 2021
- 1-February-2021: Kalpana Chawla’s Death Anniversary
- 2-February-2021: World Wetlands Day
- 4-February-2021: World Cancer Day
- 6-February-2021: International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation
- 7-February-2021: Safer Internet Day (second day of the second week of February)
- 10-February-2021: World Pulses Day and National De-worming Day
- 11-February-2021: International Day of Women and Girls in Science
- 12-February-2021: National Productivity Day
- 13-February-2021: World Radio Day, National Women's Day (Birth Date of Sarojini Naidu)
- 14-February-2021: Valentine Day
- 20-February-2021: World Day of Social Justice
- 21-February-2021: International Mother Language Day
- 24-February-2021: Central Excise Day
- 27-February-2021: World NGO Day
- 28-February-2021: National Science Day
- 28/29-February-2021: Rare Disease Day
Important Days and Dates of March 2021
- 1-March-2021: Zero Discrimination Day and World Civil Defence Day
- 3-March-2021: World Wildlife Day, World Hearing Day
- 4-March-2021: National Security Day
- 8-March-2021: International Women’s Day and World Kidney Day
- 12-March-2021: World Kidney Day
- 14-March-2021: International Day of Action for Rivers, Pi Day
- 15-March-2021: World Consumer Rights Day
- 18-March-2021: Ordnance Factories Day (India)
- 20-March-2021: International Day of Happiness; World Sparrow day
- 21-March-2021: World Forestry Day; World Down Syndrome Day; World Poetry Day
- 22-March-2021: World Day for Water, Bihar Day
- 23-March-2021: World Meteorological Day
- 24-March-2021: World TB Day
- 27-March-2021: World Theatre Day
- 10-March-2021 (Second Wednesday of March): No Smoking Day
- 14 -March-2021 (Second Thursday of March): World Kidney Day
Important Days and Dates of April 2021
- 1-April-2021: Utkal Diwas
- 2-April-2021: World Autism Awareness Day
- 4-April-2021: International Day for Mine Awareness
- 5-April-2021: National Maritime Day
- 7-April-2021: World Health Day
- 10-April-2021: World Homeopathy Day
- 11-April-2021: National Safe Motherhood Day and National Pet Day
- 13-April-2021: Jallianwala Bagh Massacre
- 17-April-2021: World Haemophilia Day
- 18-April-2021: World Heritage Day
- 19-April-2021: World Liver Day
- 21-April-2021: Secretaries’ Day and Civil Services Day
- 22-April-2021: Earth Day
- 23-April-2021: World Book and Copyright Day
- 24-April-2021: National Panchayati Day
- 25-April-2021: World Malaria Day
- 26-April-2021: World Intellectual Property Day
- 27-April-2021: World Veterinary Day
- 28-April-2021: World Day for Safety and Health at Work;
- 29-April-2021: International Dance Day
- 30-April-2021: Ayushman Bharat Diwas
Important Days and Dates of May 2021
- 1-May-2021: Workers’ Day (International Labour Day), Maharashtra Day
- 3-May-2021: Press Freedom Day
- 2-May-2021 (1st Sunday): World Laughter Day
- 4-May-2021 (1st Tuesday): World Asthma Day
- 9-May-2021 (2nd Sunday): Mother’s Day
- 4-May-2021: Coal Miners’ Day; International Firefighters Day
- 7-May-2021: World Athletics Day
- 8-May-2021: World Red Cross Day; World Thalassaemia Day
- 11-May-2021: National Technology Day
- 12-May-2021: International Nurses Day
- 15-May-2021: International Day of the Family
- 17-May-2021: World Telecommunication Day; World Hypertension Day
- 18-May-2021: World AIDS Vaccine Day; International Museum Day
- 21-May-2021: National Anti-Terrorism Day
- 22-May-2021: International Day for Biological Diversity
- 24-May-2021: Commonwealth Day
- 31-May-2021: Anti-tobacco Day
Important Days and Dates of June 2021
- 1-June-2021: World Milk Day
- 3-June-2021: World Bicycle Day
- 4-June-2021: International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression
- 5-June-2021: World Environment Day
- 7-June-2021: World Food Safety Day
- 8-June-2021: World Ocean Day, World Brain Tumour Day
- 12-June-2021: Anti-Child Labor Day
- 13-June-2021: International Albinism Awareness Day
- 14-June-2021: World Blood Donor Day
- 15-June-2021: World Wind Day
- June 20: World Refugee Day
- 20-June-2021 (3rd Sunday): Father’s Day
- 21-June-2021: International day of yoga, World Music Day, World Hydrography Day
- 23-June-2021: United Nations Public Service Day, International Olympic Day
- 26-June-2021: International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking
Important Days and Dates of July 2021
- 1-July-2021: Doctor’s Day
- 6-July-2021: World Zoonoses Day
- 11-July-2021: World Population Day
- 17-July-2021: World Day for International Justice
- 18-July-2021: International Nelson Mandela Day
- 28-July-2021: World Hepatitis Day
Important Days and Dates of August 2021
- 8-August-2021 (1st Sunday): International Friendship Day
- 6-August-2021: Hiroshima Day
- 9-August-2021: Quit India Day, Nagasaki Day, IntI. Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples
- 15-August-2021: Indian Independence Day
- 15-August-2021: Sanskrit Day (Date may vary every year as it is celebrated on the Shrawan Poornima on Full Moon day according to the Hindu Calendar)
- 12-August-2021: International Youth Day
- 19-August-2021: Photography Day; World Humanitarian Day
- 29-August-2021: National Sports Day
Important Days and Dates of September 2021
- 2-September-2021: Coconut Day
- 5-September-2021: Teachers’ Day
- 8-September-2021: International Literacy Day
- 14-September-2021: Hindi Diwas
- 15-September-2021: Engineers’ Day; International Day of Democracy
- 16-September-2021: World Ozone Day; International Day for Preservation
- 21-September-2021: Alzheimer’s Day; Day for Peace & Non-violence (UN)
- 22-September-2021: Rose Day (Welfare of cancer patients)
- 23-September-2021: International Day of Sign Languages
- 26-September-2021: Day of the Deaf; World Contraception Day
- 27-September-2021: World Tourism Day; World Maritime Day
- 29-September-2021: World Heart Day
- 30-September-2021: International Translation Day
- 26-September-2021 (fourth Sunday of September): world rivers day
Important Days and Dates of October 2021
- 1-October-2021: International Day for the Elderly
- 2-October-2021: Gandhi Jayanthi; International Day of Non-Violence
- 4-October-2021(first Monday): World Habitat Day
- 4-October-2021: World Animal Welfare Day
- 8-October-2021: Indian Air Force Day
- 9-October-2021: World Post Office Day
- 10-October-2021: National Post Day; World Mental Health Day
- 11-October-2021: National Girl Child Day
- 14-October-2021 (2nd Thursday): World Sight Day
- 13-October-2021: UN International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction
- 14-October-2021: World Standards Day
- 15-October-2021: World Students Day; World White Cane Day (guiding the blind)
- 16-October-2021: World Food Day
- 24-October-2021: UN Day; World Development Information Day
- 30-October-2021: World Thrift Day
- 31-October-2021: National Unity Day
Important Days and Dates of November 2021
- 5-November-2021: World tsunami day
- 7-November-2021: National Cancer Awareness Day
- 9-November-2021: Legal Services Day
- 14-November-2021: Children’s Day; Diabetes Day
- 17-November-2021: National Epilepsy Day
- 20-November-2021: Africa Industrialization Day
- 21-November-2021: World Television Day
- 29-November-2021: International Day of Solidarity with Palestinian People
Important Days and Dates of December 2021
- 1-December-2021: World AIDS Day
- 2-December-2021: National Pollution Control
- 3-December-2021: World Day of the Handicapped
- 4-December-2021: Indian Navy Day
- 7-December-2021: Indian Armed Forces Flag Day
- 10-December-2021: Human Rights Day;
- 11-December-2021: International Mountain Day
- 14-December-2021: World Energy Conservation Day
- 16-December-2021: Vijay Diwas
- 18-December-2021: Minorities Rights Day (India)
- 22-December-2021: National Mathematics Day
- 23-December-2021: Kisan Divas (Farmer’s Day) (India)
- 24-December-2021: National Consumers Day
- 25-December-2021: Christmas Day
