Published on Mar 04, 2023
List of Important Days in 2021 : According to the Gregorian calendar used in India January is the first month of the year. There are many important days and festivals in January that are celebrated throughout the world.
In January we celebrate Indian republic day on 26th, to embrace the day on which Indian constitution came into effect.
Date |
Important Days In January 2021 |
| January 1 | New Year’s day |
| January 4 | World Braille Day |
| January 6 | World war orphan day |
| January 9 | Pravasi Bhartiya Divas (NRI Day) |
| January 10 | World Hindi Day |
| January 11 | National Road safety week, The Death anniversary of Lal Bahadur Shastri |
| January 12 | National Youth Day ( Birth of Swami Vivekanand ) |
| January 13 | Lohri |
| January 14 | Makar Sankranti, Pongal |
| January 15 | Armed forces veterans day, Indian Army Day |
| January 19 | National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) Raising Day |
| January 20 | Guru Govind Singh Jayanti |
| January 23 | Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose’s birth anniversary |
| January 24 | International Day of Education, National Girl Child Day |
| January 25 | National Voters Day, National Tourism Day |
| January 26 | Indian Republic Day, International Customs Day (ICD) |
| January 28 | Birth anniversary of Lala Lajpat Rai |
| January 30 | Martyrs’ Day/Shaheed Diwas ( Mahatma Gandhi ) |
| January 31 | World Leprosy Eradication Day ( Last Sunday of January ) |
February is the second month of the year, generally it has 28 days but after every 4 years, it has 29 days. Here is the list of important days in february 2021 in India
Date |
Important Days In February 2021 / Special days in February 2021 India |
| February 2 | World Wetlands Day |
| February 4 | World Cancer Day |
| February 6 | International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation |
| February 10 | World Pulses Day |
| February 11 | International Day of Women and Girls in Science |
| February 13 | World Radio Day |
| February 13 | National Women’s Day in India |
| February 14 | Valentine’s Day |
| February 15 | World Pangolin Day 2020 |
| February 16 | Vasant Panchami |
| February 19 | 5th Soil Health Card, Shivaji Jayanti |
| February 20 | World Day of Social Justice |
| February 21 | International Mother Language Day |
| February 22 | World Thinking Day |
| February 24 | Central Excise Day |
| February 27 | India’s first ‘Protein Day’, Guru Ravidas Jayanti, World NGO Day |
| February 28 | National Science Day |
| February 29 | Rare Disease Day |
March is third month of year and also the end of the financial year in India.
Date |
Important Days In March 2021 |
| 1 March | Zero Discrimination Day, World Civil Defence Day |
| 3 March | World Wildlife Day, World Hearing Day |
| 4 March | National Safety Day |
| 8 March | International Women’s Day, Maharishi Dayanand Saraswati Jayanti |
| 9 March | Holika Dahan |
| 10 March | Holi |
| 11 March | Maha Shivaratri/Shivaratri |
| 12 March | Mauritius Day |
| 13 March | No Smoking Day |
| 14 March | Pi Day, International Day of Action for Rivers |
| 15 March | World Consumer Rights Day |
| 16 March | National Vaccination Day |
| 18 March | Ordnance Factories Day (India) |
| 20 March | International Day of Happiness, World Sparrow Day |
| 21 March | World Forestry Day, World Down Syndrome Day, World Poetry Day |
| 22 March | World Water Day |
| 23 March | World Meteorological Day, Martyrs’ Day/Shaheed Diwas ( Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev Thapar & Shivaram Rajguru ) |
| 24 March | World Tuberculosis (TB) Day |
| 27 March | World Theatre Day |
| 28 March | Holika Dahana |
| 29 March | Holi |
In April there are many special days to celebrate and one of the most important day is the birth anniversary of the man who is behind the constitution of India.
Date |
Important Days In May 2021 |
| 1 May | International Labour Day or May Day, Maharashtra Day |
| 2 May | World Laughter Day |
| 3 May | Press Freedom Day |
| 4 May | Coal Miners Day, International Firefighter’s Day |
| 3 May | World Laughter Day (first Sunday of May) |
| 5 May | World Asthma Day (First Tuesday of May) |
| 7 May | World Athletics Day, Rabindranath Tagore Jayanti |
| 8 May | World Red Cross Day, World Thalassaemia Day |
| 10 May | Mother’s Day (Second Sunday of May) |
| 11 May | National Technology Day |
| 12 May | International Nurses Day |
| 15 May | International Day of Families |
| 17 May | World Telecommunication Day, World Hypertension Day |
| 15 May | National Endangered Species Day (Third Friday in May) |
| 16 May | Armed Forces Day (Third Saturday of the May) |
| 18 May | World AIDS Vaccine Day, International Museum Day |
| 19 May | Bhasha Shahid Divas ( Language Martyrs Day ). |
| 21 May | National Anti-Terrorism Day |
| 22 May | International Day for Biological Diversity |
| 25 May | National Memorial Day (last Monday of May) |
| 31 May | Anti-Tobacco Day |
Date |
Important Days In June 2021 |
| 1 June | World Milk Day &Global Day of Parents |
| 2 June | International Sex Workers Day& Telangana Formation Day |
| 3 June | World Bicycle Day |
| 4 June | International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression |
| 5 June | World Environment Day |
| 7 June | World Food Safety Day |
| 8 June | World Brain Tumor Day &World Oceans Day |
| 12 June | World Day Against Child Labour |
| 14 June | World Blood Donor Day |
| 15 June | World Wind Day&World Elder Abuse Awareness Day |
| 16 June | Martyrdom of Guru Arjan Dev |
| 17 June | World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought (International) |
| 18 June | Autistic Pride Day and International Picnic Day |
| 19 June | World Sickle Cell Awareness Day and World Sauntering Day |
| 20 June | World Refugee Day (International) |
| 21 June | World Music Day, World Hydrography Day,International Yoga Day and World Father’s Day |
| 23 June | International Olympic Day , United Nations Public Service Day and International Widow’s Day |
| 26 June | International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking& International Day in Support of Victims of Torture |
| 30 June | World Asteroid Day |
Date |
Important Days In July 2021 |
| July 1 | Doctor’s day, National Postal Worker Day, Canada day & Chattered Accountant Day |
| July 2 | World UFO Day |
| July 4 | USA’s Independence Day |
| July 6 | World Zoonoses Day |
| July 11 | World Population Day |
| July 12 | National Simplicity Day & Paper Bag Day |
| July 14 | Bastille Day |
| July 17 | World Day for International Justice |
| July 18 | International Nelson Mandela Day |
| July 22 | Pi Approximation Day |
| July 24 | National Thermal Engineer Day |
| July 26 | Kargil Vijay Diwas, National Parents Day |
| July 28 | World Nature Conservation Day & World Hepatitis Day |
| July 29 | International Tiger Day |
| July 30 | National Human Trafficking Awareness Day |
Date |
Important Days In August 2021 |
| 4 August | National Mountain Climbing Day&Yorkshire Day, Friendship Day&U.S. Coast Guard Day |
| 6 August | Hiroshima Day |
| 7 August | International Beer Day |
| 9 August | Quit India Movement Day, Nagasaki Day&Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples |
| 12 August | International Youth Day |
| 13 August | International Lefthanders Day |
| 14 August | Youm-e-Azadi (Pakistan Independence Day) |
| 15 August | (UK) – Victory over Japan Day and Day of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary |
| 16 August | Bennington Battle Day |
| 17 August | Indonesian Independence Day |
| 19 August | World Photography Day& World Humanitarian Day |
| 20 August | World Mosquito Day, Sadbhavana Divas& Indian Akshay Urja Day |
| 23 August | International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition& European Day of Remembrance for Victims of Stalinism and Nazism |
| 26 August | Women’s Equality Day |
| 29 August | National Sports Day |
| 30 August | Small Industry Day |
| 31 August | Hari Merdeka (Malaysia National Day) |
Dates |
Important Days In September 2021 |
| September 1 | National Nutrition Week |
| September 2 | Victory over Japan Day, World Coconut Day & Last Day of Onam, Last day of Onam Festival |
| September 3 | Skyscraper Day |
| September5 | International Day of Charity, Teachers’ Day (India) (First Saturday of September) |
| September 7 | Brazilian Independence Day |
| September8 | International Literacy Day |
| September 10 | World Suicide Prevention Day (WSPD) |
| September14 | World First Aid Day & Hindi Diwas |
| September 15 | Engineers Day (India), International Day of Democracy, Raising Day of Army Air Defence, |
| September 16 | World Ozone Day |
| September 21 | International Day of Peace (UN) & World Alzheimer’s Day |
| September 22 | Rose Day (Melinda Rose) |
| September 26 | European Day of Languages, World Contraception Day & World Maritime Day (Fourth Saturday of September) |
| September 27 | World Tourism Day & World Rivers Day (Fourth Sunday of September), Last day of the International Week of the Deaf or Deaf Awareness Week |
| September 28 | World Rabies Day |
| September 29 | World Heart Day |
Dates |
Important Days In October 2021 |
| 1 October | International Day of the Older Persons, International Coffee Day, World Vegetarian Day |
| 2 October | Gandhi Jayanti, International Day of Non-Violence |
| 3 October | German Unity Day |
| 4 October | World Animal Welfare Day |
| 5 October | World Teachers’ Day |
| 6 October | German-American Day |
| 8 October | Indian Air Force Day |
| 9 October | World Postal Day or World Post Office Day |
| 10 October | World Mental Health Day |
| 11 October | International Day of the Girl Child |
| 13 October | World Calamity Control Day (UN) or UN International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction |
| 14 October | World Standards Day |
| 15 October | Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day, Global Handwashing Day, World White Cane Day, World Students’ Day |
| 16 October | World Food Day |
| 17 October | International Poverty Eradication Day |
| 21 October | Police Martyrs’ Day (or Police Commemoration Day) |
| 23 October | Mole Day |
| 24 October | United Nations Day, World Development Information Day, National Immunization Day (Polio Day) |
| 30 October | World Thrift Day |
| 31 October | Rashtriya Ekta Diwas or National Unity Day |
Date |
Important Days In November 2021 |
| 1-Nov | World vegan day, Family Literacy Day |
| 5-Nov | World Radiography day |
| 9-Nov | World services day |
| 14-Nov | Children’s Day in India, Jawaharlal Nehru birthday |
| 16-Nov | International day for Endurance |
| 17-Nov | World Student Day, National Journalism day, Martyrs’ Day/Shaheed Diwas ( Lala Lajpat Rai ) |
| 18-Nov | World Adult day |
| 19-Nov | World Citizen day, Martyrs’ Day/Shaheed Diwas ( Rani Lakshmibai ) |
| 20-Nov | Africa Industrialization Day, Universal children day |
| 21-Nov | World Television day, World Fisheries day |
| 25-Nov | World Non-veg day |
| 26-Nov | Law day |
| 29-Nov | International Day of Solidarity with Palestinian People |
| 30-Nov | Flag day |
Dates |
Important Days In December 2021 |
| 1 December | World AIDS Day |
| 2 December | National Pollution Control Day |
| 2 December | International Day for the Abolition of Slavery |
| 3 December | World Day of the Handicapped |
| 4 December | Indian Navy Day |
| 5 December | International Volunteer Day |
| 5 December | World Soil Day |
| 7 December | Armed Forces Flag Day |
| 7 December | International Civil Aviation Day |
| 9 December | International Anti-Corruption Day |
| 10 December | Human Rights Day |
| 11 December | International Mountain Day |
| 14 December | National Energy Conservation Day |
| 15 December | International Tea Day |
| 16 December | Vijay Diwas |
| 18 December | Minorities Rights Day in India |
| 18 December | Minorities Rights Day in India |
| 19 December | Goa’s Liberation Day |
| 20 December | International Human Solidarity Day |
| 22 December | National Mathematics Day |
| 23 December | Kisan Diwas |
| 24 December | National Consumer Rights Day |
| 25 December | Christmas Day |
| 25 December | Good Governance Day (India) |
| 31 December | New Year’s Eve |
To mark the importance of some significant events, we celebrate the days on which these events took place. Other than this, certain days are celebrated to create awareness among people about important things in the world like awareness against any disease, poverty, etc. Such events along with their dates are especially important for those who are preparing for competitive exams.
