List of Important Days and Dates 2025 topic is very important for competitive exams like UPSC, SSC, Railways, Banks, APPSC, TSPSC and many other exams. Normally two to three questions will ask in exams. Learning important dates in that year will improve aspirants ability to understand things going around the world. Here we provide list of important days month wise from January to December. Aspirants who are preparing competitive exams go through below information.
Important Days 2025- Month-wise:
January 2025:
| Dates | Events |
| 1st January | English New Year
Global Family day |
| 4th January | World Braille Day |
| 5th January | National Bird Day |
| 6th January | World War Orphans Day |
| 8th January | African National Congress Foundation Day |
| 9th January | Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas NRI Day |
| 10th January | World Hindi Day |
| 11th January | Death anniversary of Lal Bahadur Shastri
National Human Trafficking Awareness Day |
| 12th January | National Youth Day (Birth Day of Swami Vivekananda) |
| 15th January | Army Day (Field Marshall K.M. Cariappa took over the command of Army on this day in 1949 from the British)
Makar Sankranti |
| 19th January | World Religion Day 2025 |
| 21st January | Foundation Day of Tripura, Manipur and Meghalaya |
| 23rd January | Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose birthday (Desh Prem Divas) Parakram Diwas |
| 24th January | National Girl Child day of India & International Day of Education
Uttar Pradesh Formation Day |
| 25th January | National Tourism Day National Voters Day |
| 26th January | Republic Day of India and International Customs day
International Day for Clean Energy |
| 27th January | International Holocaust Day (The largest Nazi death camp, Auschwitz- Birkenau was liberated by Soviet troops on Jan 27, 1945.),
International Day of Commemoration |
| 28th January | Birth Anniversary of Lala Lajpat Rai
Data protection day |
| 29th January | India Newspaper Day |
| 30th January | Mahatma Gandhi’s Martyrdom Day (Martyr’s day)
World Leprosy Eradication Day |
February 2025:
| Dates | Events |
| 1st February | Indian Coast Guard Day
Budget Day |
| 2nd February | World Wetlands Day |
| 4th February | World Cancer Day |
| 4th February | National Day of Sri Lanka |
| 6th February | International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation |
| 7th February | International Development Week |
| 8th February | Safer Internet Day |
| 9th February | World Marriage Day (2nd Sunday of February) |
| 10th February | World Pulses Day, International Epilepsy Day, National Deworming Day |
| 11th February | World Day of the Sick
International Day of Women and Girls in Science |
| 12th February | Darwin Day |
| 12th February | Abraham Lincoln’s Birthday
National Productivity Day |
| 13th February | World Radio Day
Sarojini Naidu’s Birth Anniversary |
| 14th February | Saint Valentine’s Day
International Energy day |
| 18th February | Taj Mahotsav |
| 20th February | World Day of Social Justice
Arunachal Pradesh and Mizoram Foundation Day |
| 21st February | International Mother Language Day |
| 22nd February | World Scout Day
World Thinking Day |
| 23rd February | World peace and understanding day |
| 24th February | Central Excise Day |
| 27th February | World Sustainable Energy Day
World NGO day |
| 28th February | National Science Day Rare Disease Day |
March 2025:
| Dates | Events |
| 1st March | Zero Discrimination Day
World Civil Defence Day Self-Injury Awareness Day World Seagrass Day |
| 3rd March | World Wildlife Day
World Hearing Day National Defence Day |
| 4th March | National Safety Day
Employee Appreciation Day Ramakrishna Jayanti |
| 5th March
|
International Disarmament
Non- Proliferation Day |
| 8th March | International Women’s Day |
| 10th March | CISF Raising Day |
| 12th March | Mauritius Day
No Smoking Day (Second Wednesday of March) |
| 14th March | Pi Day
International Day of Action for Rivers |
| 15th March | World Consumer Rights Day |
| 16th March | National Vaccination Day |
| 18th March | Ordnance Factories Day (India) |
| 20th March | International Day of Happiness
World Sparrow Day |
| 21st March | International Day of Forests
World Down syndrome Day World Poetry Day |
| 22nd March | World Water Day
Bihar foundation day |
| 23rd March | World Meteorological Day |
| 24th March | World Tuberculosis (TB) Day |
| 25th March | International day of the Unborn Child
International Day of Solidarity with Detained and Missing Staff Members |
| 26th March | Bangladesh liberation day/Independence day |
| 27th March | World Theatre Day |
| 30th March | Rajasthan Formation Day |
April 2025:
| Dates | Events |
| 1 April | Orissa Day
Prevention of Blindness week |
| 2 April | World Autism Awareness Day |
| 3 April | Army Medical Corps Establishment Day |
| 4 April | International Day for Mine Awareness |
| 5 April | National Maritime Day |
| 7 April | World Health Day |
| 9 April | Ugadi / Gudi Padwa / Telugu New Year |
| 10 April | World Homeopathy Day |
| 11 April | National Safe Motherhood Day
National Pet Day |
| 13 April | Jallianwallah Bagh Massacre Day (1919) |
| 14 April | B.R. Ambedkar Jayanti Tamil New Year |
| 15 April | Bengali New Year / Bihu |
| 17 April | World Haemophilia Day |
| 18 April | World Heritage Day |
| 21 April | National Civil Service Day
Secretaries’s Day |
| 22 April | World Earth Day |
| 23 April | World Book and Copyright Day |
| 24 April | National Panchayati Day |
| 25 April | World Malaria Day |
| 26 April | World Intellectual Property Day |
| 26 April | World Veterinary Day 2025 (last Saturday of April) |
| 28 April | World Day for Safety and Health at Work, |
| 30 April | Ayushman Bharat Diwas |
May 2025:
| Dates | Events |
| 1st May | Maharashtra Day
Gujarat Day International Labour Day World Password Day |
| 2nd May | International Harry Potter Day |
| 3rd May | Press Freedom Day |
| 4th May | Coal miner’s day
World Laughter Day (First Sunday of May) Star Wars Day International Firefighters’ Day |
| 6th May | World Asthma Day (First Tuesday of May). |
| 7th May | World Athletics Day |
| 8th May | World Red Cross Day World
Thalassaemia Day |
| 9th May | Victory day (Russia)
Rabindra Jayanti |
| 10th May | World Lupus (Chronic Autoimmune Disease) Day National Shrimp Day |
| 11th May | National Technology Day
Mother’s Day(2nd Sunday of May) |
| 12th May | International Nurses day |
| 14th May | World Migratory day |
| 15th May | International Day of the Family |
| 16th May | Sikkim State Day
International Day of Light National Endangered Species Day (Third Friday of May) |
| 17th May | World Telecommunication Day
Information Society Day World Hypertension day Armed Forces Day (Third Saturday of the May) |
| 18th May | International Museum Day
World AIDS Vaccine Day |
| 21st May | National Anti-Terrorism Day
World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development |
| 22nd May | International Day for Biological Diversity |
| 24th May | Commonwealth Day |
| 26th May | National Memorial Day (last Monday of May) |
| 30th May | Goa Statehood Day
Hindi Journalism Day International Day of Potato |
| 31st May | World No Tobacco Day |
June 2025:
| Dates | Events |
| 1st June | World Milk Day
Global Parents Day |
| 2nd June | International Sex Workers Day
Telangana Formation Day |
| 3rd June | World Bicycle Day |
| 4th June | International Day of Innocent
Children Victims of Aggression |
| 5th June | World Environment Day |
| 7th June | World Food Safety Day
International Level Crossing Awareness Day |
| 8th June | World Oceans Day
World Brain Tumour Day |
| 12th June | World Day Against Child Labour |
| 14th June | World Blood Donor Day |
| 15th June | Global Wind Day
World Elder Abuse Awareness Day World Fathers’ Day (Every 3rd Sunday of June) |
| 16 June | Martyrdom of Guru Arjan Dev |
| 17th June | World Day to Combat
Desertification and Drought |
| 18th June | Autistic Pride Day International Picnic Day |
| 19th June | World Sickle Cell Awareness Day
World Sauntering Day |
| 20th June | World Refugee Day |
| 21st June | World Hydrography Day
International Yoga Day World Music day |
| 23rd June | International Olympic Day
United Nations Public Service Day International Widow’s Day |
| 26th June | International Day against
Drug Abuse & Illicit Trafficking |
| 27th June | World Diabetes Day |
| 29th June | National Statistics Day International Day of the Tropics |
| 30th June | World Asteroid Day |
July 2025:
| Dates | Events |
| 1st July | National Doctor’s Day,
National Postal Worker Day, Chartered Accountants Day Canada Day National U.S. Postage Stamp Day National Gingersnap Day |
| 2nd July | World UFO Day,
World Sports Journalists Day National Anisette (Alcohol) Day |
| 3rd July | National Fried Clam Day |
| 4th July | American Independence day |
| 5th July | International Day of Cooperatives (1st Saturday) |
| 6th July | World Zoonoses Day |
| 7th July | World Chocolate Day
Global Forgiveness Day |
| 9th July | National Sugar Cookie Day |
| 11th July | World Population Day
National 7-Eleven Day |
| 12th July | World Malala day
National Simplicity Day Paper Bag Day |
| 14th July | Bastille Day or French National Day |
| 15th July | World Youth Skills Day
Social Media Giving Day |
| 17th July | World Day for International Justice World Emoji Day |
| 18th July | Nelson Mandela International Day |
| 20th July | International Chess Day Moon Day |
| 22nd July | Pi Approximation Day
National Mango Day Chandrayaan 2 launching date (2019) |
| 23rd July | National Broadcasting Day
Chandra Shekhar Azad’s Birth Anniversary |
| 24th July | National Thermal Engineer Day
National Refreshment Day (Fourth Thursday in July) |
| 26th July | Kargil Vijay Diwas |
| 27th July | National Parent’s Day (Fourth Sunday in July) |
| 28th July | World Nature Conservation Day
World Hepatitis Day |
| 29th July | International Tiger Day |
| 30th July | World Day against Trafficking in Person |
August 2025:
| Dates | Events |
| 1st August | National Mountain Climbing Day
Yorkshire Day World Lung Cancer Day |
| 3rd August | Friendship Day (First Sunday of August)
Independence Day of Niger |
| 4th August | U.S. Coast Guard Day |
| 6th August | Hiroshima Day |
| 7th August | National Handloom Day |
| 8th August | Quit India Movement Day |
| 9th August | International Day of World’s Indigenous People
Nagasaki Day |
| 12th August | International Youth day
World Elephant Day |
| 13th August | International Lefthanders Day
World Organ Donation Day |
| 14th August | Independence Day of Pakistan |
| 15th August | Independence Day of India
National Mourning Day (Bangladesh) |
| 19th August | World Photography day
World Humanitarian Day |
| 20th August | Sadbhavna Diwas (Birth Anniversary of Rajeev Gandhi)
Indian Akshay Urja Day World Mosquito day |
| 21st August | World Senior Citizen’s Day |
| 23rd August | International Day for the Remembrance of the slave trade and its abolition
European Day of Remembrance for Victims of Stalinism and Nazism |
| 26th August | Women’s Equality Day |
| 29th August | National Sports Day (Birth Anniversary of Major Dhyanchand) |
| 30th August | Small Industry Day |
| 31st August | Hari Merdeka (Malaysia National Day) |
September 2025:
| Dates | Events |
| 1st September | National Nutrition Week
World Letter Writing Day. |
| 2nd September | World Coconut Day |
| 3rd September | Skyscraper Day |
| 5th September | Teachers’ Day (Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan’s birthday)
International Day of Charity |
| 7th September | Brazilian Independence Day |
| 8th September | World Literacy Day
World Physical Therapy Day |
| 10th September | World Suicide Prevention Day (WSPD) |
| 11th September | National Forest Martyrs Day |
| 13th September | World First Aid Day |
| 14th September | Hindi Diwas |
| 15th September | Engineer’s day in India (Birth Anniversary of Mokshagundam Visveswarayya)
International Day of Democracy |
| 16th September | World Ozone Day
Malaysia Formation Day |
| 17th September | World Patient Safety Day |
| 18th September | World Bamboo Day |
| 19th September | International Talk Like a Pirate Day |
| 20th September | International Red Panda Day (3rd Saturday of September) |
| 21st September | Alzheimer’s Day
International day of peace |
| 22nd September | World Rhino Day |
| 25th September | Social justice Day
World Maritime Day Antodya Diwas (Birth Anniversary of Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyay) World Pharmacists Day |
| 26th September | World Contraception Day
World Environmental Health Day |
| 27th September | World Tourism Day |
| 28th September
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World Rivers Day (Fourth Sunday of September)
World Rabies Day Day of the Deaf (Last Sunday of September) |
| 29th September | World Heart Day |
| 30th September | International Translation Day |
October 2025:
| Dates | Events |
| 1st October | International Day of the Older person
International Coffee Day World Vegetarian Day |
| 2nd October | Mahatma Gandhi’s birthday
International Day of non-violence |
| 3rd October | World Habitat Day
World Nature Day |
| 4th October | World Animal Welfare Day |
| 5th October | World Teacher’s Day |
| 8th October | Indian Air Force Day |
| 9th October | World Postal day |
| 10th October | National Postal Day
World Mental Health Day |
| 11th October | International Day of the Girl Child |
| 12th October | World Arthritis day |
| 13th October | UN International Day for National Disaster Reduction |
| 14th October | World Standards Day |
| 15th October | World White Cane Day (Guiding the Blind)
Global Handwashing Day World Students’ Day |
| 16th October | World Food Day
World Spine Day World Anaesthesia Day |
| 17th October | International day for the eradication of poverty |
| 20th October | World statistics day |
| 24th October | United Nations Day
World Development Information Day |
| 30th October | World Thrift Day |
| 31st October | Rastriya Ekta Diwas National Unity Day (in memory of Sardar Patel)
National Integration Day (In memory of Indira Gandhi) Halloween Day |
November 2025:
| Dates | Events |
| 1st November | World vegan day
Karnataka Formation Day (Rajyotsava Day) Haryana Formation Day Tamilnadu Formation Day Andhrapradesh Formation Day Madhyapradesh Formation Day Kerala Formation Day Chattisgarh Formation Day Punjab Formation Day All Saints’ Day |
| 5th November | World Tsunami Awareness Day |
| 7th November | Infant Protection day
National Cancer Awareness Day |
| 8th November | World Radiography day |
| 9th November | National Legal Services Day
Uttarakhand Formation Day |
| 10th November | Transport Day
World Science Day for Peace and Development |
| 11th November
|
National Education Day on Birth Anniversary of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad.
Armistice Day National Education Day |
| 12th November | World Pneumonia Day |
| 13th November | World Kindness Day
World Usability Day (Second Thursday in November) |
| 14th November | Children’s Day in India (Jawaharlal Nehru birthday)
World Diabetes Day |
| 15th November | Jharkhand Formation Day |
| 16th November | International day for Endurance/Tolerance
World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims(Third Sunday of November) |
| 17th November | World Student day
National Journalism day National Epilepsy Day |
| 18th November | World Adult day |
| 19th November | World Citizen day
International Men’s Day World Toilet Day |
| 20th November | Africa Industrialization Day
World children day |
| 21st November | World Television day
World Fisheries day |
| 25th November | International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
World Non-veg day |
| 26th November | The Day Indian Constitution was adopted |
| 29th November | International Day of Solidarity with Palestinian People |
| 30th November | Saint Andrews Day (Scotland) |
December 2025:
| Dates | Events |
| 1st December | World Aids Day
Nagaland Formation Day |
| 2nd December | World Computer literacy day
International day of abolition of slavery National Pollution Control Day |
| 3rd December | International Day of People with disabilities
World conservation day |
| 4th December | Indian Navy Day |
| 5th December | International volunteer day for economic and social development
International Volunteer Day World Soil Day |
| 7th December | Armed Forces Flag Day
International civil aviation day |
| 9th December | International Anti-Corruption Day |
| 10th December | Human Right Day |
| 11th December | International Mountain day
UNICEF Foundation Day |
| 14th December | National Energy Conservation Day |
| 16th December | Vijay Diwas |
| 18th December | International Migrants day
Minorities Rights Day in India |
| 19th December | Goa’s liberation day |
| 20th December | International Human solidarity |
| 22nd December | National Mathematics Day (Birth Anniversary of Srinivas Ramanujan) |
| 23rd December | Kisan Diwas (Farmer’s Day Birth Anniversary the 5th Prime Minister of India, Shri Choudhary Charan Singh) |
| 24th December | National Consumer Rights Day |
| 25th December | Christmas Day
National Good Governance Day (Birth Anniversary of Atal Bihari Vajpayee) |
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