| Date/ Day | Importance |
| 9 | NRI Day (Return of Mahatma Gandhi from South Africa in 1915) |
| 12 | National Youth Day (Birthday of Swami Vivekananda) |
| 15 | Army Day |
| 24 | National Girl Child Day |
| 25 | National Tourism Day, National Voters’ Day |
| 26 | India’s Republic Day, International Customs Day |
| 27 | Day to Remember the Victims of the Holocaust |
| 28 | Data Protection Day |
| 29 | National Newspaper Day |
| 30 | Martyrs’ Day (Assassination of Mahatma Gandhi) |
| Last Sunday | World Leprosy Eradication Day |
| Date/ Day | Importance |
| 1 | World Hijab Day |
| 2nd Sunday | World Marriage Day |
| 2 | World Wetlands Day |
| 4 | World Cancer Day |
| 6 | International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation |
| 11 | International Day of Women and Girls in Science |
| 13 | World Radio Day |
| 14 | St Valentine’s Day |
| 20 | World Day of Social Justice |
| 21 | World Mother Language Day |
| 24 | Central Excise Day |
| 28 | National Science Day (This day in 1928 marked the discovery of ‘Raman Effect’ by Dr C V Raman) |
| Date/Day | Importance |
| 2nd Monday | Commonwealth Day |
| 2nd Thursday | World Kidney Day |
| 1 | Zero Discrimination Day |
| 3 | National Defence Day, World Wildlife Day |
| 4 | National Security Day |
| 8 | International Women’s Day |
| 10 | Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) Raising Day |
| 12 | Mauritius Day |
| 14 | Pi Day [Observed on March 14 (3/14 in the month/day date format) since 3, 1 and 4 are the three significant digits of Pi] |
| 15 | World Disabled Day; World Consumer Rights Day |
| 16 | National Vaccination Day |
| 20 | International Day of Happiness |
| 21 | World Forestry Day; International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination; World Poetry Day; World Down Syndrome Day |
| 22 | World Water Day |
| 23 | World Meteorological Day |
| 24 | World Tuberculosis Day |
| 27 | World Theatre Day |
| Date/Day | Importance |
| 2 | World Autism Awareness Day |
| 4 | International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action |
| 5 | National Maritime Day |
| 7 | World Health Day |
| 12 | International Day of Human Space Flight |
| 17 | World Haemophilia Day |
| 18 | World Heritage Day |
| 21 | Secretaries’ Day, National Civil Services Day |
| 22 | Earth Day |
| 23 | World Book and Copyright Day; English Language Day |
| 25 | World Malaria Day |
| 26 | World Intellectual Property Day |
| 28 | World Day for Safety and Health at Work |
| 29 | Day of Remembrance for All Victims of Chemical Warfare, International Dance Day |
| 30 | World Jazz Day |
| Date/Day | Importance |
| 1 | Workers’ Day (International Labour Day) |
| 2 | World Tuna Day |
| 3 | International Energy Day, World Press Freedom Day |
| 1st Tuesday | World Asthma Day |
| 2nd Sunday | Mother’s Day |
| 4 | Coal Miners’ Day |
| 8 | World Red Cross Day; World Thalassaemia Day |
| 11 | National Technology Day |
| 12 | International Nurses Day |
| 15 | International Day of Families |
| 17 | World Hypertension Day; World Telecommunication and Information Society Day |
| 21 | World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development |
| 22 | International Day for Biological Diversity |
| 25 | World Thyroid Day |
| 29 | International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers |
| 31 | World No-Tobacco Day |
| Date/Day | Importance |
| 1 | Global Day of Parents, World Milk Day |
| 4 | International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression |
| 5 | World Environment Day |
| 8 | World Oceans Day |
| 3rd Sunday | Father’s Day |
| 12 | World Day Against Child Labour |
| 13 | International Albinism Awareness Day |
| 14 | World Blood Donor Day |
| 15 | World Elder Abuse Awareness Day |
| 16 | International Day of Family Remittances |
| 17 | World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought |
| 19 | International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict |
| 20 | World Refugee Day |
| 21 | International Yoga Day |
| 23 | United Nations Day for Public Service; International Widows’ Day |
| 25 | Day of the Seafarer |
| 26 | International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking |
| 29 | National Statistics Day (Birthday of PC Mahalanobis, who founded the Indian Statistical Institute) |
| 30 | International Asteroid Day |
| Date/Day | Importance |
| 1 | National Doctors’ Day (Birthday of BC Roy) |
| 1st Saturday | International Day of Cooperatives |
| 6 | World Zoonoses Day |
| 11 | World Population Day |
| 12 | Malala Day |
| 15 | World Youth Skills Day |
| 18 | Nelson Mandela International Day |
| 26 | Kargil Victory Day |
| 28 | World Hepatitis Day |
| 30 | International Day of Friendship, World Day against Trafficking in Persons |
| Date/Day | Importance |
| 1st Sunday | International Friendship Day |
| 6 | Hiroshima Day |
| 7 | National Handloom Day |
| 8 | World Senior Citizens’ Day |
| 9 | Quit India Day, Nagasaki Day; International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples |
| 12 | International Youth Day |
| 15 | Indian Independence Day |
| 19 | World Photography Day; World Humanitarian Day |
| 20 | Sadbhavana Diwas (Birthday of Rajiv Gandhi) |
| 29 | National Sports Day (Birthday of Dhyan Chand, the hockey wizard); International Day against Nuclear Tests |
| 30 | Small Industry Day; International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances |
| Date/Day | Importance |
| 2 | World Coconut Day |
| 5 | Teachers’ Day (Birthday of Dr S Radhakrishnan); International Day of Charity |
| 8 | World Literacy Day (UNESCO) |
| 10 | World Suicide Prevention Day |
| 12 | United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation |
| 15 | Engineers’ Day; International Day of Democracy |
| 16 | World Ozone Day |
| 21 | Alzheimer’s Day; Day for Peace & Non-violence (UN) |
| 22 | Rose Day (Welfare of cancer patients) |
| 25 | Social Justice Day |
| 26 | International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons |
| 27 | World Tourism Day |
| 28 | World Rabies Day |
| 29 | World Heart Day |
| Last Sunday | Day of the Deaf |
| Last Thursday | World Maritime Day |
| Date/Day | Importance |
| 1 | International Day for the Elderly, World Vegetarian Day |
| 2 | Gandhi Jayanthi, International Day of Non-Violence, World Farm Animals Day |
| 1st Monday | World Habitat Day, World Architecture Day |
| 1st Friday | World Smile Day |
| 4 | World Animal Day |
| 5 | World Teachers’ Day |
| 7 | World Day for Decent Work |
| 8 | Indian Air Force Day |
| 9 | World Post Office Day |
| 10 | World Mental Health Day |
| 11 | International Day of the Girl Child |
| 2nd Thursday | World Sight Day |
| 2nd Friday | World Egg Day |
| 13 | UN International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction |
| 14 | World Standards Day |
| 15 | World White Cane Safety Day; International Day of Rural Women, Global Handwashing Day |
| 16 | World Food Day; World Anaesthesia Day |
| 17 | International Day for the Eradication of Poverty |
| 20 | National Solidarity Day, World Statistics Day, World Osteoporosis Day |
| 21 | World Iodine Deficiency Disorders Prevention Day |
| 24 | UN Day; World Development Information Day |
| 27 | World Day for Audiovisual Heritage |
| 28 | International Animation Day |
| 30 | World Thrift Day |
| 31 | National Unity Day; World Cities Day |
| Date/Day | Importance |
| 2 | International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists |
| 5 | World Tsunami Awareness Day |
| 6 | International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict |
| 7 | Infant Protection Day; National Cancer Awareness Day |
| 9 | Legal Services Day |
| 10 | World Science Day for Peace and Development |
| 2nd Thursday | World Quality Day |
| 11 | National Education Day (Birthday of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad) |
| 14 | Children’s Day (Birthday of Jawaharlal Nehru); World Diabetes Day |
| 16 | National Press Day; International Day for Tolerance |
| 17 | National Epilepsy Day, International Students’ Day |
| 18 | Sappers’ Day |
| Third Thursday |
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| Third Sunday | World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims |
| 19 | World Day for Prevention of Abuse and Violence Against Children; World Citizens’ Day, International Men’s Day; World Toilet Day; Women’s Entrepreneurship Day; National Integration Day |
| 20 | Universal Children’s Day; Africa Industrialisation Day |
| 21 | World Television Day; World Hello Day |
| 25 | International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women |
| 26 | Constitution Day; National Milk Day (Birthday of Verghese Kurien, father of white revolution in India) |
| 29 | International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People |
| 30 | Flag Day |
| Date/Day | Importance |
| 1 | World AIDS Day |
| 2 | International Day for the Abolition of Slavery |
| 3 | World Day of the Handicapped |
| 4 | Indian Navy Day |
| 5 | World Soil Day, International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development |
| 7 | Indian Armed Forces Flag Day; International Civil Aviation Day |
| 9 | International Anti-Corruption Day |
| 10 | Human Rights Day |
| 11 | UNICEF Day; International Mountain Day |
| 14 | National Energy Conservation Day |
| 16 | Nirbhaya Day |
| 18 | International Migrants Day; Minorities Rights Day (India); Arabic Language Day |
| 20 | International Human Solidarity Day |
| 22 | National Mathematics Day |
| 23 | Farmers’ Day (Birthday of Chaudhary Charan Singh) |
| 25 | Good Governance Day (Birthday of AB Vajpayee) |