Important days in January 2023: Having complete knowledge of the important days is a must for every competitive exam aspirant. Every month has significant events that are observed and celebrated globally. January, which is known as the first month of the year, consists of many such events that are observed nationally and internationally. Let us check all of them below.
Important days in January 2023
| Dates | Events |
| January 1
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English New Year
Army Medical Corps Establishment Day Global Family Day Feast of the Circumcision of Christ Flag Day (Lithuania) Kalpataru Day (Ramakrishna Movement) World Day of Peace Constitution Day (Italy) Dissolution of Czechoslovakia Euro Day (European Union) Triumph of the Revolution (Cuba) Public Domain Day National Bloody Mary Day (US) Founding Day (Taiwan) International Nepali Dhoti and Nepali Topi Day Independence Day (Brunei, Cameroon, Haiti, Sudan) Jump-up Day (Montserrat, British Overseas Territories) Polar Bear Swim Day (Canada and US) National Tree Planting Day (Tanzania) Solemnity of Mary Mother of God (Catholic Church) |
| January 2
|
Ancestry Day (Haiti)
National Creampuff Day (US) The victory of Armed Forces Day (Cuba) Berchtold’s Day (Liechtenstein, Switzerland, and the Alsace) Nylon (Bhutan) National Science Fiction Day (US) Carnival Day (Saint Kitts and Nevis) Kakizome (Japan) Happy New Year For Cats Day (Thomas Roy) |
| January 3
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National Chocolate Covered Cherry Day (US)
Memento Mori (Thomas Roy) Nakhatsenendyan Toner (Armenia) Anniversary of the 1966 Coup d’état (Burkina Faso) Ministry of Religious Affairs Day (Indonesia) Tamaseseri Festival (Hakozaki Shrine, Fukuoka, Japan) |
| January 4
|
World Braille Day
Independence Day (Myanmar) Day of the Fallen against the Colonial Repression (Angola) Ogoni Day (Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People) Dimpled Chad Day (Thomas Roy) Day of the Martyrs (the Democratic Republic of the Congo) Hwinukan Mukee (Okinawa Islands, Japan) |
| January 5
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Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day (Australia)
National Bird Day (US) Strawberry Day (Japan) National Whipped Cream Day (US) Sausage Day (United Kingdom) Tucindan (Serbia, Montenegro) |
| January 6 | World War Orphans Day
National Technology Day Armed Forces Day (Iraq) Epiphany or Three Kings’ Day (Western Christianity) |
| January 7 | Christmas (Eastern Orthodox Churches and Oriental Orthodox Churches using the Julian Calendar)
Distaff Day (Medieval Europe) Victory from Genocide Day (Cambodia) Tricolour day (Italy) Nanakusa no sekku (Japan) Pioneer’s Day (Liberia) |
| January 8
|
African National Congress Foundation Day
Typing Day Show and Tell Day at Work (Thomas Roy) The Eighth (US) |
| January 9
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Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (NRI Day)
Start of Hoonko St. Stephen’s Day (Eastern Orthodox) National Cassoulet Day (US) Republic Day (Republika Srpska) Martyrs’ Day (Panama) |
| January 10
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World Laughter Day
World Hindi Day Majority Rule Day (Bahamas) Fête du Vodoun (Benin) |
| January 11
|
Death anniversary of Lal Bahadur Shastri
National Human Trafficking Awareness Day (US) Republic Day (Albania) Children’s Day (Tunisia) Kagami Biraki (Japan) Independence Manifesto Day (Morocco) Eugenio María de Hostos Day (Puerto Rico) German Apples Day (Germany) |
| January 12
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National Youth Day (Birth of Swami Vivekananda)
National Vision Board Day Memorial Day (Turkmenistan) Prosecutor General’s Day (Russia) Zanzibar Revolution Day (Tanzania) |
| January 13
|
Guru Gobind Singh Jayanti
Lohri Stephen Foster Memorial Day (US) Constitution Day (Mongolia) Liberation Day (Togo) Democracy Day (Cape Verde) St. Knut’s Day (Sweden and Finland) Old New Year’s Eve (Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Serbia, Montenegro, Republic of Srpska, North Macedonia) |
| January 14
|
Makar Sankranti
Pongal Armed Forces Veterans Day National Forest Conservation Day (Thailand) Azhyrnykhua (Abkhazia) Flag Day (Georgia) Feast of Divina Pastora (Barquisimeto) Yennayer (Berbers) Day of Defenders of the Motherland (Uzbekistan) Feast of the Ass (Medieval Christianity) Ratification Day (US) Revolution and Youth Day (Tunisia) |
| January 15
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Indian Army Day
Wikipedia Day Teacher’s Day (Venezuela) Arbor Day (Egypt) Sagicho at Tsurugaoka Hachimangū (Kamakura, Japan) Armed Forces Day (Nigeria) John Chilembwe Day (Malawi) Korean Alphabet Day (North Korea) |
| January 16
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Thiruvalluvar Day (Tamil Nadu)
National Nothing Day (Thomas Roy) Zuuruku Nichi (Okinawa Islands, Japan) National Religious Freedom Day (US) Teacher’s Day (Thailand, Myanmar) Solemnity of Mary Mother of God (Coptic Church) |
| January 17
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National Day (Menorca)
Opening ceremony of Patras Carnival Judgment Day Hardware Freedom Day |
| January 18
|
Royal Thai Armed Forces Day (Thailand) Revolution and Youth Day (Tunisia)
Week of Prayer for Christian Unity |
| January 19
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Husband’s Day (Iceland)
Kokborok Day (Tripura) Confederate Heroes Day (Texas) Theophany/ Epiphany (Eastern and Oriental Orthodoxy) National Popcorn Day (US) |
| January 20
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Martyrs’ Day (Azerbaijan)
Inauguration Day (US) Armed Forces Day (Mali) Heroes’ Day (Cape Verde) Cheese Day (US) |
| January 21
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National Hug Day (US)
Babinden (Bulgaria, Serbia) Lincoln Alexander Day (Canada) Birthday of Princess Ingrid Alexandra (Norway) Lady of Altagracia Day (Dominican Republic) Errol Barrow Day (Barbados) Grandmother’s Day (Poland) Flag Day (Quebec) |
| January 22
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National Hot Sauce Day (US)
Grandfather’s Day (Poland) Answer Your Cat’s Question Day Day of Unity of Ukraine (Ukraine) |
| January 23
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Subhash Chandra Bose Birth Anniversary
World Freedom Day (Taiwan and South Korea) Bounty Day (Pitcairn Island) Snow Plow Mailbox Hockey Day Espousals of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Roman Catholic Church) National Pie Day (US) |
| January 24
|
National Girl Child Day
International Day of Education National Peanut Butter Day (US) Feast of Our Lady of Peace (Roman Catholic Church) Moebius Syndrome Awareness Day Unification Day (Romania) |
| January 25
|
National Tourism Day (India)
National Voters Day (India) 2011 Revolution Day (Egypt) National Police Day (Egypt) Tatiana Day (Russia, Eastern Orthodox) A Room of One’s Own Day Feast of the Conversion of Saint Paul (Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, Roman Catholic, Anglican, and Lutheran churches) Burns night (Scotland) Dydd Santes Dwynwen (Wales) |
| January 26
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Republic Day (India)
Australia Day International Customs Day International Customs Day Duarte Day (Dominican Republic) Liberation Day (Uganda) Engineer’s Day (Panama) |
| January 27
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Family Literacy Day (Canada)
International Holocaust Remembrance Day Day of the lifting of the siege of Leningrad (Russia) Saint Devota’s Day (Monaco) Holocaust Memorial Day (UK) Memorial Day (Italy) Holocaust Remembrance Day (Sweden) National Holocaust Memorial Day (Greece) Memorial Day for the Victims of the Holocaust and Prevention of Crimes against Humanity (Czech Republic) Memorial Day for the Victims of National Socialism (Germany) National Chocolate Cake Day (US) Feast of Saint Slava (Serbia) |
| January 28
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Birth anniversary of Lala Lajpat Rai
Data Privacy Day Army Day (Armenia) |
| January 29 | Kansas Day (Kansas, US) |
| January 30
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Mahatma Gandhi’s Martyrdom Day (Martyr’s Day)
Teacher’s Day (Greece) Day of Azerbaijani customs (Azerbaijan) Fred Korematsu Day (California, US) Day of Saudade (Brazil) National Inane Answering Message Day (US) World Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTD) Day World Leprosy Eradication Day (Last Sunday ) |
| January 31
|
Amartithi
Independence Day (Nauru) Me-Dam-Me-Phi (Ahom people) Street Children’s Day (Austria) |
List of Important Days & Dates 2023 (National & International)
Important days in January 2023 FAQs
Question: When is Makar Sankranti celebrated?
Ans. It is celebrated on January 14, every year.
Question: What is the reason behind Pongal’s celebration?
Ans. It is celebrated by the farmers to thank the sun god and lord Indra for helping them in better yielding of crops.
Question: Where is Independence Day celebrated on January 4th?
Ans. It is celebrated in Myanmar on every 4th January.
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