Important Days and Dates of 2023 (National and international) have been shared in this article. From this post, you will get to know all the important national and international Days and Dates for SSC CGL, RRB NTPC, and other competitive exams. The list of important Days and Dates will help candiDates in order to prepare better for the competitive exam. Check out the lists below.
Important Days and Dates in
| January | February | March |
| April | May | June |
| July | August | September |
| October | November | December |
Important Days and Dates of January 2023
1st January – English New Year, Army Medical Corps Establishment Day, Global Family Day
4th January – World Braille Day
6th January – World War Orphans Day, National Technology Day
8th January – African National Congress Foundation Day
9th January – Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (NRI Day)
10th January – World Laughter Day, World Hindi Day
11th January – Death anniversary of Lal Bahadur Shastri, National Human Trafficking Awareness Day
12th January – National Youth Day (Birth of Swami Vivekanand), National Vision Board Day
13th January – Guru Gobind Singh Jayanti
14th January – Lohri
15th January – Indian Army Day, Pongal, Makar Sakranti, Wikipedia Day
23rd January – Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose’s birth anniversary
25th January – International Customs Duty Day, India Tourism Day, National Voters Day
26th January – Republic Day (India), Australia Day
27th January – Family Literacy Day, International Holocaust Remembrance Day (International Day of Commemoration)
28th January – Birth anniversary of Lala Lajpat Rai
30th January – Mahatma Gandhi’s Martyrdom Day (Martyr’s day)
Important Days and Dates of February 2023
1st February – Indian Coast Guard Day
2nd February – World Wetlands Day
4th February – World Cancer Day, Independence Day of Sri Lanka
6th February – International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation
7th February – International Safer Internet Day
11th February – World Day of the Sick
12th February – Darwin Day, International Day of Women’s Health
13th February – Sarojini Naidu’s Birth Anniversary
14th February – Saint Valentine’s Day
15th February – International Childhood Cancer Day
18th February – Taj Mahotsav
20th February – World Day of Social Justice
21st February – International Mother Language Day
22nd February – World Scout Day
24th February – Central Excise Day
27th February – World Sustainable Energy Day
28th February – National Science Day
Important Days and Dates of March 2023
1st March – Zero Discrimination Day, World Civil Defence Day, Self-Injury Awareness Day
2nd March – Employee Appreciation Day
3rd March – World Wildlife Day, World Hearing Day
4th March – National Safety Day
8th March – International Women’s Day, Ramakrishna Jayanti
10th March – CISF Raising Day
12th March – Mauritius Day
14th March – Pi Day, International Day of Action for Rivers
15th March – World Consumer Rights Day, World Sleep Day
16th March – National Vaccination Day
18th March – Ordnance Factories Day (India)
20th March – International Day of Happiness, World Oral Health Day
21st March – World Forestry Day, World Down Syndrome Day, World Poetry Day, Human Rights Day (South Africa), International Day of Forests
22nd March – World Water Day
23rd March – World Meteorological Day
24th March – World Tuberculosis (TB) Day
25th March – International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade, International Day of the Unborn Child
26th March – Purple Day for epilepsy
27th March – World Theatre Day
Important Days and Dates of April 2023
1st April – Orissa Day, Prevention of Blindness week
2nd April – World Autism Awareness Day, International Children’s Book Day
4th April – International Day for Mine Awareness
5th April – National Maritime Day
6th April – International Day of Sport for Development and Peace
7th April – World Health Day (On this very day in the year 1948, WHO was formed, however, the first World Health Day was observed in the year 1950)
10th April – World Homeopathy Day
11th April – National Safe Motherhood Day, National Pet Day
12th April – Equal Pay Day
13th April – Jallianwallah Bagh Massacre Day (1919)
14th April – B.R. Ambedkar Remembrance Day
17th April – World Hemophilia Day
18 April – World Heritage Day
21th- April – National Civil Service Day, Secretaries’ Day
22th- April – World Earth Day
23th- April – World Book and Copyright Day
24th- April – National Panchayati Day
25th- April – World Malaria Day
26th- April – World Intellectual Property Day
28th- April – World Day for Safety and Health at Work, World Veterinary Day
30th- April – Ayushman Bharat Diwas
Important Days and Dates of May 2023
1st May: International Labour Day or May Day, Maharashtra Day
3rd May: Press Freedom Day
4th- May: Coal Miners Day, International Firefighter’s Day
7th- May: World Athletics Day, Rabindranath Tagore Jayanti
8th- May: World Red Cross Day, World Thalassaemia Day
11th- May: National Technology Day
12th- May: International Nurses Day
15th- May: International Day of Families
17th- May: World Telecommunication Day, World Hypertension Day
18th- May: World AIDS Vaccine Day, International Museum Day
21th- May: National Anti-Terrorism Day
22th- May: International Day for Biological Diversity
31th- May: Anti-Tobacco Day
Important Days and Dates of June 2023
1st June (Year of Six Month): World Milk Day, Global Day of Parents
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
8th June: World Brain Tumour Day, World Oceans Day
12 June: World Day Against Child Labour
14th- June: World Blood Donor Day
15th- June: World Wind Day, World Elder Abuse Awareness Day
16th- June: Martyrdom of Guru Arjan Dev
17th- June: World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought (International)
18th- June: Autistic Pride Day, International Picnic Day
19th- June: World Sickle Cell Awareness Day, World Sauntering Day
20th- June: World Refugee Day (International)
21th- June: World Music Day, World Hydrography Day, International Yoga Day
23th- June: International Olympic Day, United Nations Public Service Day, International Widow’s Day
26th- June: International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, International Day in Support of Victims of Torture
30th- June: Asteroid Day
Important Days and Dates of July 2023
Fourth Sunday of July – National Parent’s Day (US)
Fourth Thursday in July – National Refreshment Day
Last Friday in July – System Administrator Appreciation Day
1st July – Doctor’s Day, National Postal Worker Day, Canada Day, Chartered Accountant’s Day (India), National U.S. Postage Stamp Day, National Gingersnap Day
2nd July – World UFO Day, National Anisette Day
3rd July – National Fried Clam Day
4th- July – Independence Day USA
6th- July – World Zoonoses Day
11th- July – World Population Day, National 7-Eleven Day
12th- July – National Simplicity Day, Paper Bag Day, Malala Day
14th- July- Bastille Day
17th- July – World Day for International Justice
18th- July – International Nelson Mandela Day
22th- July – Pi Approximation Day
24th- July – National Thermal Engineer Day
26th- July – Kargil Vijay Diwas (Kargil Victory Day)
28th- July – World Nature Conservation Day, World Hepatitis Day
29th- July – International Tiger Day
Important Days and Dates of August 2023
First Friday of August – International Beer Day
First Sunday of August – Friendship Day
1st August – Yorkshire Day
6th- August – Hiroshima Day
9 August – Quit India Movement Day, Nagasaki Day, Day of the World’s Indigenous People
12th- August – International Youth Day
13th- August – International Lefthanders Day
14th- August – Youm-e-Azadi (Pakistan Independence Day)
15th- August – Independence Day (India), Victory over Japan Day (UK), Day of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary
16th- August- Bennington Battle Day
17th- August – Indonesian Independence Day
19th- August – World Photography Day, World Humanitarian Day
20th- August – World Mosquito Day
20th- August- Sadbhavna Divas, Indian Akshay Urja Day
23th- 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
30th- August – Small Industry Day
31th- August – Hari Merdeka (Malaysia National Day)
Important Days and Dates of September 2023
2nd September – Victory over Japan Day (USA), World Coconut Day
3rd September – Skyscraper Day
5th- September – International Day of Charity, Teachers’ Day (India)
7th- September – Brazilian Independence Day, Forgiveness Day
8th- September – International Literacy Day
10th- September- World Suicide Prevention Day
11th- September – Patriot Day
14th- September – Hindi Diwas, World First Aid Day
15th- September – Engineer’s Day (India), International Day of Democracy
16th- September – Malaysia Day, World Ozone Day, International Day of Preservation
19th- September – International Talk Like a Pirate Day
21th- September – International Day of Peace and Non-Violence, World Alzheimer’s Day
22th- September – Rose Day (Welfare of Cancer patients)
23th- September – International Day of Sign Languages
26 September – European Day of Languages, World Contraception Day, World Maritime Day
27th- September – World Tourism Day
28th- September – World Rabies Day
29th- September – World Heart Day
30th- September – International Translation Day
Fourth Sunday of September – World Rivers Day
Last week of September – World Day of Deaf
October 2023
1 October – International Day of the Elderly (UN), 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 Girl Child Day
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 (guiding the blind), World Students Day
16 October – World Food Day
17 October – International Poverty Eradication Day
20 October – National Solidarity Day (China attacked India on that Day)
23 October – Mole Day
24 October – United Nations Day, World Development Information Day
30 October – World Thrift Day
31 October – Halloween, Rashtriya Ekta Diwas
November 2023
1st November – World Vegan Day, All Saints’ Day
2nd November – All Souls’ Day
5th- November – World Tsunami Day
7th- November – Infant Protection Day, World Cancer Awareness Day
9th- November – Iqbal Day, National Legal Services Day
10th- November – Transport Day
11th- November – Armistice Day (also Remembrance Day), Veterans Day (US)
12th- November – World Pneumonia Day, Guru Nanak Dev’s Birth Anniversary
13th- November – World Kindness Day
14th- November – World Diabetes Day, Children’s Day
17th- November – National Epilepsy Day
19th- November – International Men’s Day, World Toilet Day
20th- November – Universal Children’s Day, Africa Industrialization Day
21th- November – World Television Day
25th- November – International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
26th- November – Law Day (India)
29th- November – International Day of Solidarity with Palestinian People
30th- November – Saint Andrew’s Day (Scotland)
December 2023
1st December – World AIDS Day
2nd December – National Pollution Control
3rd December – World Day of the Handicapped
4th- December – Indian Navy Day
5th- December – International Volunteer Day, World Soil Day
7th- December – Indian Armed Forces Flag Day, International Civil Aviation Day
9th- December – International Anti-Corruption Day
10th December – Human Rights Day
11th- December – UNICEF Day, International Mountain Day
14th- December – World Energy Conservation Day
15th- December – International Tea Day
16th- December – Victory Day of Bangladesh
18th- December – Minorities Rights Day (India), International Migrants Day
19th- December – Goa’s Liberation Day
20th- December – International Human Solidarity Day
22th- December – National Mathematics Day
23th- December – Kisan Divas (Farmer’s Day in India)
24th- December – National Consumer Rights Day
25th- December – Christmas Day, Good Governance Day (India)
31th- December – New Year’s Eve
FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions)
Question: What is the date of national mathematics day?
Ans. It falls on December 22.
Question: When does world AIDS fall?
Ans. It falls on 1st December.
Question: When was WHO established/formed?
Ans. It was formed on 7 April 1948.
Question: When is human rights day celebrated?
Ans. It is celebrated on 10 December.