DECADE: | PURPOSE OR OBJECTIVE |
1976-1985 | UN's Decade for Women |
1990s | International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction. |
1994-2004 | 3rd Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination. |
1995-2004 | Decade for Human Rights Education. |
2001-2010 | 1. Culture of peace and non-violence for the children of the world. |
2. Eradication of Colonisation. | |
3. Roll Back Malaria in Developing countries, particularly in Africa. | |
2003-2012 | Decade for Literacy. |
2005-2014 | 1. Education for Sustainable Development. |
2. World Indigenous People. | |
3. Water for Life Decade. | |
2010-2020 | UN Decade for Deserts and fight against desertification. |
2011-2020 | UN Decade on "Biodiversity". |
YEAR | OBJECTIVE/PURPOSE |
1882-1883 | International Polar Year |
1932-1933 | International Polar Year |
1957-1958 | Geo Physical Year. |
1959-1960 | World Refugee Year |
1961 | Health & Medical Research |
1965 | Cooperative Year. |
1967 | Year of Tourism |
1968 | Year of Human Rights |
1970 | Year of Education |
1971 | Action to combat Racism and Racial Discrimination. |
1972 | Year of Books |
1974 | Year of Population. |
1975 | Year of Women |
1978-1979 | Year of Anti Apartheid |
1979 | Year of Children |
1981 | Year of Disabled Persons. |
1982 | Year of Mobilization for Sanctions against South Africa. |
1983 | Year of Communication. |
1985 | Year of United Nations. |
1986 | Year of Peace. |
1987 | Year of Shelter for the Homeless. |
1990 | Year of Literacy. |
1992 | Year of Space. |
1993 | Year of Indigenous Population. |
1994 | Year of Family. |
1995 | Year of Tolerance and Year for People's commemoration of the Victims of WWII. |
1996 | Year of Eradication of Poverty. |
1998 | Year of Oceans. |
1999 | Year of Older Persons, Year of Men. |
2000 | Year of Culture of Peace, Year of Thanks Giving, Year of Mathematics. |
2001 | Year of Dialogue among civilizations and Volunteers. International year Against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance. |
2002 | Year of Mountains, Year of Ecotourism, Year of Cultural Heritage. |
2003 | Year of Fresh Water, Year of European Disability Persons. |
2004 | Year of Struggle against slavery and its abolition., Year of Rice., |
2005 | Year of Micro Credit, Year of Sports and Physical Education and Year of Physics. |
2006 | Year of Deserts and Desertification. |
2007-2008 | Year of Heliophysics, Year of Polar, Year of Earth. |
2007 | Year of Dolphins, and Year of Scout. |
2008 | Year of Languages, Potato, Sanitation and Frog. |
2009 | Year of Natural Fibres, Astronomy and Gorillas. |
2010 | Year of Bio - diversity, Communications and Youth. |
2011 | Year of the People of African Descent, and Year of Veterinary Science. |
2012 | Year of Cooperatives, Sustainable Energy for All |
2013 | International year of Water Cooperation, Quinoa. |
2014 | International Year of Family Farming, Crystallography |
2015 | International Year of Soils |
MONTH | DATE | NATURE OR CAUSE OF OBSERVANCE: |
JANUARY: | 1 | Global Family Day, World Day of Peace. |
26 | International Customs Day. | |
27 | International Holocause Remembrance Day | |
28 | International Day of Data Protection. | |
29 | International Day of Leprosy | |
FEBRUARY: | 4 | World Day of Cancer. |
6 | World Day of Zero Tolerance to female Genital Mutilation. | |
11 | World Day of the sick. | |
14 | Valentine's Day. | |
20 | World Day of Social Justice | |
22 | World Scouts Day and World Thinking Day. | |
28 | International Pashtun Dirgha Day. | |
MARCH: | 1 | World Day for Cats. |
8 | World Day for Women | |
11 | World Day for Muslim Culture, Peace, Dialogue and Film | |
14 | World Day for Action for Rivers, World 'pi' day. | |
15 | World Day for Consumer Rights. | |
20 | World Day for Theatre for Children and Young People, World Day for House Sparrows.. | |
21 | World Down Syndrome Day, World Day for Elimination of Racism, World Poetry Day. | |
22 | World Day for Water. | |
23 | World Day for Meteorology | |
24 | World Day for Achievers, World Day for Tuberculosis. | |
27 | World Theatre Day. | |
APRIL: | 2 | World Day for Autism Awareness |
4 | World Day for Awareness of Mines and Safety Measures. | |
7 | World Health Day, World Day for Reflection on the Genocide in Rwanda | |
8 | World Day for Romani | |
12 | World Day for Human Space Flight, World Day for Human Space Flight | |
14 | World Day for Cultural Unity, World Day for Dhivehi language | |
16 | World Day of Entrepreneurs. | |
17 | World Day for Haemophilia | |
18 | World Day of Heritage | |
21 | World Day of Creativity and Innovation. | |
22 | World Day of Laboratory Animals | |
25 | World Day of Malaria | |
26 | Intellectual Property Day. | |
28 | World Day of Workers' Memorial | |
29 | World Day of Dance. | |
MAY: | 1 | May Day - International Labour Day. |
3 | International Press Freedom Day | |
4 | International Fire Fighters Day | |
5 | International Mid Wives Day | |
6 | International Day of Awareness of Osteogenesis Imperfecta | |
12 | International Nurses Day | |
15 | International Family Day | |
17 | International Telecommunication Day | |
18 | International Museum Day | |
19 | International Hepatitis Day | |
21 | International Day for Cultural Development | |
22 | International Biological Diversity Day | |
23 | International Turtle Day | |
29 | UN Peace Keepers' Day | |
31 | No Tobacco Day | |
1st Tuesday | World Asthma Day | |
2nd Saturday | World Fair Day | |
2nd Sunday | International Mothers' Day. | |
JUNE: | 1 | International Children Day |
4 | International Day of Prevention of Aggression against innocent children | |
5 | World Environment Day | |
12 | World Day Against Child Labour | |
14 | World Blood Donor Day | |
17 | World Day of Combating Desertification and Drought | |
18 | Autistic Pride Day | |
20 | World Refugee Day | |
21 | World Music Day | |
26 | World Day against Drug Abuse and Trafficking | |
3rd Sunday | International Fathers' Day | |
JULY: | 1 | World Doctors' Day |
11 | World Population Day | |
18 | Mandela Day | |
30 | World Friendship Day | |
1st Saturday.... | World Day of Cooperatives | |
Last Friday ... | System Administrator Appreciation Day | |
AUGUST: | 9 | World Day of Indigenous People |
12 | World Youth Day | |
13 | World Left Handers Day | |
19 | World Humanitarian Day | |
23 | World Day of Remembrance of Slave Trade & Abolition. | |
SEPTEMBER: | 8 | World Literacy Day |
10 | World Day for Prevention of Suicides | |
15 | World Day of Democracy | |
16 | World Day of Preservation of Ozone Layer | |
19 | World Day of Talk Like a Pirate Day | |
21 | World Day of Peace | |
22 | World Car Free Day | |
27 | World Tourism Day | |
28 | World Rabies Day | |
29 | World Heart Day | |
Last Week ... | World Maritime Day. | |
OCTOBER: | 1 | World Vegetarian Day,World Older Persons Day |
2 | World Animal Day, World Non-violence Day. | |
5 | World Teachers' Day | |
7 | World Smile Day | |
9 | World Postal Day | |
10 | World Mental Health Day | |
13 | World Day of Disaster Reduction | |
14 | World Standards Day | |
15 | World Hand Washing Day | |
16 | World Food Day | |
17 | World Day of Eradication of Poverty | |
20 | World Osteoporosis Day | |
24 | United Nations Day | |
28 | World Animation Day | |
1st Monday ... | World Habitat Day | |
2nd Wednesday... | Natural Disaster Reduction Day | |
2nd Thursday.. | World Blind/Sight Day | |
NOVEMBER: | 1 | World Vegan Day (veganism means 'man should live without exploiting animals') |
6 | World Day for preventing exploitation of environment in war and Armed Conflicts. | |
9 | World Freedom Day | |
10 | World Science Day for Peace and Development | |
12 | World Pneumonia Day | |
13 | World Kindness Day | |
14 | World Diabetese Day | |
16 | World Day of Tolerance | |
17 | World Students' Day | |
19 | World Men's Day | |
19 | World Toilet Day | |
20 | Universal Children Day, World Transgender Remembrance Day | |
21 | World Hello Day, World Television Day | |
25 | Elimination of violence against women Day | |
29 | World Solidarity Day with the Palestinian People. | |
3rd Sunday.....Remembrance of Road Traffic Victims. | ||
DECEMBER: | 1 | World Aids Day |
2 | Abolition of Slavery Day | |
3 | Disabled Persons Day | |
5 | Economic and Social Development Day | |
7 | Civil Aviation Day | |
9 | World Day against Corruption | |
10 | Human Rights Day | |
11 | World Mountains Day | |
18 | World Migrants' Day, World Minorities Day. |
JANUARY: | 1 | New Year Day |
11 | Lal Bahadur Shastri Death Day (1966) | |
12 | Swami Vivekananda Birtha Day (1863) | |
14 | Makara Sankaranthi, Baisakhi, Pongal | |
15 | Indian Army Day - In remembrance of Gen.K.M.Kariappa taking over the Indian Army from British C in C Sir Francis Butcher. | |
23 | Nethaji Subhas Chandra Bose Birth Day (1897) | |
25 | Himachal Pradesh statehood (1971) | |
26 | Republic Day (1950) | |
28 | Lala Lajpat Rai Birth Day (1865) | |
30 | Mahatma Gandhi's Death Day (1948) | |
FEBRUARY: | 11 | Dr.Fakuruddin Ali Ahmed (President) Death Day (1977) |
21 | Mother Language Day (international) | |
24 | Central Excise Day | |
27 | Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Death Day (1958) | |
28 | National Science Day - The day in 1928, Sir C V Raman discovered the "Raman Effect" | |
29 | Leap Year - Former PM Morarji Desai's Birth Day (1896) | |
MARCH: | 8 | Women's Day (International) |
15 | Consumer Rights Day (International) | |
18 | Rowlatt Act Passed in 1919 | |
19 | 25 Years Peace Treaty with Bangladesh - 1972 | |
21 | Poetry, Disabled, Forestry Day (International) | |
22 | Water Day (international), Cripps Mission arrival in 1942 | |
23 | Meteorological Day (international), Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev and Raj Guru were hanged - 1931 | |
24 | First non-Congress government formed by Morarji Desai - 1977, Tuberculosis Day ( international) | |
31 | Last Tram Car ran in Bombay ... 1964 | |
APRIL: | 1 | Income Tax (1869), Postal Savings (1882), Delhi Capital (1912), Indian Air Force (1933), Reserve Bank of India(1935), Orissa Separate State (1936), Decimal Coinage - Naya Paise(1957), Metric Weights (1962) - all were introduced. |
2 | India's first computer commissioned (1966) | |
4 | Raakesh Sharma in Space (1984) | |
5 | Gandhi Reached Dandi (1930), Bharat Scouts and Guides founded (1949), First Communist Government in Kerala - 1957. | |
7 | Health Day - international. | |
12 | Civil Aviation Day -(international) | |
13 | Jalian Wala Bagh Massacre (1919) | |
14 | Dr. Ambedkar's Birth Day (1891) | |
18 | Heritage Day (international) | |
23 | Book Day. (international) | |
MAY: | 1 | May Day (international), Ramakrishna Mission Founded (1897), Bombay State Divided into Gujarat & Maharashtra (1960) |
3 | Press Freedom Day (international), First Indian feature film | |
4 | India's first postage stamp issued (1854) | |
5 | Tipu Sultan died (1799) | |
7 | Rabindranath Tagore's Birth Day (1861), First Tram Car ran in Bombay (1907) | |
9 | First Horse Drawn Tram Car - Bombay (1874). | |
10 | Sepoy Mutiny Out break (Meerut) 1857, First Day/night Cricket Match - Bombay 1981. | |
11 | Sepoy Mutiny out break Delhi - 1857 | |
13 | National Solidarity Day, Red Fort Completed by Shah Jahan (1648), Dr. Fakruddin Ali Ahmed Birth Day (1905), Dr.S.Radhakrishnan became the II President (1962), Dr. Zakir Hussain became III President (1967) | |
15 | Family Day ( international) | |
16 | Sikkim became a state (1975) | |
17 | Telecommunication Day (international), International Telegraphic Union formed (1965), Vasco da Gama anchored near Calicut (1498), Bahadur Shah Zafar became emperor (1857) | |
18 | India's first Nuclear Text - Pokhran (1974) | |
21 | Rajiv Gandhi's Death Day (1991), Anti Terrorism Day, Cultural Day (international), Sushmita Sen - Miss Universe - (1991) | |
22 | Biological Diversity Day (international), "Agni" successfully test fired (1989). | |
27 | Nehruji's Death Day (1964) | |
31 | No Tobacco Day (international) | |
JUNE: | 3 | Partition of India accepted by Indian Leaders (1947), 5 day a week working system - Central Government Offices (1985) |
5 | Environment Day (International), "Operation Blue Star" Golden Temple,Amritsar (1984) | |
6 | Shivaji Crowned Chatrapati (1674) | |
7 | National Film Festival with Lotus Symbol Commissioned in 1975, India's second satellite Bhaskara I launched from USSR - 1979. | |
8 | All India Radio came into existence (1936) | |
20 | Refugee Day (international) | |
26 | Anti Drug Abuse and Trafficking Day (international) | |
27 | Diabetes Day (international). | |
JULY: | 1 | Post Card introduced (1879), Imperial Bank became State Bank (1955), Doctors' Day (international), Vividh Bharati Bombay started (1957) |
2 | Middle Day of the Year, Kalpakkam Atomic Power Station Commission (1983), Shimla Agreement - Smt.Indira Gandhi - Z.A.Bhutto signed -1972. | |
4 | Swami Vivekananda Death Day, Siliguri Darjeeling Toy Train introduced - 1881. | |
5 | India's Independence Act introduced in British Parliament (1947) | |
6 | Gandhiji was first addressed as "father of the nation" by Nethaji | |
(1944) | ||
7 | India's first public Sector Undertaking Damodar Valley Corporation Started (1948); | |
8 | Montague Chelmsford Report on Indian Constitution published (1858) | |
9 | India's first 5 year Plan Published (1951), Lion Chosen as National | |
Symbol (1969) | ||
11 | Population Day (International) | |
13 | Civil Honours withdrawn by Janata Party Government in 1977. | |
18 | India's Independence Act received Royal Assent (1947) | |
22 | National Flag Adoption Day (1947) | |
AUGUST: | 6 | Madras High Court Commissioned (1862), India's first tricolor flag hoised in Calcutta by S.N.Bannerji (1906), India's first test tube baby born (1986) |
7 | Congress announced boycott of foreign goods (1905),Rabindranath Tagore's Death Day (1941). | |
8 | Quit India Resolution passed by Congress at Bombay (1942). | |
11 | Freedom Fighter Khudiram Bose Hanged (1908) | |
12 | Youth Day (international) | |
14 | India - Pakistan Partititoned (1947) | |
15 | India's Independence Day, Vir Chakra Awards introduced (1972), Color Television transmission introduced (1982), Sri Aurobindo Ghosh Birth Day (1872) | |
16 | Direct Action Day observed by Muslim League, Hindu - Muslim clashes in Calcutta - 1946. | |
17 | First British Troop left India (1947) | |
18 | Plane Crash killing NSC Bose (1945), IIT, Kharagpur Commissioned (1951) | |
20 | Rajiv Gandhi's Birth Day (1944) - Sadhbhavna Day, Mopla Uprising started in Kerala (1921), Charan Singh resigned as PM after 23 days in office (1979) | |
22 | Gandhiji made a bonfire of foreign clothes (1921) | |
23 | Vallabhai Patel became the first Deputy PM (1947) | |
26 | Draft Committee for Indian Constitution led by Dr. Ambedkar | |
28 | Insurance Nationalized (1972) | |
31 | States Reorganization bill assented by President (1956) | |
SEPTEMBER: | ||
2 | Nehru became the first PM of undivided India in the Interim | |
5 | Dr.S.Radhkrishnan Birth Day (1888) - Teachers Day. | |
8 | Literacy Day (International), China's incursion into Indian Territory (1962). | |
16 | Ozone Day (International) | |
21 | Peace Day (International) | |
27 | Tourism Day (International). | |
OCTOBER: | 1 | Older Persons Day (international) |
2 | Gandhiji's Birth Day (1869), Lal Bahadur Shastri's Birth Day (1904), K.Kamaraj Death Day. (1975) | |
8 | Indian Air Force Day (date in 1932 Indian Air Force Act came into effect (1932) | |
9 | Postal Day (international) | |
14 | Standards Day ( International) | |
16 | Food Day (international) | |
17 | Poverty Eradication Day ( International) | |
20 | Solidarity Day | |
24 | UN Day; Information Development Day (International) | |
31 | National Rededication Day; Smt.Indira Gandhi Death Day (1984) | |
NOVEMBER: | 11 | Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Birth Day (1888) |
17 | Lala Lajpatrai Death Day (1928) | |
19 | Smt.Indira Gandhi's birth Day (1917) | |
20 | Children's Day (International) | |
22 | National Cadet Corps Day | |
25 | Elimination of Violence against Women Day (International) | |
DECEMBER: | 1 | World Aids Day (International) |
3 | Disabled Paersons Day (International) | |
6 | Dr. Ambedkar's Death Day ( 1956) | |
7 | Armed Forces Flag Day | |
10 | Human Rights Day (International) | |
25 | Christmas | |
26 | Tsunami - Indian Southern Coastal Districts - (2004) |
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