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IMPORTANT DAYS & THEMES – 2026

DateDay / EventThemeFirst Celebrated / Occasion / Key Points
8 MarchInternational Women’s DayTheme: Rights, Justice, Action for ALL Women and Girls (2026)- Recognised by UN: 1977
- Focus on gender equality

IMPORTANT DAYS & THEMES – 2025 

DateDay / EventThemeFirst Celebrated / Occasion / Key Points
24 JanNational Girl Child DayTheme: Empowering Girls for a Bright Future (2025)- Focus on girls’ rights, education, health
25 JanNational Voters’ DayTheme: Nothing Like Voting, I Vote for Sure (2025)- First celebrated: 2011
26 JanInternational Customs DayTheme: Efficiency, Security & Prosperity (2025)- Organized by: World Customs Organization (WCO)
20 FebWorld Social Justice DayTheme: Strengthening a Just Transition- Declared by: UNGA (2007)
1 MarchZero Discrimination DayTheme: We Stand Together (2025)- Initiated by: UNAIDS (2014)
3 MarchWorld Wildlife DayTheme: Wildlife Conservation Finance: Investing in People and Planet (2025)- Declared by: UNGA (2013)
15 MarchWorld Consumer Rights DayTheme: A Just Transition to Sustainable Lifestyles (2025)- First celebrated: 1983
21 MarchInternational Day of ForestsTheme: Forests and Food (2025)- Declared by: UNGA (2012)
21 MarchInternational Day of HappinessTheme: Caring & Sharing- Declared by: UNGA (2012)
22 MarchWorld Water DayTheme: Glacier Preservation (2025)- First celebrated: 1993
- Origin: UNCED (1992)
24 MarchWorld TB DayTheme: Yes! We Can End TB (2024)- Marks Robert Koch discovery (1882)
7 AprilWorld Health DayTheme: Healthy Beginnings, Hopeful Futures (2025)- WHO established: 1948
10 AprilWorld Homoeopathy DayTheme: Homoeopathy in India: Tradition, Trust, and Tomorrow (2025)- Marks Samuel Hahnemann birth anniversary
14 AprilAmbedkar JayantiTheme: 134th Birth Anniversary (2025)- Celebrates Dr. B.R. Ambedkar birth (1891)
18 AprilWorld Heritage DayTheme: Heritage under Threat from Disasters and Conflicts (2025)- Initiated by: ICOMOS (1982)
- Adopted by: UNESCO (1983)
19 AprilWorld Liver DayTheme: Food is Medicine (2025)- Health awareness
25 AprilWorld Malaria DayTheme: Malaria Ends with Us: Reinvest, Reimagine, Reignite (2025)- Declared by: WHO (2007)
8 MayWorld Thalassemia DayTheme: Together for Thalassaemia- Started by: Thalassemia International Federation (1994)
11 MayNational Technology DayTheme: Empowering a Sustainable Tomorrow- Marks Pokhran-II tests (1998)
22 MayInternational Biodiversity Day
- Declared by: UN (1993/2000)
23 MayWorld Turtle DayTheme: Dancing Turtles Rock!- Started by: American Tortoise Rescue (2000)
31 MayWorld No Tobacco DayTheme: Bright products. Dark intentions (2025)- Started by: WHO (1987)
7 JuneWorld Food Safety DayTheme: Science in Action- Established by: UN (2018)
8 JuneWorld Ocean DayTheme: Wonder: Sustaining What Sustains Us- Recognised by: UN (2008)
23 JuneWorld Olympic DayTheme: Let’s Move +1 India- First celebrated: 1948
25 Juneसंविधान हत्या दिवस
- Marks Emergency (1975)
29 JuneNational Statistics DayTheme: 75 Years of NSS- Marks P.C. Mahalanobis birth anniversary
1 JulyNational CA Day
- ICAI established: 1949
14 JulyShark Awareness Day
- Marine awareness
17 JulyWorld Day for International Criminal Justice
- Linked with: ICC Rome Statute (1998)
24 JulyIncome Tax Day
- Marks Income Tax Act (1860)
26 JulyWorld Mangrove Day
- Declared by: UNESCO (2015)
29 JulyInternational Tiger Day
- Started: 2010 (St. Petersburg Summit)
1 AugustWorld Lung Cancer Day
- Cancer awareness
9 AugIndigenous Peoples Day
- Declared by: UNGA (1994)
10 AugWorld Biofuel Day
- Marks Rudolf Diesel experiment (1893)
12 AugInternational Youth DayTheme: Local Youth Actions (2025)- Declared by: UNGA (1999)
19 AugWorld Humanitarian Day
- Declared by: UNGA (2009)
7 SeptDuchenne Muscular Dystrophy Day
- Rare disease awareness
16 SeptWorld Ozone DayTheme: 31st World Ozone Day (2025)- Montreal Protocol (1987)
23 SeptInternational Day of Sign Languages
- Declared by: UN (2017)
5 OctDolphin Day
- Marine conservation
3 NovInternational Day for Biosphere Reserves
- First celebrated: 2022
9 NovNational Legal Services Day
- Legal Services Act (1987)
15 NovJanjatiya Gaurav Divas
- Marks Birsa Munda birth
16 NovNational Press Day
- Press Council Act (1966)
19 NovRoad Traffic Victims Day
- UN observance
25 NovInternational Day for Elimination of Violence Against WomenTheme: UNiTE to End Digital Violence Against All Women and Girls- Declared by: UN (1999)
2 DecAbolition of Slavery Day
- Declared by: UNGA (1985)
5 DecWorld Soil Day
- Declared by: UN (2014)
10 DecHuman Rights Day
- Marks UDHR (1948)
11 DecInternational Mountain Day
- Declared by: UNGA (2003)
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