List of Important Days and Dates 2021: As we know there many candidates preparing for the competitive exams where the current affairs plays an important role. In the General Awareness section, the topic important days and dates is most commonly asked in various govt. examinations such as SBI, IBPS, SSC, RRB, UPSC, etc.
This topic carries good weightage to be asked in the question papers. Thus, for your convenience, we are providing you with the list of important days and dates of the year 2021. The list includes the month-wise national and international days and dates that your can go through for the preparation of GA section.

In the Year 2021, Each month consists of crucial days and dates that you must learn to aware about national and international events.
Table of Content
January 2021 | February 2021 | March 2021 | April 2021 |
May 2021 | June 2021 | July 2021 | August 2021 |
September 2021 | October 2021 | November 2021 | December 2021 |
List of Important Days and Dates 2021 (National & International)
1. Important Days of January 2021
1st January 2021 | 1. English New Year, 2. Army Medical Corps Establishment Day, 3. Global family day, 4. World Peace Day |
4th January 2021 | World Braille Day |
6th January 2021 | World War Orphans Day |
8th January 2021 | African National Congress Foundation Day |
9th January 2021 | Pravasi Bharatiya Divas NRI Day |
10th January 2021 | 1. World LAugusthter Day, 2. World Hindi Day |
11th January 2021 | Death anniversary of Lal Bahadur Shastri |
12th January 2021 | National Youth Day (Birth Day of Swami Vivekanand) |
15th January 2021 | 1. Army Day, 2. Pongal, 3. Makar Sankranti |
23rd January 2021 | Netaji Subhash Chandra bose birthday |
24th January 2021 | National Girl Child day of India |
25th January 2021 | 1. International Customs Duty Day, 2. India Tourism Day, 3. National Voters Day |
26th January 2021 | Republic Day of India and International Customs day |
27th January 2021 | 1. International Holocaust Day, 2. International Day of Commemoration |
28th January 2021 | Birth Anniversary of Lala Lajpat Rai |
28th January 2021 | Data protection day |
30th January 2021 | 1. Mahatma Gandhi’s Martyrdom Day (Martyr’s day) 2. World Leprosy Eradication Day |
2. Important Days & Dates of February 2021
1st February 2021 | Indian Coast Guard Day |
2nd February 2021 | World Wetlands Day |
4th February 2021 | World Cancer Day |
4th February 2021 | National Day of Sri Lanka |
6th February 2021 | International day against female genital mutilation |
7th February 2021 | International Development Week |
11th February 2021 | World Day of the Sick |
2nd Sunday – February 2021 | World Marriage Day |
12th February | Darwin Day |
12th February | Abraham Lincoln;s Birthday |
13th February | Sarojini Naidu’s Birth Anniversary |
14th February | Saint Valentine’s Day |
18th February | Taj Mahotsav |
20th February 2021 | World Day of Social Justice |
21st February 2021 | International Mother Language Day |
22nd February 2021 | World Scout Day |
23rd February 2021 | World peace and understanding day |
24th February 2021 | Central Excise Day |
27 February 2021 | World Sustainable Energy Day |
28 February 2021 | National Science Day |
3. Important Days and Dates of March 2021
1st March 2021 | 1. Zero Discrimination Day 2. World Civil Defence Day |
3rd March 2021 | 1. World Wildlife Day 2. World Hearing Day |
4th March 2021 | National Safety Day |
8 March 2021 | International Women’s Day |
10 March 2021 | CISF Raising Day |
13 March 2021 | No Smoking Day (Second Wednesday of March 2021) |
14 March 2021 | 1. Pi Day 2. International Day of Action for Rivers |
15 March 2021 | World Consumer Rights Day |
16 March 2021 | National Vaccination Day |
18 March 2021 | Ordnance Factories Day (India) |
20 March 2021 | 1. International Day of Happiness 2. World Sparrow Day |
21 March 2021 | 1. World Forestry Day 2. World Down syndrome Day 3. World Poetry Day |
22 March 2021 | World Water Day |
23rd March 2021 | World Meteorological Day |
24 March 2021 | World Tuberculosis (TB) Day |
27 March 2021 | World Theatre Day |
4. Important Days of April 2021
1 April 2021 | Orissa Day, Prevention of Blindness week |
2 April 2021 | World Autism Awareness Day |
4 April 2021 | International Day for Mine Awareness |
5 April 2021 | National Maritime Day |
7 April 2021 | World Health Day |
10 April 2021 | World Homeopathy Day |
11 April 2021 | National Safe Motherhood Day, National Pet Day |
13 April 2021 | Jallianwallah Bagh Massacre Day (1919) |
17 April 2021 | World Haemophilia Day |
18 April 2021 | World Heritage Day |
21 April 2021 | National Civil Service Day, Secretaries’s Day |
22 April 2021 | World Earth Day |
23 April 2021 | World Book and Copyright Day |
24 April 2021 | National Panchayati Day |
25 April 2021 | World Malaria Day |
26 April 2021 | World Intellectual Property Day |
28 April 2021 | World Day for Safety and Health at Work, World Veterinary Day |
5. Important Days of May 2021
1 May 2021 | International Labour Day |
3 May 2021 | Press Freedom Day |
4 May 2021 | Coal miner’s day |
May (2nd Sunday) | Mother’s Day |
8 May 2021 | World Red Cross Day |
9 May 2021 | Victory day |
11 May 2021 | National Technology Day |
12 May 2021 | International Nurses day |
14 May 2021 | World Migratory day |
15 May 2021 | International Day of the Family |
17 May 2021 | World Telecommunication Day (Information Society Day) |
21 May 2021 | Anti-terrorism day |
24 May 2021 | Commonwealth Day |
31 May 2021 | Anti-Tobacco Day |
6. Important Days in June 2021
1 June 2021 | Global Parents Day |
4 June 2021 | International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression |
5 June 2021 | World Environment Day |
7 June 2021 | International level crossing awareness day |
8 June 2021 | World ocean day |
12 June 2021 | World day against child Labor |
14 June 2021 | World blood donor day |
17 June 2021 | World day to combat desertification and drought |
20 June 2021 | World Refugee day |
21 June 2021 | Father’s day, World Music day |
June (3rd Sunday) | Father’s Day |
23 June 2021 | United Nation’s public service day |
23 June 2021 | International Widow’s day |
26 June 2021 | International day against Drug abuse & Illicit Trafficking |
27 June 2021 | World Diabetes Day |
7. Important Days of July 2021
1 July 2021 | National Doctor’s day |
1 July 2021 | World UFO day, World Sports Journalists Day |
July (1st Saturday) | International Day of Cooperatives |
4 July 2021 | American Independence day |
6 July 2021 | World Zoonoses Day |
11 July 2021 | World Population Day |
12 July 2021 | World Malala day |
18 July 2021 | Nelson Mandela International Day |
28 July 2021 | World Nature conservation day |
29 July 2021 | International Tiger Day |
8. Important Days in August 2021
2 August 2021 | International Friendship Day |
3 August 2021 | Independence day of Niger |
5 August 2021 | Independence day of upper Volta |
6 August 2021 | Hiroshima Day |
9 August 2021 | International day of World’s indigenous people |
9 August 2021 | Quit India Day and Nagasaki Day |
12 August 2021 | International Youth day |
14 August 2021 | Independence Day of Pakistan |
15 August 2021 | Independence Day of India |
19 August 2021 | World Photography day |
20 August 2021 | Sadbhavna Diwas |
23 August 2021 | International Day for the remembrance of the slave trade and its abolition |
29 August 2021 | National Sports Day |
30 August 2021 | Small Industry Day |
9. Important Days in September 2021
5 September 2021 | Teachers’ Day (Dr. Radhakrishnan’s birthday), Forgiveness day |
8 September 2021 | World Literacy Day |
14 September 2021 | Hindi day, World First Air Day |
15 September 2021 | Engineer’s day in India |
16 September 2021 | World Ozone Day |
21 September 2021 | Alzheimer’s Day, International day of peace |
25 September 2021 | Social justice day |
26 September 2021 | Day of the Deaf |
27 September 2021 | World Tourism Day |
10. Important Days in October 2021
1 October 2021 | International day of the Older person |
2 October 2021 | 1. Mahatma Gandhi birthday, 2. International day of non-violence |
3 October 2021 | World Habitat Day, World nature day |
4 October 2021 | World Animal Welfare Day |
5 October 2021 | World Teacher’s day |
6 October 2021 | World Wildlife day, World Food Security day |
8 October 2021 | Indian Air Force Day |
9 October 2021 | World Post Office day |
10 October 2021 | National Post Day |
11 October 2021 | International girl child day |
12 October 2021 | World Arthritis day |
13 October 2021 | UN International Day for National disaster reduction |
14 October 2021 | World Standards Day |
15 October 2021 | World White Cane Day (guiding the Blind) |
16 October 2021 | World Food Day |
17 October 2021 | International day for the eradication of poverty |
20 October 2021 | World statistics day |
24 October 2021 | UN Day, World development information Day |
30 October 2021 | World Thrift Day |
31 October 2021 | 1. Rastriya Ekta Diwas (in memory of Sardar Patel), 2. National Integration Day (In memory of Indira Gandhi) |
11. Important Days in November 2021
1 November 2021 | World vegan day |
5 November 2021 | World Radiography day |
7 November 2021 | 1. Infant Protection day 2. World Cancer Awareness Day |
9 November 2021 | World services day |
10 November 2021 | Transport Day |
14 November 2021 | 1. Children’s Day in India 2. Jawaharlal Nehru birthday |
16 November 2021 | International day for Endurance |
17 November 2021 | 1. World Student day 2. National Journalism day |
18 November 2021 | World Adult day |
19 November 2021 | World Citizen day |
20 November 2021 | 1. Africa Industrialization Day 2. Universal children day |
21 November 2021 | 1. World Television day 2. World Fisheries day |
25 November 2021 | World Non-veg day |
26 November 2021 | Law day |
29 November 2021 | International Day of Solidarity with Palestinian People |
30 November 2021 | Flag day |
12. Important Days in December 2021
1 December 2021 | World Aids Day |
2 December 2021 | 1. World Computer literacy day 2. International day of abolition of slavery |
3 December 2021 | 1. International Day of People with disabilities 2. World conservation day |
4 December 2021 | Navy Day |
5 December 2021 | International volunteer day for economic and social development |
7 December 2021 | 1. Armed Forces Flag Day 2. International civil aviation day |
9 December 2021 | The International day against corruption |
10 December 2021 | Human Right Day |
11 December 2021 | International Mountain day |
14 December 2021 | International Energy day |
18 December 2021 | International Migrants day |
19 December 2021 | Goa’s liberation day |
20 December 2021 | International Human solidarity |
23 December 2021 | Kisan Divas (Farmer’s Day) |
29 December 2021 | International Bio-diversity day |
We hope you have gone through all these important national and international days and dates which are being celebrated by the world-wide communities.
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