List of Important Days and Dates 2020
Published on Apr 20, 2020
Important Days and Dates 2020
One of the foremost important topics asked in the SSC & Railway exams from static GK is vital Days & Dates of the year. Whether it's SSC CGL, CHSL, MTS or RRB JE, RRB NTPC exams, usually 1 or 2 questions are often asked from the Important days.
Month wise important Days and Dates of events, festivals are clubbed together which will assist you in planning leaves. it'll not only provide you glance of important days of whole year but also boost your knowledge and assist you within the preparations of several competitive examinations
Important Dates and Days of January 2020
- 1st January: Global Family Day
- 4th January : World Braille Day
- 9th January: NRI Day (Pravasi Bhartiya Diwas)
- 10th January: World Hindi Day
- 12th January: National Youth Day,
- 13th January: Lohri Day, Guru Gobind Singh Jayanti
- 14th January: Makar Sankranti
- 15th January: Army day
- 23th January: Netaji Subash Chandra Bose Jayanti
- 25th January: National Voters day, National Tourism Day
- 26th January: India’s Republic Day, International Customs Day
- 27th January: International Day of Commemoration
- 30th January: Martyrs’ Day
- January (last Sunday): World Leprosy Eradication Day
Important Dates and Days of February 2020
- 2nd February: World Wetlands Day
- 4th February: World Cancer Day
- 6th February: International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation
- 5th February: Safer Internet Day (second day of the second week of February)
- 10th February: National De-worming Day
- 11th February: International Day of Women and Girls in Science
- 12th February: National Productivity Day
- 13th February: World Radio Day, National Women's Day (Birth Date of Sarojini Naidu)
- 14th February: Valentine Day
- 20th February: World Day of Social Justice
- 21st February: International Mother Language Day
- 24th February: Central Excise Day
- 27th February: World NGO Day
- 28th February: National Science Day
- 29th February: Rare Disease Day
Important Days and Dates of March 2020
- 1st March: Zero Discrimination Day; World Civil Defence Day
- 3th March: World Wildlife Day, World Hearing Day
- 4th March: National Security Day
- 8th March: International Women’s Day
- 12th March: World Kidney Day
- 14th March: International Day of Action for Rivers, Pi Day
- 15th March: World Consumer Rights Day
- 18th March: Ordnance Factories Day (India)
- 20th March: International Day of Happiness; World Sparrow day
- 21th March: World Forestry Day; World Down Syndrome Day; World Poetry Day
- 22th March: World Day for Water, Bihar Day
- 23th March: World Meteorological Day
- 24th March: World TB Day
- 27th March: World Theatre Day
- Second Wednesday of March: No Smoking Day
- Second Thursday of March: World Kidney Day
Important Days and Dates of April 2020
- 1st April: Utkal Diwas
- 2nd April: World Autism Awareness Day
- 4th April: International Day for Mine Awareness
- 5th April: National Maritime Day
- 7th April: World Health Day
- 10th April: World Homeopathy Day
- 11th April: National Safe Motherhood Day; National Pet Day
- 13th April: Jallianwala Bagh Massacre
- 17th April: World Haemophilia Day
- 18th April: World Heritage Day
- 19th April: World Liver Day
- 21st April: Secretaries’ Day; Civil Services Day
- 22nd April: Earth Day
- 23rd April: World Book and Copyright Day
- 24th April: National Panchayati Day
- 25th April: World Malaria Day
- 26th April: World Intellectual Property Day
- 27th April:World Veterinary Day
- 28th April: World Day for Safety and Health at Work;
- 29th April: International Dance Day
- 30th April: Ayushman Bharat Diwas
Important Days and Dates of May 2020
- May 1: Workers’ Day (International Labour Day), Maharashtra Day
- May 3: Press Freedom Day
- May (1st Sunday): World Laughter Day
- May (1st Tuesday): World Asthma Day
- May (2nd Sunday): Mother’s Day
- May 4: Coal Miners’ Day; International Firefighters Day
- May 7: World Athletics Day
- May 8: World Red Cross Day; World Thalassaemia Day
- May 11: National Technology Day
- May 12: International Nurses Day
- May 15: International Day of the Family
- May 17: World Telecommunication Day; World Hypertension Day
- May 18: World AIDS Vaccine Day; International Museum Day
- May 21: National Anti-Terrorism Day
- May 22: International Day for Biological Diversity
- May 24: Commonwealth Day
- May 31: Anti-tobacco Day
Important Days and Dates of June 2020
- June 1: World Milk Day
- June 3: World Bicycle Day
- June 4: International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression
- June 5: World Environment Day
- June (3rd Sunday): Father’s Day
- June 7: World Food Safety Day
- June 8: World Ocean Day, World Brain Tumour Day
- June 12: Anti-Child Labor Day
- June 13: International Albinism Awareness Day
- June 14: World Blood Donor Day
- June 15: World Wind Day
- June 20: World Refugee Day
- June 21: International day of yoga, World Music Day, World Hydrography Day
- June 23: United Nations Public Service Day, International Olympic Day
- June 26: International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking
Important Days and Dates of July 2020
- July 1: Doctor’s Day
- July 6: World Zoonoses Day
- July 11: World Population Day
- July 17: World Day for International Justice
- July 18: International Nelson Mandela Day
- July 28: World Hepatitis Day
Important Days and Dates of August 2020
- August (1st Sunday): International Friendship Day
- August 6: Hiroshima Day
- August 9: Quit India Day, Nagasaki Day, IntI. Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples
- August 15: Indian Independence Day
- August 15: Sanskrit Day (Date may vary every year as it is celebrated on the Shrawan Poornima on Full Moon day according to the Hindu Calendar)
- August 12: International Youth Day
- August 19: Photography Day; World Humanitarian Day
- August 29: National Sports Day
Important Days and Dates of September 2020
- September 2: Coconut Day
- September 5: Teachers’ Day
- September 8: International Literacy Day
- September 14: Hindi Diwas
- September 15: Engineers’ Day; International Day of Democracy
- September 16: World Ozone Day; International Day for Preservation
- September 21: Alzheimer’s Day; Day for Peace & Non-violence (UN)
- September 22: Rose Day (Welfare of cancer patients)
- September 23: International Day of Sign Languages
- September 26: Day of the Deaf; World Contraception Day
- September 27: World Tourism Day; World Maritime Day
- September 29: World Heart Day
- September 30: International Translation Day
- September: world rivers day (fourth Sunday of September)
Important Days and Dates of October 2020
- October 1: International Day for the Elderly
- October 2: Gandhi Jayanthi; International Day of Non-Violence
- October(first Monday): World Habitat Day
- October 4: World Animal Welfare Day
- October 8: Indian Air Force Day
- October 9: World Post Office Day
- October 10: National Post Day; World Mental Health Day
- October 11: National Girl Child Day
- October 2nd Thursday: World Sight Day
- October 13: UN International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction
- October 14: World Standards Day
- October 15: World Students Day; World White Cane Day (guiding the blind)
- October 16: World Food Day
- October 24: UN Day; World Development Information Day
- October 30: World Thrift Day
- October 31: National Unity Day
Important Days and Dates of November 2020
- November 5: World tsunami day
- November 7: National Cancer Awareness Day
- November 9: Legal Services Day
- November 14: Children’s Day; Diabetes Day
- November 17: National Epilepsy Day
- November 20: Africa Industrialization Day
- November 21: World Television Day
- November 29: International Day of Solidarity with Palestinian People
Important Days and Dates of December 2020
- December 1: World AIDS Day
- December 2: National Pollution Control
- December 3: World Day of the Handicapped
- December 4: Indian Navy Day
- December 7: Indian Armed Forces Flag Day
- December 10: Human Rights Day;
- December 11: International Mountain Day
- December 14: World Energy Conservation Day
- December 16: Vijay Diwas
- December 18: Minorities Rights Day (India)
- December 22: National Mathematics Day
- December 23: Kisan Divas (Farmer’s Day) (India)
- December 24: National Consumers Day
- December 25: Christmas Day