Don’t you think it’s good to know the days and observances of the year? What we mean here is, that it’s good to know about the Important Days and Dates that fall in 2021. Well, it adds up to your general knowledge and can be quite helpful if you are preparing for competitive exams. Above all, isn’t it great if we are aware of the Important Days & Dates in 2021? Here is the List of Important Days and Dates in 2021.

It definitely makes us a lot more confident. And a secret; we can spread the word and educate those who are not aware. After all, “Knowledge shared is knowledge squared”. Therefore, we have mentioned the List of Important Days & Dates in 2021. 

This article can be of great help if you are preparing for some competitive exams like RRB NTPC, MTS or RRB JE, Group D, SSC CGL, CHSL, PSC, SSC & Railway Exams, State Exams and so on. And if you are not preparing for any exam, what’s the harm in adding up to the knowledge you already possess. We all know about the festivals and some of the days of the year. But, do we know there are so many days National and International alone in a single month?

Imagine how many Important Days and Observances will be there in a whole year? But don’t worry, we are always there to help you out. So, we noted down the List of Important Days & Dates in 2021; both National & International and that too Month wise. Now, you can be aware of these Days & Observances in 2021, flaunt & share your knowledge. Yeah! You can thank us later. 

Calendar 2021
Calendar 2021

January: List of Important Days and Dates in 2021

DATEIMPORTANT DAYS
01-JanNew Year’s Day
01-JanArmy Medical Corps Establishment Days
01-JanGlobal Family Day
01-JanWorld Peace Day
02-JanGuru Gobind Singh Jayanti
02-JanMannam Jayanti
04-JanWorld Braille day
06-JanWorld War Orphans Day
08-JanAfrican National Congress Foundation Day
09-JanNRI (Non-Resident Indian) Day or Pravasi Bharatiya Divas
10-JanWorld Laughter Day
10-JanWorld Hindi day
11-JanDeath anniversary of Lal Bahadur Shastri
12-JanNational Youth Day (Swami Vivekanand’s Birth Day)
13-JanSwami Vivekananda Birth anniversary
15-JanIndian Army Day
16-JanThiruvalluvar Day
23-JanNetaji Subhas Chandra Bose Jayanti
24-JanNational Girl Child Day
25-JanNational Voters Day
25-JanNational Tourism Day
26-JanRepublic Day
26-JanInternational Customs Day
27-JanInternational Holocaust day
28-JanBirth Anniversary of Lala Lajpat Rai
28-JanData Protection Day
30-JanMartyrs Day or Shaheed Diwas
30-JanWorld Leprosy Eradication Day
List of Important Days and Dates in 2021 in January

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February: List of Important Days and Dates in 2021

DATEIMPORTANT DAYS
01-FebIndian Coast Guard Day
02-FebWorld Wetlands Day
04-FebWorld Cancer Day
04-FebNational Day of Sri Lanka
06-FebInternational Day Against Female Genital Mutilation
07-FebInternational Development Week
11-FebWorld Day of the Sick
12-FebDarwin Day
12-FebAbraham Lincoln’s Birthday
13-FebSarojini Naidu’s Birth Anniversary
13-FebWorld Radio Day
13-FebNational Women’s Day
14-FebSaint Valentine’s Day
14-Feb (2nd Sunday)World Marriage Day
15-FebWorld Pangolin Day 2020
18-FebTaj Mahotsav
19-Feb5th Soil Health Card
21-FebInternational Mother Language Day
22-FebWorld Scout Day
24-FebCentral Excise Day
27-FebWorld Sustainable Energy Day
27-FebIndia’s first ‘Protein Day’
28-FebNational Science Day
28/29 FebruaryRare Disease Day
List of Important Days and Dates in 2021 in February

March: List of Important Days and Dates in 2021

DATEIMPORTANT DATES
01-MarZero Discrimination Day
01-MarWorld Civil Defence Day
03-MarWorld Wildlife Day
03-MarWorld Hearing Day
04-MarNational Safety Day
08-MarInternational Women’s Day
10-MarCISF Raising Day
10-Mar (2nd Wednesday)No Smoking Day 
11-Mar (2nd Thursday)World Kidney Day
14-MarPi Day
14-MarInternational Day of Action for Rivers
15-MarWorld Consumer Rights Day
16-MarNational Vaccination Day
18-MarOrdnance Factories Day
20-MarInternational Day of Happiness
20-MarWorld Sparrow Day
21-MarWorld Forestry Day
21-MarWorld Down syndrome Day
21-MarWorld Poetry Day
22-MarWorld Water Day
23-MarWorld Meteorological Day
24-MarWorld Tuberculosis (TB) Day
27-MarWorld Theatre Day
List of Important Days and Dates in 2021 in March

April: List of Important Days and Dates in 2021

DATEIMPORTANT DAYS
01-AprOrissa Day
01-AprPrevention of Blindness Week
02-AprWorld Autism Awareness Day
04-AprInternational Day for Mine Awareness
05-AprNational Maritime Day
06-AprInternational Day of Sport for Development and Peace
07-AprWorld Health Day
10-AprWorld Homeopathy Day
11-AprNational Safe Motherhood Day
11-AprNational Pet Day
13-AprJallianwala Bagh Massacre Day (1919)
14-AprB.R. Ambedkar Remembrance Day
17-AprWorld Haemophilia Day
18-AprWorld Heritage Day
21-AprNational Civil Service Day
21-AprSecretaries’ Day
22-AprWorld Earth Day
23-AprWorld Book and Copyright Day
24-AprNational Panchayati Day
24-AprWorld Veterinary Day
25-AprWorld Malaria Day
26-AprWorld Intellectual Property Day
28-AprWorld Day for Safety and Health at Work
30-AprAyushman Bharat Diwas
List of Important Days and Dates in 2021 in April

May: List of Important Days and Dates in 2021

DATEIMPORTANT DAYS
01-MayInternational Labour Day
01-MayMaharashtra Day
2-May (1st Sunday)World Laughter Day
03-MayPress Freedom Day
04-MayCoal miner’s day
4-May (1st Tuesday)World Asthma Day
07-MayWorld Athletics Day
07-MayRabindranath Tagore Jayanti
08-MayWorld Red Cross Day
08-MayWorld Thalassaemia Day
09-MayVictory day
9-May (2nd Sunday)Mother’s Day
11-MayNational Technology Day
12-MayInternational Nurses day
14-MayWorld Migratory day
15-MayInternational Day of the Family
15-May (3rd Saturday)Armed Forces Day
17-MayWorld Telecommunication Day (Information Society Day)
18-MayWorld AIDS Vaccine Day
18-MayInternational Museum Day
21-MayAnti-terrorism day
24-MayCommonwealth Day
31-MayAnti-Tobacco Day
21-May (3rd Friday)National Endangered Species Day
31-May (Last Monday)National Memorial Day
List of Important Days and Dates in 2021 in May

June: List of Important Days and Dates in 2021

DATEIMPORTANT DAYS
01-JunGlobal Parents Day
04-JunInternational Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression
05-JunWorld Environment Day
07-JunInternational Level Crossing Awareness Day
08-JunWorld Ocean Day
12-JunWorld Day Against Child Labour
14-JunWorld Blood Donor Day
17-JunWorld Day to Combat Desertification and Drought   
20-JunWorld Refugee Day
20 June (3rd Sunday)Father’s Day
21-JunWorld Music Day
21-JunInternational Yoga Day
23-JunUnited Nation’s Public Service Day
23-JunInternational Widow’s Day
26-JunInternational Day Against Drug Abuse & Illicit Trafficking     
List of Important Days and Dates in 2021 in June

July: List of Important Days and Dates in 2021

DATEIMPORTANT DAYS
01-JulNational Doctor’s day
01-JulWorld UFO Day
01-JulWorld Sports Journalists Day
3 July (1st Saturday)International Day of Cooperatives
04-JulAmerican Independence Day
06-JulWorld Zoonoses Day
11-JulWorld Population Day
12-JulWorld Malala day
17-JulWorld Day for International Justice
18-JulNelson Mandela International Day
22-JulPi Approximation Day
26-JulKargil Vijay Diwas (Kargil Victory Day)
28-JulWorld Hepatitis Day
28-JulWorld Nature Conservation Day
29-JulInternational Tiger Day
List of Important Days and Dates in 2021 in July

August: List of Important Days and Dates in 2021

DATEIMPORTANT DAYS
01-Aug (1st Sunday)International Friendship Day
03-AugIndependence Day of Niger
05-AugIndependence Day of Upper Volta
06-AugHiroshima Day
6-Aug (1st Friday)International Beer Day
09-AugInternational Day of World’s Indigenous People
09-AugNagasaki Day
09-AugQuit India Movement Day 
12-AugInternational Youth Day
14-AugIndependence Day of Pakistan
15-AugIndependence Day of India National Day of Mourning (Bangladesh)        
15-AugIndependence Day (India)
15-AugVictory Over Japan Day (Uk)
15-AugDay of The Assumption of The Virgin Mary
16-AugBennington Battle Day
17-AugIndonesian Independence Day
19-AugWorld Photography Day
19-AugWorld Humanitarian Day
20-AugIndian Akshay Urja Day
20-AugSadbhavna Diwas 
20-AugWorld Mosquito Day
23-AugInternational Day for The Remembrance of The Slave Trade and Its Abolition
26-AugWomen’s Equality Day
29-AugNational Sports Day
30-AugSmall Industry Day
List of Important Days and Dates in 2021 in August

September: List of Important Days and Dates in 2021

DATEIMPORTANT DAYS
05-SepTeachers’ Day (Dr. Radhakrishnan’s Birthday)
05-SepForgiveness Day
08-SepWorld Literacy Day
10-SepWorld Suicide Prevention Day
14-SepHindi Day
14-SepWorld First Air Day
15-SepEngineer’s day in India
16-SepWorld Ozone Day
16-SepInternational Day of Preservation
21-SepAlzheimer’s Day
21-SepInternational Day of Peace
23-SepInternational Day of Sign Languages
25-SepSocial justice day
26-SepDay of the Deaf
26-Sep (4th Sunday)World Rivers Day
27-SepWorld Tourism Day
28-SepWorld Rabies Day
29-SepWorld Heart Day
30-SepInternational Translation Day 
List of Important Days and Dates in 2021 in September

October: List of Important Days and Dates in 2021

DATEIMPORTANT DAYS
01-OctInternational Coffee 
01-OctWorld Vegetarian Day
01-OctDay International day of the Older Person
02-OctMahatma Gandhi Birthday 
02-OctInternational Day of Non-Violence
03-OctWorld Nature Day
03-OctWorld Habitat Day 
04-OctWorld Animal Welfare Day
04-Oct (1st Monday)World Habitat Day
05-OctWorld Teacher’s Day
06-OctWorld Wildlife Day 
06-OctWorld Food Security Day
08-OctIndian Air Force Day
09-OctWorld Post Office Day
10-OctNational Post Day
10-OctWorld Mental Health Day
11-OctInternational Girl Child Day
12-OctWorld Arthritis Day
13-OctUN International Day for National Disaster Reduction
14-OctWorld Standards Day
14-Oct (2nd Thursday) World Sight Day
15-OctPregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day
15-OctGlobal Hand Washing Day
15-OctWorld White Cane Day (Guiding the Blind)
15-OctWorld Students Day
16-OctWorld Food Day
17-OctInternational Day for The Eradication of Poverty
20-OctNational Solidarity Day (China Attacked India)
20-OctWorld Statistics Day
23-OctMole Day
24-OctUN Day
24-OctWorld Development Information Day
30-OctWorld Thrift Day
31-OctRastriya Ekta Diwas (In Memory of Sardar Patel)
31-OctHalloween
List of Important Days and Dates in 2021 in October

November: List of Important Days and Dates in 2021

DATEIMPORTANT DAYS
01-NovWorld Vegan Day 
01-NovAll Saints’ Day
05-NovWorld Radiography Day
05-NovWorld Tsunami Day
07-NovInfant Protection Day
07-NovWorld Cancer Awareness Day
09-NovNational Legal Services Day 
09-NovWorld Services Day
11-NovArmistice Day (Also Remembrance Day)
11-NovVeterans Day
11-NovNational Education Day
11-NovSingle’s Day
12-NovWorld Pneumonia Day
12-NovGuru Nanak Dev’s Birth Anniversary
12-NovNational Happy Hour Day
13-NovWorld Kindness Day
14-NovChildren’s Day/Jawaharlal Nehru Birthday
14-NovWorld Diabetes Day
16-NovInternational Day for Endurance
17-NovWorld Student Day
17-NovNational Journalism Day
17-NovNational Epilepsy Day
18-NovWorld Adult Day
19-NovWorld Citizen Day 
19-NovInternational Men’s Day 
19-NovWorld Toilet Day
20-NovAfrica Industrialization Day 
20-NovUniversal Children Day
21-NovWorld Television Day
21-NovWorld Fisheries Day
25-NovWorld Non-Veg Day 
25-NovInternational Day for The Elimination of Violence Against Women
25-NovWorld Olive Tree Day
25-Nov (4th Thursday)Thanksgiving Day
26-NovLaw Day
29-NovInternational Day of Solidarity with Palestinian People
30-NovFlag Day
30-NovSaint Andrew’s Day 
List of Important Days and Dates in 2021 in November

December: List of Important Days and Dates in 2021

DATEIMPORTANT DAYS
01-DecWorld Aids Day
02-DecWorld Computer Literacy Day
02-DecInternational Day of Abolition of Slavery 
02-DecNational Pollution Control
03-DecInternational Day of People with Disabilities 
03-DecWorld Conservation Day
04-DecIndian Navy Day
05-DecInternational Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development 
05-DecWorld Soil Day
07-DecArmed Forces Flag Day 
07-DecInternational Civil Aviation Day
09-DecThe International Day Against Corruption
10-DecHuman Right Day
11-DecInternational Mountain Day
11-DecUNICEF Day
14-DecInternational Energy Day
15-DecInternational Tea Day
18-DecInternational Migrants Day 
18-DecMinorities Rights Day
19-DecGoa’s Liberation Day
20-DecInternational Human Solidarity
22-DecNational Mathematics Day
23-DecKisan Divas (Farmer’s Day)
24-DecNational Consumer Rights Day
25-DecGood Governance Day
29-DecInternational Bio-Diversity Day
31-DecNew Year’s Eve
List of Important Days and Dates in 2021 in December
List of Important Days and Dates in 2021 in December
List of Important Days and Dates in 2021

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