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Important days
January 9 NRI Day
January 10 World Laughter Day
January 12 Nationl Youth Day
January 15 Army day
January 25 National Voters day
January 26 India’s Republic Day,
International Customs Day
January 30 Martyrs’ Day;
World Leprosy Eradication Day
2nd Sunday of February World Marriage Day
February 14 Valentine Day
February 24 Central Excise Day
February 28 National Science Day
Second Monday March Commonwealth Day
March 8 International Women’s Day;
Intl. literacy Day
March 15 World Disabled Day;
World Consumer Rights Day
March 18 Ordnance Factories Day (India)
March 21 World Forestry Day; International Day for the
Elimination of Racial Discrimination
March 22 World Day for Water
March 23 World Meteorological Day
March 24 World TB Day
April 5 International Day for Mine Awareness,
National Maritime Day
April 7 World Health Day
April 17 World Haemophilia Day
April 18 World Heritage Day
April 21 Secretaries’ Day
April 22 Earth Day
April 23 World Book and Copyright Day
May 1 Workers’ Day (International Labour Day)
May 3 Press Freedom Day; World Asthma Day
May 2nd Sunday Mother’s Day
May 4 Coal Miners’ Day
May 8 World Red Cross Day
May 9 World Thalassaemia Day
May 11 National Technology Day
May 12 World Hypertension Day,International Nurses Day
May 15 International Day of the Family
May 17 World Telecommunication Day
or Peace & Non-violence (UN)
May 24 Commonwealth Day
May 31 Anti-tobacco Day
June 4 International Day of Innocent Children
Victims of Aggression
June 5 World Environment Day
June 3rd SundayFather’s Day
June 14 World Blood Donor Day
June 26 International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking
July 1 Doctor’s Day
July 6 World Zoonoses Day
July 11 World Population Day
August 1st Sunday International Friendship Day
August 6 Hiroshima Day
August 8 World Senior Citizen’s Day
August 9 Quit India Day, Nagasaki Day
August 15 Indian Independence Day
August 18 IntI. Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples
August 19 Photography Day
August 29 National Sports Day
September 22 Rose Day (Welfare of cancer patients)
September 26 Day of the Deaf
September 27 World Tourism Day
October 1 International Day for the Elderly
October 2 Gandhi Jayanthi
October 3 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
October 2nd Thursday World Sight Day
October 13 UN International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction
October 14 World Standards Day
October 15 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
November 9 Legal Services Day
November 14 Children’s Day; Diabetes Day
November 17 National Epilepsy Day
November 20 Africa Industrialization Day
November 29 International Day of Solidarity with Palestinian People
December 1 World AIDS Day
December 3 World Day of the Handicapped
December 4 Indian Navy Day
December 7 Indian Armed Forces Flag Day
December 10 Human Rights Day; IntI. Children’s Day of Broadcasting
December 18 Minorities Rights Day (India)
December 23 Kisan Divas (Farmer’s Day) (India)
December 25 Christmas Day
First Indian Women
First Women Doctor Kadambini Ganguly 1888
First Woman Surgeon Dr. Prema Mukherjee
Graduates Kadambini Ganguly &
Chandra mukhi Basu 1886
Honours graduate Kamini Roy 1886
Speaker of Lok sabha Miera Kumar (2009-2014)
Chairperson of Rajya sabha Violet Alva 1962
Governor Sarojini Naidu U.P. (1947-1949)
Chief Minister (U.P.) Sucheta Kriplani (1963-1967)
Speaker of State Assembly Shano Devi
Nominated member of Rajyasabha Rukmini Devi Arundale
Nobel Price Mother Teresa
Bharat Ratna Smt Indira Gandhi
Chief justice of High court Leila Seth 1991 (Himachal Pradesh)
Supreme court judge Kumari Fatima Bibi 1989
High court judge Anna Chandy, 1959
First Indian Woman Barrister Cornelia sorabji 1982
Railway minister Mamta Banerjee
Central minister in government Rajkumari Amrit kaur
Doctorate of Science Asima Chatterjee 1944
Director General of Police Kanchan Chaudhary Bhattacharya
First women IPS Kiran Bedi 1972
First women IAS Anna Rajan George 1950
Indian national congress president Annie Besent
Chairperson of SBI Arundhati Bhattacharya
Chairperson of UPSC Roja Millian Bethew
Chairperson of Indian Airlines Sushma Chawla
President of Indian science congress Ashima Chatterjee
Women Ambassador C B Muthuamma
Mount Everest Bachendri Pal
First Indian women to go in Space Kalpana Chawla
First Indian Airline Pilot Durba Banerjee 1956
Gold medal in Asian Games Kamaljeet Sandhu 1970
Magsaysay Award winner Kiran Bedi
Miss Universe Sushmita Sen 1994
Miss World Rita Fariya 1966
Miss Asia Fecific Zeenat Aman 1970
Gyanpeeth Award Ashapurna Devi
Booker Prize winner Arundhati Roy
Sahitya academy Award Amrita Preetam
Rajeev Gandhi Khel Ratna Karnam Malleshwari
WTA Title Sania Mirza
Lieutenant General Puneeta Arora
Vice admiral of Indian Navy Puneeta Arora 2004
Ashok Chakra Neerja Bhanot
To be Continued GK...
