Important Days with Themes 2020

List of Important Days with Themes 2020

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Important Days and Dates – October 2020
Date	Important Days	Theme & Remarks
1st October	International Day for the Elderly	Pandemics: Do They Change How We Address Age and Ageing?
2nd October	Gandhi Jayanthi, & International Day of Non-Violence	–
1st (Monday) October	World Habitat Day	–
4th October	World Animal Welfare Day	–
8th October	Indian Air Force Day	–
9th October	World Post Office Day	–
10th October	World Mental Health Day	–
10th October	National Post Day	–
2nd (Thursday) October	World Sight Day	–
13th October	International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction	–
14th October	World Standards Day	–
15th October	World Students Day	–
15th October	World White Cane Day	–
16th October	World Food Day	–
24th October	World Development Information Day, UN Day	–
28th October	National Ayurveda Day	–
30th October	World Thrift Day	–
Important Days and Dates – September 2020  Join Our Telegram Channel
1st September	National Nutrition Week	–
2nd September	Coconut Day	–
5th September	Teachers’ Day	–
5th September	International Day of Charity	–
7th September	International Day of Clean Air for blue skies	–
8th September	International Literacy Day	“Literacy teaching and learning in the COVID-19 crisis and beyond,”
9th September	International Day to Protect Education from Attack
10th September	World Suicide Prevention Day	‘Working Together to Prevent Suicide’.
12th September	World First Aid Day	Second Saturday of September
12th September	International Day for South-South Cooperation
14th September	Hindi Diwas
15th September	Engineers’ Day	–
15th September	International Day of Democracy
16th September	World Ozone Day	“Ozone for life: 35 years of ozone layer protection”.
17th September	World Patient Safety Day	Health Worker Safety: A Priority for Patient Safety.
18th September	World Water Monitoring Day	‘Solve Water.’
18th September	World Bamboo Day	‘BAMBOO NOW.’
18th September	International Equal Pay Day
19th September	International Red Panda Day 2020	third Saturday of September
19th September	International Coastal Clean-Up Day	“Achieving a trash-free Coastline”
21st September	Alzheimer’s Day	‘Let’s talk about dementia’.
21st September	International Day of Peace	“Shaping Peace Together.”
22nd September	Rose Day (Welfare of Cancer patients)	–
22nd September	World Rhino Day
23rd September	International Day of Sign Languages	“Sign Languages are for Everyone!”
24th September	World Maritime Day	“Sustainable shipping for a sustainable planet,”
25th September	Antyodaya Divas
25th September	World Pharmacist Day	“Transforming global health“
26th September	World Contraception Day	–
26th September	World Environmental Health Day	Environmental health, a key public health intervention in disease pandemic prevention.
26th September	International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons
27th September	World Tourism Day	“Tourism and Rural Development”
28th September	World Rabies Day	‘End Rabies: Collaborate, Vaccinate’
28th September	International Day for Universal Access to Information
29th September	World Heart Day	“Use Heart To Beat Cardiovascular Disease”
29th September	International Day of Awareness on Food Loss and Waste Reduction	“Stop food loss and waste. For the people. For the planet.”
29th September	World Heart Day	–
30th September	International Translation Day	“Finding the words for a world in crisis”.
Important Days with Themes – August 2020
1st August	Earth Overshoot Day	Best Related Articles You Must read
1st August	Muslim Women’s Right Day
3rd August	World Sanskrit Day
6th August	73rd Hiroshima day
7th August	National Handloom Day
8th August	78th Anniversary of Quit India Movement or August Kranti Din
9th August	International Day Of The World’s Indigenous Peoples	‘COVID-19 and Indigenous People Resilience’
10th August	World Biofuel Day	‘Biofuels towards Atmanirbhar Bharat’
12th August	International Youth Day	Youth Engagement for Global Action
12th August	World Elephant Day
13th August	International left handers day
13th August	World Organ Donation Day
14th August	Shaheed Saman Diwas
15th August	74th Independence Day
19th August	World Photography Day
19th August	World Humanitarian Day
20th August	World Mosquito Day
20th August	National Sadbhavana Day
21st August	World senior citizen day
21st August	International Day of Remembrance and Tribute to the Victims of Terrorism
23rd August	International Day for Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition
24th August To 28th August 2020	World Water Week 2020	‘Water and Climate Change: Accelerating Action’
26th August	Women’s Equality Day
29th August	National Sports Day
29th August	Telugu Language Day
29th August	International Day against Nuclear Tests
30th August	International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances
Important Days with Themes – July 2020
1st July	National Doctors’ Day	Lessen the mortality of COVID-19
1st July	National Charted Accountants Day	To commemorate the finding of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI)
1st July	Goods And Services Tax Day
1st July	National Poster Workers Day	To the recognition of postal workers across the world.
2nd July	World Sports Journalists Day	To acknowledge the work of sports journalists & to encourage them to do better at their work.
2nd July	World UFO day
4th July	America Independence Day
4th July	International Day of Cooperatives
4th July	Dharma Chakra Day	The day was inaugurated by President of India, Ram Nath Kovind.
6th July	World Zoonosis Day
7th July	Global forgiveness day
7th July	World Chocolate Day
7th July	International Day Of Cooperatives
10th July	National Fish Farmers Day
11th July	World Population Day	Putting the brakes on COVID 19: Safeguarding the health and rights of women and girls
12th July	International Malala Day
12th July	NABARD Foundation Day
15th July	World Youth Skills Day	‘Skills for Resilient Youth’
17th July	World Day for International Justice
18th July	Nelson Mandela International Day
20th July	World Chess Day
23rd July	National Broadcasting Day
26th July	Kargil Vijay Diwas
27th July	Raising Day of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF)
28th July	World Hepatitis Day	‘Hepatitis: free future’
28th July	World Nature Conservation Day
29th July	International Tiger Day
30th July	World Day against Trafficking in Persons	‘Committed to the Cause-Working on the Frontline to end Human Trafficking’
30th July	International Day of Friendship	This day is celebrated to mark the importance of friends and friendship in life.
31st July	World Ranger Day
Important Days with Themes – June 2020
1st June	World Milk Day
1st June	Global Day of Parents
2nd June	Telangana Formation Day
3rd  June	World Bicycle Day
4th June	International Day of Innocent Children of Aggression
5th June	World Environment Day
6th June	Russian Language Day
7th June	World Food Safety Day
8th June	World Ocean Day	Innovation for a Sustainable Ocean
9th June	World Accreditation Day (WAD)	Accreditation: Improving Food Safety
12th June	World Day Against Child Labour
13th June	International Albinism Awareness Day	Made to Shine
14th June	World Blood Donors Day	‘Safe Blood Save Lives’
15th June	World Elder Abuse Day
15th June	World Wind Day
16th June	International Day of Family Remittance	‘Building resilience in times of crisis
17th June	World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought	Food, Feed, Fibre- The links between consumption and land
18th June	Sustainable Gastronomy Day
18th June	Mask Day
19th June	International Day for Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict
20th June	World Refugee Day	Every Action Counts
21st June	International Yoga Day	Yoga for Health- Yoga at Home
21st June	World Music Day
21st June	International Day of the celebration of the Solstice
21st June	World Hydrography Day	Hydrography enabling autonomous technologies
23rd June	United Nations Public Service Day
23rd June	World Olympic Day
23rd June	International Widows’ Day
25th June	Day of Seafarer
26th June	International Day in Support of Victims of Torture
26th June	International Day Against Drug Abuse And Illicit Trafficking	Better Knowledge for Better Care
27th June	Micro, Small and Medium Sized Enterprises Day
29th June	National Statistics Day
30th June	International Asteroid Day
30th June	International Day of Parliamentarism
Important Days with Themes – May 2020
1st May	International Labour Day
1st May	World Asthma Day
1st May	Gujarat, Maharashtra Day
2nd May	World Tuna Day
2nd May	International Astronomy Day
3rd May	World Press Freedom Day	“Journalism Without Fear or Favour.”
4th May	International Firefighters’ Day
5th May	World Cartoonist’s Day
5th May	World Asthma Day	“Enough Asthma Deaths”
5th May	International Day of Midwife	Midwives with women: celebrate, demonstrate, mobilize, unite-our time in NOW!
5th May	World Hand Hygiene Day
6th May	International No Diet Day
7th May	Vesak Day
7th May	World Athletics Day
7th May	Border Roads Organisation (BRO) Raising Day
8th May	World Red Cross Day
8th May	World Thalassaemia Day	“The dawning of a new era for thalassemia: Time for a global effort to make novel therapies accessible and affordable to patients.”
9th May	World Migratory Bird Day	‘Birds Connect Our World’
11th May	National Technology Day
12th May	International Nurses Day	‘Nursing the World to health’
15th May	International Day Of Families
16th May	Armed Forces Day
16th May	International Day of Light
16th May	National Dengue Day
17th May	world hypertension day	‘Measure Your Blood Pressure, Control it, live longer.’
17th May	International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia
17th May	World Telecommunication And Information Society Day	‘Connect 2030: ICTs for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)’
18th May	International Museum Day	‘Museums for Equality: Diversity and Inclusion’
18th May	World AIDS Vaccine Day
20th May	World Bee Day	Bee Engaged
20th May	World Metrology Day	Measurements for Global Trade
21st May	Anti-Terrorism Day
21st May	International Tea Day
21st May	World day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development
22nd May	International Day For Biological Diversity	Our Solutions are in Nature
23rd May	World Turtle Day	‘Adopt, Don’t Shop’
24th May	Commonwealth Day
25th May	World Thyroid Day
25th May	International Missing Children’s Day
28th May	International Day of Action for Women Health
28th May	World Hunger Day
29th May	International Day Of UN Peacekeepers	Women in Peacekeeping: A key to Peace
30th May	Statehood Day of Goa
31st May	World No Tobacco Day or Anti-Tobacco Day	Protecting Youth from Industry Manipulation and preventing them from tobacco and nicotine use
Important Days with Themes – April 2020
1st April	Prevention of Blindness Week
1st April	Utkal Divas or Odisha Day
2nd April	World Autism Awareness Day	“The Transition of Adulthood”
2nd April	International Children’s Book Day
4th April	National Day For Mine Awareness and assistance in Mine action
5th April	National Maritime Day
5th April	International Day of Conscience	It is marked with a view as an annual celebration power of sports in making social change, developing committee, foster peace, and understanding.
6th April	International Day for Sports Development and Peace
7th April	World Health Day	Support Nurses and Midwives
7th April	Handloom Week	On the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda.
8th April	International Romani Day
8th April	World Tradition Day
10th April	World Homeopathy Day	‘Linking Research with education and clinical practice: Advancing scientific collaborations’.
11th April	National Safe Motherhood Day
11th April	National Pet Day
12th April	International Day of Human Space Flight	The day commemorates the anniversary of Yuri Gagarin’s spaceflight in 1961 which was the first human space flight.
13th April	Jallianwala Bagh Massacre (99th anniversary)
14th April	World Liver Day
14th April	World Chagas Disease Day
14th April	National Fire Service Day	“Samanamagni – Saranam Agni”
14th April	Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar Jayanti Customs Day
14th April	National Dolphin Day
15th April	World Art Day
15th April	Himachal Day
17th April	World Hemophilia Day	“Get + Involved”
18th April	World Heritage Day	‘Shared Cultures, Thread Heritage, Shared Responsibility’
19th April	World Liver Day
20th April	UN Chinese Language Day
21st April	Civil Services Day
21st April	World Creativity and Innovation Day
22nd April	World Earth Day	Climate Action
23rd April	World Book and Copyright Day	KL Baca-Caring through reading
23rd April	English Language Day
23rd April	International Girls in ICT day	Expand horizons, change attitudes
24th April	World Lab Animals Day
24th April	National Panchayati Day	On this day, the Constitution of India recognized Panchayats as ‘Institutions of self-government’.
24h April	Women’s Political Empowerment Day
24h April	International Day of Multilateralism and Diplomacy for Peace
24th To 30th April 2020	World Immunization Week	‘#VaccinesWork for All.’
25th April	World Malaria Day	‘Zero malaria starts with me’
25th April	International Delegate’s Day	To raise the awareness of the role of the representatives and delegates of the Member States to the United Nations.
25th April	World Penguin Day
25th April	World Veterinary Day	‘Environmental protection for improving animal and human health.’
26th April	World Intellectual Property Day	‘Innovate for a Green Future’
26th April	International Chernobyl Disaster Remembrance Day
28th April	World Day for Safety and Health at Work	Safety and Health at work can save lives
29th April	International Dance Day
29th April	International Guide Dog Day
29th April	Ayushman Bharat Diwas	To promote affordable medical facilities in remote areas of the country based on the socio-economic status.
30th April	International Jazz Day
Important Days with Themes – March 2020
1st March	World Civil Defence Day
1st March	Zero Discrimination Day	ZERO DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN AND GIRLS
3rd March	National Defence Day
3rd March	World Wildlife Day	“Sustaining all life on earth”
3rd March	World Hearing Day	“Hearing for life. Don’t let hearing loss limit you”.
4th March	National Security Day	To raise awareness about the safety measures to prevent mishaps and accidents due to lack of awareness.
7th March	Jan Aushadhi Diwas	To create awareness and providing a thrust to the use of generic medicines.
8th March	International Women’s Day	‘An equal world is an enabled world’.
10th March	CISF Raising Day
12th March	Commonwealth Day
12th March	World Kidney Day	“Kidney Health for Everyone Everywhere–from Prevention to Detection and Equitable Access to Care.”
15th March	World Consumer Rights Day	To raise global awareness about consumer rights and needs.
16th March	National Vaccination Day	VaccinesWork for All
16th March	World Sleep Day
18th March	Ordnance Factories Day	The day is celebrated by displaying the rifles, guns, artillery, ammunition, etc in exhibitions all over India.
18th March	Global Recycling Day	“Recycling Heroes”
20th March	International Day of Happiness	‘Happiness For All, Together’
20th March	World Sparrow day	“I Love Sparrow”
20th March	French Language Day	To promote equal use of all six official working languages throughout the organization.
21th March	International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination	For the Elimination of Racial Discrimination 2020 is focused on the midterm review of the International Decade for People of African Descent.
21th March	International Day of Forests	Forests and Biodiversity
21th March	World Poetry day	To encourage a return to the oral tradition of poetry recitals, to encourage the teaching of poetry as well as to restore a dialogue between poetry and the other arts such as theatre, dance, music, and painting.
21th March	World Down Syndrome Day	“We Decide”
21st March	International Nowruz Day	To celebrate “Nowruz” which is an ancestral festivity and marks the first day of spring as well as the renewal of nature.
22nd March	World Water day	“Water and Climate Change”
23rd March	World Meteorological Day	“Water and Climate Change”
24th March	World Tuberculosis Day	‘It’s Time’
24th March	International Day for the Right to the Truth Concerning Gross Human Rights Violations and for the Dignity of Victims	“Monsignor Óscar Arnulfo Romero”
25th March	International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade	“Confronting Slavery’s Legacy of Racism Together”
25th March	International Day of Solidarity with Detained and Missing Staff Members	To mobilize action, demand justice and strengthen our resolve to protect UN staff and peacekeepers, as well as our colleagues in the non-governmental community and the press.
27th March	World Theatre Day	It is celebrated annually on the 27th March by ITI Centres and the international theatre community.
30th March	Statehood Day	Prime Minister Narendra Modi greeted the people of Rajasthan on its State Day.
Important Days with Themes – February 2020
1st February	Foundation Day of the Indian Coast Guard
2nd February	World Wetlands Day	“Wetlands and Biodiversity”
4th February	World Cancer Day	“I Am and I Will”
6th February	International day of Zero Tolerance to female genital mutilation	Unleashing Youth Power
7th February	Safer Internet Day
10th February	National Deworming Day	Children and adolescents in the age group of 1 to 19 years are being administered a single dose of a safe medicine Albendazole in all states and Union Territories.
10th February	World Pulses Day	To recognize the importance of pulses (chickpeas, dry beans, lentils, dry peas and lupins among others) as a global food.
11th February	International day Women and girls in Science	To recognize the critical role of women and girls play in science and technology.
11th February	World Unani Day	To mark the birth anniversary of great Unani scholar and social reformer Hakim Ajmal Khan.
12th February	National Productivity Day	To promote productivity culture in India.
13th February	World Radio Day	“Radio and Diversity”
13th February	National Womens Day	The day was designated to honour the work and contribution of Sarojini Naidu.
15th February	World Pangolin Day	This international effort raises awareness about pangolin species and mobilizes various stakeholders to speed up conservation efforts.
19th February	Soil Health Card Day	To commemorates the day Soil Health Card Scheme (SHC) was launched by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi on February 19, 2015, at Suratgarh, Rajasthan.
20th February	World Day of Social Justice	The International Labour Organization unanimously adopted the ILO Declaration on Social Justice for a Fair Globalization on 10 June 2008.
20th February	Arunachal Pradesh & Mizoram Statehood Day	On this day in 1987 and Mizoram was declared a state in 1972.
20th February	70th National Democracy Day	Every year, Falgun 7 of the Nepali calendar is commemorated as the National Democracy Day in Nepal.
21st February	International Mother language day	“Languages without borders.”
21st February	Matribhasha Diwas	‘Celebrating our Multilingual Heritage’
22nd February	World Thinking day
24th February	Central Excise Day	To honour the officers associated with CBEC and their services.
28th February	National Science Day
Important Days with Themes – January 2020
4th January	World Braille day	To raise awareness of the importance of Braille as a means of communication in the full realization of the human rights for blind and partially sighted people.
6th January	World Day of War Orphans	To address the war orphans as it has become a growing worldwide humanitarian and social crisis.
9th January	NRI day / Pravasi Bharatiya Divas	To mark the contribution of the overseas Indian community in the development of India.
10th January	World Hindi day	To promote the use of Hindi language abroad.
12th January	National youth day	To make sure that the students across the country can be encouraged to learn about life, the ideas and philosophy of Swami Vivekananda and apply them in their lives.
14th January	Fourth Armed Forces Veterans Day	To respect and recognise the first Indian Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Armed Forces who retired on 14th Jan 1953.
15th January	Army day	To commemorate the day when General KM Carriappa took over the command of Army and became the first Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Army after Independence.
15th January	145th Foundation Day of IMD	Ministry of Earth Science under which IMD (Indian Meteorological Department) functions.
18th January	15th Raising Day of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF)	To lay down the policies, plans and guidelines for disaster management.
24th January	National Girl Child Day	“Aware girl child-able Madhya Pradesh”
24th January	International Day of Education	‘Learning for people, planet, prosperity and peace’.
25th January	National Voters Day	‘Electoral Literacy for Stronger Democracy’.
25th January	National Tourism Day	To raise awareness about the importance of tourism for the country’s economy.
26th January	International Customs Day	The role of custom officials and agencies in maintaining border security.
26th January	Republic Day	It marks the day when India declared itself a Sovereign, Democratic and Republic state.
26th January	Bharat Parv 2020	‘Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat’ and ‘Celebrating 150 Years of Mahatma Gandhi’.
27th January	International Day of Commemoration in memory of the victims of the Holocaust
30th January	World Leprosy Day	“Leprosy isn’t what you think”.
30th January	Martyrs day	To honour the sacrifices made by the Father of the Nation, Mahatma Gandhi.
30th January	World Neglected Disease Day	The day creates awareness in addressing tropical diseases.