GK FOR SSC, JKSSB EXAMS BY KASHMIR STUDENT

IMPORTANT DATES & DAYS OF THE YEAR
JANUARY
  • 1 Global Family Day
  • 9 NRI Day
  • 12 National Youth Day (of Swami Vivekanand)
  • 15 Indian Army Day
  • 25 National Tourism Day, Voter’s Day
  • 26 Indian Republic Day, International Customs Day
  • 28 Data Protection Day
  • 30 Martyr’s Day (Mahatma Gandhi’s Martyrdom), World Leprosy Eradication Day

FEBRUARY
  • 4 World Cancer Day
  • 20 World Day of Social Justice
  • 24 Central Excise Day
  • 28 National Science Day

MARCH
  • 8 International Women’s Day
  • 15 World Consumer Rights Day, World Disabled Day
  • 21 World Forestry Day, International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
  • 22 World Water Day
  • 23 World Meteorological Day
  • 24 World TB Day

APRIL
  • 5 National Maritime Day, International Day for Mine Awareness
  • 7 World Health Day
  • 18 World Heritage Day
  • 21 Civil Services Day
  • 22 World Earth Day

MAY
  • 1 International Labour Day (May Day)
  • 3 World Press Freedom Day
  • 8 World Red Cross Day
  • 17 World Telecommunications Day
  • 21 Anti-Terrorism Day

JUNE
  • 5 World Environment Day
  • 12 World Day against Child Labour
  • 20 World Refugee Day
  • 21 International Yoga Day

JULY
  • 4 American Independence Day
  • 7 International day of Cooperatives
  • 11 World Population Day
  • 12 International Malala Day

AUGUST
  • 6 Hiroshima Day
  • 8 World Senior Citizen’s Day
  • 12 International Youth Day
  • 18 Day of the World’s Indigenous Persons
  • 29 National Sports Day (Dhyanchand’s birthday)

SEPTEMBER
  • 5 Teachers’ Day (Dr Radhakrishnan’s Birthday)
  • 14 Hindi Day, World First Aid Day
  • 16 World Ozone Day
  • 21 International Day of Peace
  • 21 World Biosphere Day
  • 27 World Tourism Day

OCTOBER
  • 2 International Non-Violence Day, Lal Bahadur Shastri and Mahatma Gandhi’s Birthday
  • 3 World Habitat Day
  • 5 World Teacher’s Day
  • 8 Indian Air Force Day
  • 16 World Food Day
  • 24 United Nations Day

NOVEMBER
  • 9 Legal Services Day
  • 14 Children’s Day, World Diabetes Day
  • 20 Universal Children’s Day (UN)

DECEMBER
  • 1 World AIDS Day
  • 3 International Day of Person with Disabilities
  • 4 Indian Navy Day
  • 7 Armed Forces Flag Day
  • 10 Human Rights Day
  • 16 Vijay Diwas
  • 25 National Good Governance Day



IMPORTANT YEARS & DECADES

  • 1997-2006 | UN Decade for the Eradication of Poverty
  • 2001-2010 | International Decade for Culture of Peace and Non-violence for Children
  • 2011-2020 | United Nations Decade on Biodiversity
  • 2014-2024 | Decade of Sustainable Energy for All

  • 2015-2024 | International Decade for People of African Descent
  • 2016-2025 | UN Decade of Action on Nutrition
  • 2009 | International Year of Astronomy
  • 2010 | International Year of Biodiversity


  • 2011 | International Year of Forests
  • 2012 | International Year of Cooperatives
  • 2013 | International Year of Water Cooperation
  • 2014 | International Year of Family Farming


  • 2015 | International Year of Light and Light based Technologies
  • 2016 | International Year of Pulses
  • 2017 | International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development
  • 2019 | International Year of Indigenous Language

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