Day Events 8th Mar International Women’s Day

11 Mar World Kidney Day

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14th Mar International Day of Action for Rivers

January
15th Mar World Consumer Rights Day
4th Jan International World Braille Day
16th Mar National Vaccination Day
6th Jan World Day -War Orphans
18th Mar Ordnance Factories Day
9th Jan Pravasi Bhartiya Diwas
20th Mar World Sparrow Day
10th Jan World Hindi Day
11th Jan National Human Trafficking Awareness International Day of Happiness
Day 21 Mar International Day for the Elimination of
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12 Jan National Youth Day (India)

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15th Jan Army Day (India) World Forestry Day
17th
Jan World Religion Day 22 nd
Mar World Day for Water
24th Jan National Girl child day (India) 23 Mar World Meteorological Day
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25th Jan Tourism Day 24th Mar World Tuberculosis Day

National Voters Day 27th Mar World Theatre Day

26th Jan Republic Day (India) April

27 Jan International Holocaust Remembrance Day
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2nd Apr World Autism Awareness Day
30 Jan Martyrs’ Day
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4th Apr International Day of Mine Awareness
World Neglected Tropical Diseases 5th Apr National Maritime Day
Last World Leprosy Eradication Day 7th Apr World Health Day
Sunday 10th Apr World Homeopathy Day
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11th Apr National Pet Day
January
National Safe Motherhood Day
February
14 Apr Cultural Unity Day (recognized by India, Sri
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2nd Feb World Wetlands Day Lanka, Maldives, Bangladesh, and Nepal)
4th Feb World Cancer Day 15th Apr World Art Day
6th Feb International Day of Zero Tolerance to 17th Apr World Haemophilia Day
Female Genital Mutilation
18th Apr World Heritage Day
9th Safer Internet Day
Feb 21st Apr National Civil Services Day
10th Feb National De-Worming Day
National Administrative Professionals
11th Feb International Day of Women and Girls in
Science Day
13th Feb World Radio Day (UNESCO) 22nd Apr Earth Day
National Women’s Day 23rd Apr World Book and Copyright Day

20th Feb World Day of Social Justice 24th Apr National Panchayati Raj Day

21st Feb International Mother Language Day 25th Apr World Malaria Day

23th Feb World Peace and Understanding Day 26th Apr World Intellectual Property Day

24th Feb Central Excise Day 28th Apr World Day for Safety and Health at Work

27th Feb World NGO Day 29th Apr International Dance Day
30th Ayushman Bharat Diwas
28th Feb National Science Day (India) Apr

March May
1st Mar Zero Discrimination Day 1 May
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International Labour Day

World Civil Defence Day 2nd

May International Astronomy Day

3rd Mar World Wildlife Day 4 May

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World Asthma Day

4th Mar World Day of the Fight Against Sexual 7 May

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World Athletics Day
Exploitation 8 May
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World Red Cross & Red Crescent Day
National Security Day World Thalassemia Day
9th May World Migratory Bird Day
International Day in Support of
10th May World Mother Day
Victims of Torture
11th May National Technology Day (India)
29th June National Statistics Day
12th May International Nurses Day (India)
3rd International Father’s Day
16th Dengue Prevention Day (India) Sunday
May of June
17th May World Telecommunication Day
July
World Information Society Day
1 Jul
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National Doctor’s Day (India)
18th May International Museum Day
2st Jul World UFO Day
20th May World Metrology Day
World Sports Journalists Day
World Bee Day 4th
Jul International Cooperative Day
21st May World Day for Cultural Diversity for
Dialogue and Development 11 Jul th
World Population Day
Anti-Terrorism Day 15 Jul th
World Youth Skills Day
22nd May International Day for Biological Diversity 17 Jul th
World Day for International Justice
23rd May World Turtle Day 18 Jul th
Mandela Day
24th May Commonwealth Day 26 Jul th
Kargil Memorial Day (India)
28th May International Day of Action for Women’s 28 Jul th
World Hepatitis Day
Health World Nature Conservation Day
29th International Day of United Nations
May Peacekeepers World Nature Day
International Mount Everest Day 29 Jul th
International Tiger Day
(Chosen by Nepal) 30 Jul th
International Day of Friendship

31st May World Anti-Tobacco Day August

June 1 Aug
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Clergy Sexual Abuse Awareness Day

1st Jun World Milk Day 6 Aug

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Hiroshima Day

3rd Jun World Bicycle Day 9 Aug

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Nagasaki Day
4th Jun International Day of Innocent Children World Tribal Day
Victims of Aggression
5th Jun World Environment Day
International Day of the World’s
7th Jun World Food Safety Day Indigenous People
8 Jun
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World Ocean Day 10th Aug World Biofuel Day
12th Jun World Day Against Child Labour World Lion Day
14 Jun World Blood Donor Day
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15 Jun World Elder Abuse Awareness Day

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16th Jun International Integration Day 19th Aug World Humanitarian Day
17th Jun World Day to Combat Desertification and 20th Aug World Mosquito Day
Drought 21st Aug World Senior Citizen Day
19 Jun World Sickle Cell Day
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23rd International Day for the Remembrance of
20th Jun World Refugee Day Aug the Slave Trade and its Abolition
21st Jun World Music Day 29th Aug National Sports Day
International Yoga Day International Day against Nuclear
23th Jun United Nations Public Service Day Tests
International Olympic Day 30th Aug National Small Industry Day
26th Jun International Day against Drug Abuse and September
Illicit Trafficking International Anti-Drugs
Day 2nd Sep World Coconut Day
5th Sep Teachers Day (India)
8th Sep International Literacy Day 11th Nov National Education Day
12th Sep United Nations Day for South-South 12th Nov World Pneumonia Day
Cooperation 13th Nov World Kindness Day
World First Aid Day 14th Nov Children’s Day (India)
14 Sep Hindi Day (India)
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16th Nov International Day for Tolerance
15 Sep International Day of Democracy
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National Press Day
National Engineer’s Day 17 Nov International Students Day
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16 Sep World Ozone Day

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18th Nov World Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary
19th Sep International Talk Like a Pirate Day Disease Day
21st Sep International Day of Peace 19th Nov International Men’s Day
World Alzheimer’s Day National Integration Day (India)
20 Nov Africa Industrialization Day
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Biosphere Day
Universal Children’s Day
22nd Sep World Rhino Day
23rd Sep International Day of Sign Languages Transgender Day of Remembrance
28 Sep Right to Know Day
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21 Nov World Television Day
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30 Sep International Blasphemy Rights Day

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World Fisheries Day
October 25 Nov International Day for the Elimination of
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Violence against Women

1st Oct International Day of Older Persons
26th Nov National Law Day (India)
2 Oct
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International Day of Non-Violence
Constitution Day
Human Rights Day (10th December)
4th Oct World Animal Welfare Day National Milk Day
5 Oct
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World Teachers’ Day 29 Nov International Day of Solidarity with the
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8 Oct
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Indian Air Force Day Palestinian People
10 Oct National Post Day
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December
13 Oct World Day for Natural Disaster Reduction
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1st Dec World Aids Day
15 Oct International Day of Rural Women
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2 Dec
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International Day for the Abolition of
16th Oct World Food Day Slavery
17th Oct International Day for the Eradication of 3rd Dec International Day of Disabled Persons
Poverty 4 Dec
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Indian Navy Day
20th Oct International Day of the Air Traffic 7 Dec
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Indian Armed Force Flag Day
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International Civil Aviation Day
24th Oct United Nations Day
9 Dec
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The International Day Against Corruption
World Development Information Day
10 Dec Human Rights Day
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World Polio Day International Animal Rights Day

27 Oct World Day for Audiovisual Heritage
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11 Dec International Mountain Day
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28 Oct National Ayurveda Day

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14th Dec National Energy Conservation Day (India)
30th Oct World Thrift Day 18th Dec International Migrants Day
31st Oct National Unity Day 20th Dec International Human Solidarity Day
22nd Dec National Mathematics Day
November
23rd Dec Farmers Day (India)
2nd Nov International Journalist’s Remembrance
Day
6th Nov International Day for Preventing the
Exploitation of the Environment in War and
Armed Conflict
9th Nov World Legal Services Day
10th Nov World Immunization Day
ist of Awards, Fields and First Awardee

S. Name Of Respective Field First Awardee

No. Award &
Honour

1. Bharat Ratna Exceptional service or performance of the highest • C. Rajagopalachari,

order in any field of human endeavour. It is the • Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan,
highest civilian award in India, instituted in 1954. and
• C.V. Raman
2 Padma Distinguished service of exceptional order in • Satyendra Nath Bose,
Vibhushan various fields. It is the second-highest civilian • Nand Lal Bose,
award in India
• Zakir Husain, and
• Balasaheb Gangadhar
Kher
3 Padma Distinguished service in various fields. It is the • Homi Jehangir Bhabha
Bhushan third-highest civilian award in India • Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar
• Mahadeva Iyer Ganapati
• Jnan Chandra Ghosh
• Radha Krishan Gupta
4 Padma Shri Distinguished service in various fields. It is the • Asha Devi Aryanayakam
fourth-highest civilian award in India • Bir Bhan Bhatia
• Perin Captain
• K. R. Chakravorty
• Amalprava Das
5 Param Vir Acts of valour during wartime. Instituted in 1947. • Major Somnath Sharma
Chakra and Lieutenant Karam
Singh
6 Ashoka Acts of valour and courageous action. It is • Havildar Bachittar Singh
Chakra the highest peacetime gallantry award in India. It and
was instituted in 1952. • Naik Narbahadur Thapa
7 Rajiv Gandhi Exceptional performance in sports. It was instituted • Viswanathan Anand
Khel Ratna in 1992.
8 Man Booker It is a literary award which recognises the best • PH Newby
Prize works of fiction written in English and published in
the UK.
9 Gandhi Peace Contributions towards peace and harmony • Julius Nyerere (1995)
Prize
10 Right It honour and support individuals and • Hassan Fathy
Livelihood organisations working for social justice, • Stephen Gaskin
Award environmental sustainability, and peace.
11 Pulitzer Prize It highlights achievements in journalism, literature, • Jean Jules Jusserand
and music. • Gobind Behari Lal (First
Indian)
12 UNESCO To promoting peace, tolerance and non-violence. • Nelson Mandela
Peace Prize
13 Oscar Awards For exceptional accomplishments in the film • Emil Jannings
industry • Janet Gaynor
14 Jawaharlal For outstanding contributions to international • U Thant
Nehru Award understanding and goodwill among the people of
for the world.
International
Understanding
15 Magsaysay For a demonstration of integrity, courageous • Vinoba Bhave
Awards service to the people and pragmatic idealism in • Mary Rutnam
various fields in Asia.
• Jose Vasquez Aguilar
• Robert McCulloch Dick
• Mochtar Lubis
16 Nobel Prize For groundbreaking achievements in the fields of • Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen:
Physics, Chemistry, Medicine, Peace, Literature, Physics
and Economics. • Jacobus H. van ‘t Hoff:
Chemistry
• Emil von Behring: Medicine
• Sully Prudhomme:
Literature
• Henry Dunant: Peace
17 Dadasaheb For outstanding contribution to the growth and • Devika Rani (1969)
Phalke Award development of the Indian cinema. This award was
initiated in 1969.
18 Sahitya Outstanding works in various Indian languages • Kuppali Venkatappa
Akademi (any of the 22 languages including English Puttappa (Kuvempu),
Awards literature). It was instituted in 1955 Gopinath Mohanty, and
Uma Shankar Joshi (1955)
19 Jnanpith Outstanding contribution to Indian literature (22 • G. Sankara Kurup (1965)
Award languages). The award acknowledges excellence,
innovation, and the exploration of profound ideas
and themes in literary works.
20 Shanti Swarup Given to Indian scientists for their exceptional • Dr. Jnan Chandra Ghosh:
Bhatnagar performance. It was established in 1958. Chemical Sciences
Awards
21 Sangeet Sangeet Natak Akademi Award is given for • Alauddin Khan in Music for
Natak performing arts in India Hindustani Sarod,
Akademi • Mushtaq Hussain Khan in
This award was instituted in 1951
Award Music for Hindustani
Vocal,
• Karaikudi Sambasiva Iyer
in Music for Carnatic
Veena
• Ariyakudi Ramanuja
Iyengar for Music in
Carnatic Vocal
22 Lal Bahadur Award is given for excellence in academics/ public • Prof. C.K. Prahalad
Shastri administration or management. It was initiated in
National 2000
Award
23 Abel Prize Abel prize is given for outstanding scientific work in • Jean-Pierre Serre (2003)
the field of Mathematics. This award was instituted • Professor Srinivasa SR
in the year 2002. Varadhan (2007): First
Indian awardee
24 Grammy Grammy Award is given for outstanding • Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu
Award achievement in the music industry (Volare):‘Record of the
Year’
This award and honour was initiated in 1959
 • The Music from Peter
Gunn: ‘Album of the Year’
was
• Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu
(Volare): ‘Song of the
Year’
25 Pritzker Pritzker Architecture is awarded in the field of • Philip Johnson
Architecture Architecture
Prize
This award started in the year 1979.
26 Moorti Devi Moorti Devi Award is given in the field of literature. • C.K. Nagaraja Rao
Award It was instituted in the year 1983.
27 Dronacharya Dronacharya Award is given to outstanding • Bhalchandra Bhaskar
Awards coaches in sports and games. It was instituted in Bhagwat
1985. Given by the Sports Ministry, Government of • O.M. Nambiar
India to sports coaches.
• Om Prakash Bhardwaj
28 Arjuna Award Outstanding achievements in sports. Instituted in • Gurbachan Singh
1961 Randhawa, Karnam
Malleswari, and Khashaba
Dadasaheb Jadhav (1961)
29 Dhyan Chand Dhyan Chand Award is given for sports and • Ashoka Diwan, Shahuraj
Award games. It was initiated in 2002. Birajdar, and Aparna
Ghosh
30 Dhanvantri These awards are given for extraordinary –
Award performance in the medical sciences.
31 World Food It recognises individuals who have made • Dr. M.S. Swaminathan in
Prize exceptional contributions to improving the quality, 1987 for Green revolution
quantity, or availability of food worldwide. It was
established in 1986 by Norman Borlaug, a Nobel
Peace Prize laureate. It is presented by Food and
Agriculture Organization (FAO)
32 Vyas Samman To recognise outstanding contributions to Hindi • Ram Vilas Sharma
literature. The award was established in 1991. It is
presented annually by the K.K. Birla Foundation
33 Saraswati To recognise outstanding literary works in any • Harivansh Rai Bachchan
Samman Indian language, including English. The award was
established in 1991.
34 Indira Gandhi Presented by Indira Gandhi Memorial Fund in • Parliamentarians for Global
Award For India for specialised contribution in the field of Action
International international disarmament and development. It
Peace, was established in 1984.
Disarmament
and
Development