List of Important Days & Dates in 2020 : National and International
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January
- 1st January : Global Family Day
- 4th January : World Braille Day
- 9th January : NRI Day (Pravasi Bhartiya Diwas)
- 10th January : World Hindi Day
- 12th January : National Youth Day (Birthday of Vivekananda)
- 13th January : Lohri Day
- 15th January : Army Day
- 23rd January : Netaji Subash Chandra Bose Jayanti
- 24th January : National Girl Child Day
- 25th January : National Voters Day , National Tourism Day
- 26th January : India's Republic Day , International Customs Day
- 27th January : International Day of Commemoration
- 30th January : Martyrs' Day
- January (last Sunday) : World Leprosy Eradiction Day
February
- 2nd February : World Wetlands Day
- 4th February : World Cancer Day
- 5th February : Safer Internet Day (second day of the second week of February)
- 6th February : International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation
- 10th February : National De-worming Day
- 11th February : International Day of Women and Girls in Science
- 12th February : National Productivity Day
- 13th February : World Radio Day , National Women's Day (Birthdate of Sarojini Naidu)
- 14th February : Valentine Day
- 20th February : World Day of Social Justice
- 21st February : International Mother Language Day
- 24th February : Central Excise Day
- 27th February : World NGO Day
- 28th February : National Science Day
- 29th February : Rare Disease Day
March
- 1st March : Zero Discrimination Day , World Civil Defence Day
- 3rd March : World Wildlife Day, World Hearing Day
- 4th March : National Safety Day
- 8th March : International Women's Day , Ramakrishna Jayanti
- 10th March : CISF Raising Day
- 11th March : No Smoking Day (Second Wednesday of March)
- 12th March : World Kidney Day
- 14th March : Pi Day , International Day of Action for Rivers
- 15th March : World Consumer Rights Day
- 16th March : National Vaccination Day
- 18th March : Ordnance Factories Day (India)
- 20th March : International Day of Happiness , World Sparrow Day , World Oral Health Day
- 21th March : World Forestry Day , World Down Syndrome Day , World Poetry Day
- 22th March : World Water Day
- 23rd March : World Meteorological Day
- 24th March : World Tuberculosis (TB) Day
- 27th March : World Theatre Day
April
- 1st April : Aprils Fool’s Day , Utkal Diwas
- 2nd April : World Autism Awareness Day
- 4th April : International Day of Mine awareness
- 5th April : National Maritime Day
- 7th April : World Health Day
- 8th April : Hanuman Jayanti
- 10th April : World Homoeopathy Day (WHD) , Good Friday , Siblings Day
- 11th April : National Safe Motherhood Day (NSMD)
- 12th April : Easter Festival
- 13th April : Jallianwala Bagh Massacre
- 14th April : B.R. Ambedkar Remembrance Day
- 17th April : World Haemophilia Day
- 18th April : World Heritage Day
- 21st April : National Civil Service Day
- 22nd April : World Earth Day
- 23rd April : World Book and Copyright Day , English Language Day
- 24th April : National Panchayati Raj Day
- 25th April : World Malaria Day , World Veterinary Day
- 26th April : World Intellectual Property Day
- 28th April : World Day for Safety and Health at Work
- 30th April : Ayushman Bharat Diwas
May
- 1st May : International Labour Day or May Day
- 2nd May : World Tuna Day
- 3rd May : Press Freedom Day , World Laughter Day (first Sunday of May)
- 4th May : Coal Miners Day , International Firefighter’s Day
- 5th May : World Asthma Day (First Tuesday of May)
- 7th May : World Athletics Day , Rabindranath Tagore Jayanti , Buddha Jayanti or Buddha Purnima
- 8th May : World Red Cross Day , World Thalassaemia Day
- 10th May : Mother's Day (Second Sunday of May)
- 11th May : National Technology Day
- 12th May : International Nurses Day
- 15th May : International Day of Families , National Endangered Species Day (Third Friday in May)
- 16 May – Armed Forces Day (Third Saturday of the May)
- 17 May – World Telecommunication Day , World Hypertension Day
- 18 May – World AIDS Vaccine Day , International Museum Day
- 21 May – National Anti-Terrorism Day
- 22 May - International Day for Biological Diversity
- 25 May - National Memorial Day (last Monday of May)
- 31 May – Anti-Tobacco Day
June
- 1st June – World Milk Day , Global Day of Parents
- 2nd June - International Sex Workers Day , Telangana Formation Day
- 3rd June - World Bicycle Day
- 4th June – International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression
- 5th June- World Environment Day
- 7th June – World Food Safety Day
- 8th June- World Brain Tumour Day , World Oceans Day
- 12th June - World Day Against Child Labour
- 14th June - World Blood Donor Day
- 15th June - World Wind Day , World Elder Abuse Awareness Day
- 16th June - Martyrdom of Guru Arjan Dev
- 17th June - World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought (International)
- 18th June - Autistic Pride Day , International Picnic Day
- 19th June - World Sickle Cell Awareness Day , World Sauntering Day
- 20th June - World Refugee Day (International)
- 21st June - World Music Day , World Hydrography Day , International Yoga Day , Summer Solstice
- 23rd June - International Olympic Day , United Nations Public Service Day , International Widow's Day
- 26th June - International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking , International Day in Support of Victims of Torture
- 30th June - World Asteroid Day
- 3rd Sunday of June - World Father’s Day
July
- 1st July : Doctor's Day
- 6th July : World Zoonoses Day
- 11th July : World Population Day
- 17th July : World Day for International Justice
- 18th July : International Nelson Mandela Day
- 26th July : Kargil Vijay Diwas
- 28th July : World Hepatitis Day
- 29th July : International Tiger Day
August
- August (1st Sunday) : International Friendship Day
- 6th August : Hiroshima Day
- 8th August : Quit India Movement Day
- 9th August : Nagasaki Day , International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples
- 12th August : International Youth Day
- 15th August : Independence Day in India
- 19th August : World Photography Day , World Humanitarian Day
- 29th August : National Sports Day
September
- 2nd September : World Coconut Day
- 5th September : Teachers' Day (India)
- 8th September : International Literacy Day
- 14th September : Hindi Diwas
- 15th September : Engineer's Day (India) , International Day of Democracy
- 16th September : World Ozone Day , International Day of Preservation
- 21st September : International Day of Peace (UN) , World Alzheimer's Day
- 22nd September : Rose Day (Welfare of Cancer patients)
- 23rd September : International Day of Sign Languages
- 26th September : Day of the Deaf , World Contraception Day
- 27th September : World Tourism Day , World Maritime Day
- 29th September : World Heart Day
- 30th September : International Translation Day
- September : World Rivers Day (fourth Sunday of September)
October
- First Monday of October : World Habitat Day
- Second Thursday of October : World Sight Day
- 1st October : International Day of the Older Persons , World Vegetarian Day
- 2nd October : Gandhi Jayanti , International Day of Non-Violence
- 4th October : World Animal Welfare Day
- 5th October : World Teachers' Day
- 8th October : Indian Air Force Day
- 9th October : World Post Day
- 10th October : World Mental Health Day
- 11th October : International Day of the Girl Child
- 13th October : World Calamity Control Day (UN) or UN International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction
- 14th October : World Standards Day
- 15th October : Global Handwashing Day , World White Cane Day , World Students’ Day
- 16th October : World Food Day
- 17th October : International Poverty Eradication Day
- 24th October : United Nations Day , World Development Information Day
- 30th October : World Thrift Day
- 31st October : Rashtriya Ekta Diwas or National Unity Day
November
- 5th November : World Tsunami Awareness Day
- 7th November : National Cancer Awareness Day
- 9th November : Legal Services Day
- 14th November : World Diabetes Day , Children's Day
- 16th November : International Day for Tolerance
- 17th November : National Epilepsy Day
- 19th November : World Toilet Day
- 20th November : Africa Industrialisation Day
- 21st November : World Television Day
- 26th November : Law Day (India)
- 29th November : International Day of Solidarity with Palestinian People
December
- 1 December : World AIDS Day
- 2 December : National Pollution Control Day
- 3 December : World Day of the Handicapped
- 4 December : Indian Navy Day
- 5 December : International Volunteer Day , World Soil Day
- 7 December : Indian Armed Forces Flag Day , International Civil Aviation Day
- 9 December : International Anti-Corruption Day
- 10 December : Human Rights Day
- 11 December : UNICEF Day , International Mountain Day
- 14 December : National Energy Conservation Day
- 18 December : Minorities Rights Day (India)
- 20 December : International Human Solidarity Day
- 22 December : National Mathematics Day
- 23 December : Kisan Divas (Farmer's Day in India)
- 24 December : National Consumer Rights Day
- 25 December : Good Governance Day (India)
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