Important Days and Dates 2023

Important Days and Dates 2023: Here is the month-wise list of important national and international days and dates for RRB NTPC, Group D, SSC CGL, CHSL, PSC, State Exams and Other Competitive Exams. Usually, 2-3 questions from important days and dates can be seen in every competitive / government exam. This list will not only provide you a glance at important days of the year but also boost your general knowledge and help you in the preparations for upcoming competitive exams. Let's have a look at the month-wise important days and dates list:

Important Days 2023- Month-wise

Learning about Important Days & Dates is an essential part of education and personal development and helps to build a better understanding of the world and the people who inhabit it. The list of important days and dates is compiled based on events and festivals in India and across the world. Check month-wise wise important days and dates:

Important Days & Dates in January 2023

List of Important Days in January
1st JanuaryEnglish New Year, Army Medical Corps Establishment Day,
Global family day, World Peace Day
4th JanuaryWorld Braille Day
6th JanuaryWorld War Orphans Day
8th JanuaryAfrican National Congress Foundation Day
9th JanuaryPravasi Bharatiya Divas NRI Day
10th JanuaryWorld LAugusthter Day, World Hindi Day
11th JanuaryDeath anniversary of Lal Bahadur Shastri
12th JanuaryNational Youth Day (Birth Day of Swami Vivekanand)
15th JanuaryArmy Day (Field Marshall K.M. Cariappa took over the
command of Army on this day in 1949 from the British), Pongal,
Makar Sankranti
23rd JanuaryNetaji Subhash Chandra bose birthday
24th JanuaryNational Girl Child day of India
25th JanuaryIndia Tourism Day,
National Voters Day
26th JanuaryRepublic Day of India and International Customs day
27th JanuaryInternational Holocaust Day (The largest Nazi death
camp, Auschwitz- Birkenau was liberated by Soviet troops on Jan
27, 1945.), International Day of Commemoration
28th JanuaryBirth Anniversary of Lala Lajpat Rai
28th JanuaryData protection day
30th JanuaryMahatma Gandhi’s Martyrdom Day (Martyr’s day)
World Leprosy Eradication Day

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Important Days & Dates in February 2023

List of Important Days in February
1st FebruaryIndian Coast Guard Day
2nd FebruaryWorld Wetlands Day
4th FebruaryWorld Cancer Day
4th FebruaryNational Day of Sri Lanka
6th FebruaryInternational day against female genital mutilation
7th FebruaryInternational Development Week
11th FebruaryWorld Day of the Sick
2nd Sunday of FebruaryWorld Marriage Day
12th FebruaryDarwin Day
12th FebruaryAbraham Lincoln's Birthday
13th FebruarySarojini Naidu’s Birth Anniversary
14th FebruarySaint Valentine's Day
18th FebruaryTaj Mahotsav
20th FebruaryWorld Day of Social Justice
21st FebruaryInternational Mother Language Day
22nd FebruaryWorld Scout Day
23rd FebruaryWorld peace and understanding day
24th FebruaryCentral Excise Day
27 FebruaryWorld Sustainable Energy Day
28 FebruaryNational Science Day

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Important Days & Dates in March 2023

List of Important Days in March
1st MarchZero Discrimination Day
World Civil Defence Day
3rd MarchWorld Wildlife Day
World Hearing Day
4th MarchNational Safety Day
8 MarchInternational Women’s Day
10 MarchCISF Raising Day
13 MarchNo Smoking Day (Second Wednesday of March)
14 MarchPi Day
International Day of Action for Rivers
15 MarchWorld Consumer Rights Day
16 MarchNational Vaccination Day
18 MarchOrdnance Factories Day (India)
20 MarchInternational Day of Happiness
World Sparrow Day
21 MarchWorld Forestry Day
World Down syndrome Day
World Poetry Day
22 MarchWorld Water Day
23rd MarchWorld Meteorological Day
24 MarchWorld Tuberculosis (TB) Day
27 MarchWorld Theatre Day

Important Days & Dates in April 2023

List of Important Days in April
1 AprilOrissa Day, Prevention of Blindness week
2 AprilWorld Autism Awareness Day
4 AprilInternational Day for Mine Awareness
5 AprilNational Maritime Day
7 AprilWorld Health Day
10 AprilWorld Homeopathy Day
11 AprilNational Safe Motherhood Day, National Pet Day
13 AprilJallianwallah Bagh Massacre Day (1919)
17 AprilWorld Haemophilia Day
18 AprilWorld Heritage Day
21 AprilNational Civil Service Day, Secretaries's Day
22 AprilWorld Earth Day
23 AprilWorld Book and Copyright Day
24 AprilNational Panchayati Day
25 AprilWorld Malaria Day
26 AprilWorld Intellectual Property Day
28 AprilWorld Day for Safety and Health at Work, World Veterinary Day

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Important Days & Dates in May 2023

List of Important Days in May
1-MayInternational Labour Day
3-MayPress Freedom Day
4-MayCoal miner’s day
May (2nd Sunday)Mother’s Day
8-MayWorld Red Cross Day
9-MayVictory day
11-MayNational Technology Day
12-MayInternational Nurses day
14-MayWorld Migratory day
15-MayInternational Day of the Family
17-MayWorld Telecommunication Day (Information Society Day)
21-MayAnti-terrorism day
24-MayCommonwealth Day
31-MayAnti-Tobacco Day

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Important Days & Dates in June 2023

List of Important Days in June 2023
1 June

World Milk Day

Global Parents Day

2 June

International Sex Workers Day

Telangana Formation Day

3 JuneWorld Bicycle Day
4 June

International Day of Innocent

Children Victims of Aggression

5 JuneWorld Environment Day
7 June

World Food Safety Day

International level crossing awareness day

8 June

World Oceans Day

World Brain Tumour Day

12 JuneWorld Day Against Child Labour
14 JuneWorld Blood Donor Day
15 June

Global Wind Day

World Elder Abuse Awareness Day

17 JuneWorld Day to Combat
Desertification and Drought
18 JuneAutistic Pride Day
19 June

World Fathers’ Day (Every 3rd Sunday of June)

World Sickle Cell Awareness Day

World Sauntering Day

20 JuneWorld Refugee Day
21 June

World Hydrography Day

International Yoga Day

World Music day

June (3rd Sunday)Father’s Day
23 June

International Olympic Day

United Nations Public Service Day

International Widow’s Day

26 June

International Day against

Drug Abuse & Illicit Trafficking

27 JuneWorld Diabetes Day
30 JuneWorld Asteroid Day

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Important Days & Dates in July 2023

Check the complete List of Important Days in July 2023 from the below table. 

List of Important Days in July 2023
1-JulyNational Doctor’s Day, National Postal Worker Day, Chartered Accountants Day
2-JulyWorld UFO Day, World Sports Journalists Day
July (1st Saturday)International Day of Cooperatives
4-JulyAmerican Independence day
6-JulyWorld Zoonoses Day
11-JulyWorld Population Day
12-JulyWorld Malala day
17-JulyWorld Day for International Justice
18-JulyNelson Mandela International Day
28-JulyWorld Nature conservation day
29-JulyInternational Tiger Day

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Important Days & Dates in August 2023

List of Important Days in August 2023
2-AugustInternational Friendship Day
3-AugustIndependence day of Niger
5-AugustIndependence day of upper Volta
6-AugustHiroshima Day
9-AugustInternational day of World’s indigenous people
9-AugustQuit India Day and Nagasaki Day
12-AugustInternational Youth day
14-AugustIndependence Day of Pakistan
15-AugustIndependence Day of India
19-AugustWorld Photography day
20-AugustSadbhavna Diwas
23-AugustInternational Day for the remembrance of
the slave trade and its abolition
29-AugustNational Sports Day
30-AugustSmall Industry Day

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Important Days & Dates in September 2023

List of Important Days in September 2023
5-SeptemberTeachers’ Day (Dr. Radhakrishnan’s birthday), Forgiveness day
8-SeptemberWorld Literacy Day
14-SeptemberHindi day, World First Air Day
15-SeptemberEngineer’s day in India
16-SeptemberWorld Ozone Day
21-SeptemberAlzheimer’s Day, International day of peace
25-SeptemberSocial justice day
26-SeptemberDay of the Deaf
27-SeptemberWorld Tourism Day

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Important Days & Dates in October 2023

List of Important Days in October 2023
1-OctoberInternational day of the Older person
2-OctoberMahatma Gandhi birthday,
International day of non-violence
3-OctoberWorld Habitat Day, World nature day
4-OctoberWorld Animal Welfare Day
5-OctoberWorld Teacher’s day
6-OctoberWorld Wildlife day, World Food Security day
8-OctoberIndian Air Force Day
9-OctoberWorld Post Office day
10-OctoberNational Post Day
11-OctoberInternational girl child day
12-OctoberWorld Arthritis day
13-OctoberUN International Day for National disaster reduction
14-OctoberWorld Standards Day
15-OctoberWorld White Cane Day (guiding the Blind)
16-OctoberWorld Food Day
17-OctoberInternational day for the eradication of poverty
20-OctoberWorld statistics day
24-OctoberUN Day, World development information Day
30-OctoberWorld Thrift Day
31-OctoberRastriya Ekta Diwas (in memory of Sardar Patel),
National Integration Day (In memory of Indira Gandhi)

Important Days in November 2023

List of Important Days in November 2023
1-NovemberWorld vegan day
5-NovemberWorld Radiography day
7-NovemberInfant Protection day
World Cancer Awareness Day
9-NovemberWorld services day
10-NovemberTransport Day
14-NovemberChildren’s Day in India
Jawaharlal Nehru birthday
16-NovemberInternational day for Endurance
17-NovemberWorld Student day
National Journalism day
18-NovemberWorld Adult day
19-NovemberWorld Citizen day
20-NovemberAfrica Industrialization Day
Universal children day
21-NovemberWorld Television day
World Fisheries day
25-NovemberWorld Non-veg day
26-NovemberLaw day
29-NovemberInternational Day of Solidarity with Palestinian People
30-NovemberFlag day

Important Days & Dates in November

Important Days in December 2023

List of Important Days in December 2023
1-DecemberWorld Aids Day
2-DecemberWorld Computer literacy day
International day of abolition of slavery
3-DecemberInternational Day of People with disabilities
World conservation day
4-DecemberNavy Day
5-DecemberInternational volunteer day for economic and social development
7-DecemberArmed Forces Flag Day
International civil aviation day
9-DecemberThe International day against corruption
10-DecemberHuman Right Day
11-DecemberInternational Mountain day
14-DecemberInternational Energy day
18-DecemberInternational Migrants day
19-DecemberGoa’s liberation day
20-DecemberInternational Human solidarity
23-DecemberKisan Divas (Farmer’s Day)
29-DecemberInternational Bio-diversity day

Importance of Learning Important Days and Dates

Here are some key reasons why learning about important days and dates is essential:

1. Historical significance: Many important dates and events are historically significant and have shaped the course of human history. Learning about these events and dates helps individuals understand the background, causes, and effects of historical events that have a significant impact on the world today.

2. Cultural awareness: Many important dates and events are associated with cultural and religious celebrations, such as Diwali, Christmas, and Eid. Learning about these events and dates helps individuals understand different cultures, customs, and traditions. This can promote cultural understanding and help to build bridges between people of different cultures.

3. Social movements: Many important dates and events are associated with social movements and protests, such as International Women's Day, Earth Day, and Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Learning about these events and dates can raise awareness about social issues and inspire individuals to become involved in creating positive social change.

4. Personal development: Learning about important dates and events can also help in personal development. It helps in increasing general knowledge and improving memory skills. It also helps in developing critical thinking skills, as individuals can analyze the significance of events and draw conclusions based on their understanding.

In conclusion, learning about important days and dates has significant importance, both in terms of understanding historical events and cultural traditions and in promoting awareness about social issues and movements. 

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