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Important International Days 2024
International Days and weeks are celebrated to promote awareness of that specific day through actions taken by concerned Organizations and governments of the Countries. These events are commemorated by the United Nations specialised organisations, such as UNESCO, UNICEF, FAO, etc. when they relate to matters that lie under their purview and it needs special concern to preserve and protect.
Sometimes, some specific days are also declared by the Governments of the Countries which are mainly celebrated in that country for awareness. In this article, we covered all the International and National Days in 2024 which are celebrated every year.
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International Days List
Here is the complete International Days List Month-wise:
| Date | Day |
| January | |
| 1st January |
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| 4th January | World Braille Day |
| 6th January | World War Orphans Day |
| 8th January | African National Congress Foundation Day |
| 9th January | Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (NRI Day) |
| 10th January | World Hindi Day |
| 11th January | Lal Bahadur Shastri’ Death Anniversary |
| 12th January | National Youth Day (Day of Swami Vivekanand’s Birth) |
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| 23rd January | Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose birthday |
| 24th January |
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| 28th January | Birth Anniversary Day of Lala Lajpat Rai |
| 28th January | Data Protection day |
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| February | |
| 1st February |
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| 2nd February | World Wetlands Day |
| 4th February |
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| 4th February | National Day of Sri Lanka |
| 6th February | International Day for the Elimination of All Forms of Female Genital Mutilation |
| 7th February | International Development Week |
| 10th February | World Pulses Day |
| 11th February |
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| 2nd Sunday of February | World Marriage Day |
| 12th February | Darwin Day |
| 12th February | Abraham Lincoln’s Birthday |
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| 14th February | Saint Valentine’s Day |
| 18th February | Taj Mahotsav |
| 20th February | World Day of Social Justice |
| 21st February | International Mother Language Day |
| 22nd February | World Scout Day |
| 23rd February | World peace and understanding day |
| 24th February | Central Excise Day |
| 27th February | World Sustainable Energy Day |
| 28th February | National Science Day |
| March | |
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| 3rd March |
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| 4th March | National Safety Day |
| 8th March | International Women’s Day |
| 10th March |
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| 13th March | No Smoking Day (March’s Second Wednesday) |
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| 16th March | National Vaccination Day |
| 18th March | Ordnance Factories Day (India) |
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| 22nd March | World Water Day |
| 23rd March | World Meteorological Day |
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| 27th March | World Theatre Day |
| April | |
| 1st April | Orissa Day, Prevention of Blindness week |
| 2nd April | World Autism Awareness Day |
| 4th April | International Day for Mine Action and Mine Awareness |
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| 6th April | International Sport Day for Peace and Development |
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| 10th April | World Homeopathy Day |
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| 12th April | World Day for Human Space Flight |
| 13th April | Jallianwallah Bagh Massacre Day (1919) |
| 14th April | World Chagas Disease Day |
| 17th April | World Haemophilia Day |
| 18th April | World Heritage Day |
| 20th April | Chinese Language Day |
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| 22nd April | World Earth Day |
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| May | |
| 1st May | International Labour Day |
| 2nd May | World Tuna Day |
| 3rd May | World Press Freedom Day |
| 4th May | Coal miner’s day |
| May (2nd Sunday) | Mother’s Day |
| 5th May | World Portuguese Language Day |
| 8th May |
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| 9th May | Victory day |
| 10th May | International Day of Argania |
| 11th May | National Technology Day |
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| 14th May | World Migratory Bird Day |
| 15th May | International Day of the Families |
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| 17th May | World Telecommunication Day & Day of Information Society |
| 20th May | World Bee Day |
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| 22nd May | International Day for Biological Diversity |
| 23rd May | International Day to Eliminate Obstetric Fistula |
| 24th May | Commonwealth Day |
| 25th May | Week of Solidarity with the Peoples of Non-Self-Governing Territories, (25-31 May) |
| 29th May | International Day of UN Peacekeepers |
| 31st May | World Anti-Tobacco Day |
| June | |
| 1st June | World Milk Day
Global Parents Day |
| 2nd June | International Sex Workers Day |
| 3rd June | World Bicycle Day |
| 4th June | International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression |
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| 6th June | Russian Language Day |
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| 8th June | World Oceans Day
World Brain Tumour Day |
| 12th June | World Day Against Child Labour |
| 13th June | International Albinism Awareness Day |
| 14th June | World Blood Donor Day |
| 15th June | Global Wind Day
World Elder Abuse Awareness Day |
| 16th June | International Day of Family Remittances |
| 17th June | World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought |
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| 20th June | World Refugee Day |
| 21st June |
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| June (3rd Sunday) | World Father’s Day |
| 23rd June | International Olympic Day
United Nations Public Service Day International Widow’s Day |
| 24th June | International Day of Women in Diplomacy |
| 25th June | Day of the Seafarer |
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| 27th June | Micro-, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Day |
| 29th June | International Day of the Tropics |
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| July | |
| 1st July | National Doctor’s Day,
National Postal Worker Day, Chartered Accountants Day |
| 2nd July | World UFO Day, World Sports Journalists Day |
| July (1st Saturday) | International Day of Cooperatives |
| 4th July | American Independence day |
| 6th July | World Zoonoses Day |
| 7th July | World Kiswahili Language Day |
| 11th July | World Population Day |
| 12th July | World Malala day |
| 15th July | World Youth Skills Day |
| 17th July | World Day for International Justice |
| 18th July | Nelson Mandela International Day |
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| 25th July | World Drowning Prevention Day |
| 28th July |
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| 29th July | International Tiger Day |
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| August | |
| 1st August | World Breastfeeding Week, (1-7 August) |
| 2nd August | International Friendship Day |
| 3rd August | Independence day of Niger |
| 5th August | Independence day of upper Volta |
| 6th August | Hiroshima Day |
| 9th August | International day of World’s indigenous people |
| 9th August | Quit India Day and Nagasaki Day |
| 12th August | International Youth day |
| 14th August | Independence Day of Pakistan |
| 15th August | Independence Day of India |
| 19th August |
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| 20th August | Sadbhavna Diwas |
| 21st August | International Day of Remembrance and Tribute to the Victims of Terrorism |
| 22nd August | International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief |
| 23rd August | International Day for the remembrance of the slave trade and its abolition |
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| 31st August | International Day for People of African Descent |
| September | |
| 5th September |
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| 7th September | International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies |
| 8th September | World Literacy Day |
| 9th September | International Day to Protect Education from Attack |
| 12th September | United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation |
| 14th September | Hindi day, World First Air Day |
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| 16th September |
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| 17th September | World Patient Safety Day |
| 18th September | International Equal Pay Day |
| 21st September |
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| 23rd September | International Day of Sign Languages |
| 25th September | Social justice day |
| 26th September |
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| 27th September | World Tourism Day |
| 28th September | International Day for Universal Access to Information |
| 29th September |
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| 30th September | International Translation Day |
| October | |
| 1st October | International Day of the Older person |
| 2nd October | Mahatma Gandhi’s birthday, International day of non-violence |
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| 4th October |
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| 5th October | World Teacher’s day |
| 6th October | World Wildlife day, World Food Security day |
| 7th October | World Cotton Day |
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| 9th October | World Post Office day |
| 10th October |
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| 11th October | International Girl Child Day |
| 12th October | World Arthritis day |
| 13th October | UN International Day for National Disaster Reduction |
| 14th October | World Standards Day |
| 15th October |
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| 16th October | World Food Day |
| 17th October | International day for the Eradication of Poverty |
| 20th October | World statistics day |
| 24th October |
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| 27th October | World Day for Audiovisual Heritage |
| 30th October | World Thrift Day |
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| November | |
| 1st November | World vegan day |
| 2nd November | International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists |
| 5th November |
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| 6th November | International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict |
| 7th November | Infant Protection day World Cancer Awareness Day |
| 9th November |
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| 10th November |
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| 13th November | World Antibiotic Awareness Week, (13-19 November) |
| 14th November |
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| 15th November | Day of 8 Billion |
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| 17th November |
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| 18th November | World Adult day |
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| 25th November |
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| 26th November | National Constitution Day of India and Law Day |
| 29th November | International Day of Solidarity with Palestinian People |
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| December | |
| 1st December | World AIDS Day |
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| 4th December |
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| 7th December |
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| 9th December |
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| 10th December | Human Rights Day |
| 11th December | International Mountain day |
| 12th December |
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| 14th December | International Energy day |
| 18th December |
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| 19th December | Goa’s liberation Day |
| 20th December | International Human Solidarity Day |
| 23rd December | Kisan Divas (Farmer’s Day) |
| 27th December | International Day of Epidemic Preparedness |
| 29th December | International Bio-diversity day |
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