Graduate Level intermediate General Knowledge Important Days National Days International Days
Complete month-wise list of important national and international days frequently asked in Kerala PSC exams. Over 60 important days with themes and significance in table format.
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Important days (national and international) are among the most frequently asked questions in Kerala PSC exams. Every paper includes 2-4 questions on this topic. This comprehensive month-wise list covers all days that have appeared in PSC papers.
January
Date Day Key Facts 1 January Global Family Day / Army Medical Corps Day — 4 January World Braille Day Birth anniversary of Louis Braille 9 January NRI Day (Pravasi Bharatiya Divas) Mahatma Gandhi’s return from South Africa (1915) 10 January World Hindi Day First World Hindi Conference (Nagpur, 1975) 12 January National Youth Day Birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda 15 January Army Day First Indian Commander-in-Chief (K.M. Cariappa, 1949) 23 January Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Jayanti (Parakram Divas) — 24 January National Girl Child Day — 25 January National Voters’ Day / National Tourism Day Election Commission established (1950) 26 January Republic Day Constitution came into effect (1950) 27 January International Holocaust Remembrance Day Liberation of Auschwitz (1945) 28 January Data Privacy Day — 30 January Martyrs’ Day (Shaheed Diwas) Assassination of Mahatma Gandhi (1948)
February
Date Day Key Facts 2 February World Wetlands Day Ramsar Convention (1971) 4 February World Cancer Day — 12 February National Productivity Day — 13 February World Radio Day — 14 February Valentine’s Day — 20 February World Day of Social Justice — 21 February International Mother Language Day Bangladesh language movement (1952) 24 February Central Excise Day — 28 February National Science Day Raman Effect discovery by C.V. Raman (1928)
March
Date Day Key Facts 1 March Zero Discrimination Day — 3 March World Wildlife Day CITES signing date (1973) 8 March International Women’s Day — 14 March International Day of Mathematics (Pi Day) — 15 March World Consumer Rights Day — 20 March International Day of Happiness / World Sparrow Day — 21 March World Forestry Day / World Down Syndrome Day / World Poetry Day — 22 March World Water Day — 23 March World Meteorological Day / Shaheed Diwas (Bhagat Singh) Bhagat Singh, Rajguru, Sukhdev martyrdom (1931) 24 March World Tuberculosis Day — 27 March World Theatre Day —
April
Date Day Key Facts 1 April Odisha Day / Prevention of Blindness Week begins — 2 April World Autism Awareness Day — 5 April National Maritime Day First voyage of SS Loyalty (1919) 7 April World Health Day WHO founding (1948) 11 April National Safe Motherhood Day Birth anniversary of Kasturba Gandhi 13 April Jallianwala Bagh Massacre Day 1919 massacre by General Dyer 14 April Ambedkar Jayanti B.R. Ambedkar birth anniversary 17 April World Haemophilia Day — 18 April World Heritage Day — 21 April Civil Services Day — 22 April Earth Day — 23 April World Book and Copyright Day — 24 April National Panchayati Raj Day 73rd Amendment came into force (1993) 25 April World Malaria Day —
May
Date Day Key Facts 1 May International Workers’ Day (May Day) / Maharashtra Day / Gujarat Day Maharashtra and Gujarat formed (1960) 3 May World Press Freedom Day — 4 May Coal Miners’ Day — 8 May World Red Cross Day Birth anniversary of Henry Dunant 11 May National Technology Day Pokhran-II nuclear test (1998) 12 May International Nurses Day Birth anniversary of Florence Nightingale 15 May International Day of Families — 17 May World Telecommunication Day / World Hypertension Day ITU founding (1865) 21 May National Anti-Terrorism Day Rajiv Gandhi assassination (1991) 22 May International Day for Biological Diversity — 31 May World No-Tobacco Day —
Note : Kerala Day (Kerala Piravi) is on 1 November , not 1 May. May 1 is Workers’ Day/May Day.
June
Date Day Key Facts 1 June World Milk Day — 5 June World Environment Day Stockholm Conference (1972) 7 June World Food Safety Day — 8 June World Oceans Day — 12 June World Day Against Child Labour — 14 June World Blood Donor Day Birth anniversary of Karl Landsteiner 17 June World Day to Combat Desertification — 20 June World Refugee Day — 21 June International Day of Yoga Proposed by PM Modi; adopted by UN (2014) 23 June International Olympic Day / United Nations Public Service Day — 26 June International Day Against Drug Abuse —
July
Date Day Key Facts 1 July National Doctors’ Day (India) Birth and death anniversary of Dr. B.C. Roy 11 July World Population Day World reached 5 billion (1987) 12 July Malala Day Birth anniversary of Malala Yousafzai 17 July World Day for International Justice — 18 July Nelson Mandela International Day — 26 July Kargil Vijay Diwas Kargil War victory (1999) 28 July World Hepatitis Day / World Nature Conservation Day — 29 July International Tiger Day —
August
Date Day Key Facts 1 August World Lung Cancer Day — 6 August Hiroshima Day Atomic bomb dropped (1945) 7 August National Handloom Day Swadeshi Movement (1905) 9 August Quit India Day / Nagasaki Day / International Day of Indigenous Peoples Quit India Movement (1942) 12 August International Youth Day — 15 August Indian Independence Day Independence (1947) 19 August World Humanitarian Day / World Photography Day — 20 August Sadbhavana Diwas Birth anniversary of Rajiv Gandhi 23 August International Day for Remembrance of Slave Trade — 29 August National Sports Day Birth anniversary of Major Dhyan Chand
September
Date Day Key Facts 2 September World Coconut Day — 5 September Teachers’ Day (India) / International Day of Charity Birth anniversary of Dr. S. Radhakrishnan 8 September International Literacy Day — 14 September Hindi Diwas Hindi adopted as official language (1949) 15 September Engineers’ Day (India) Birth anniversary of M. Visvesvaraya 16 September World Ozone Day Montreal Protocol signing (1987) 21 September International Day of Peace / World Alzheimer’s Day — 22 September World Rhino Day — 26 September World Environmental Health Day — 27 September World Tourism Day — 28 September World Rabies Day —
October
Date Day Key Facts 1 October International Day of Older Persons — 2 October Gandhi Jayanti / International Day of Non-Violence Birth of Mahatma Gandhi (1869) 4 October World Animal Day — 5 October World Teachers’ Day (UNESCO) — 8 October Indian Air Force Day IAF established (1932) 9 October World Postal Day UPU established (1874) 10 October World Mental Health Day — 11 October International Day of the Girl Child — 15 October World Students’ Day / Global Handwashing Day Birth anniversary of APJ Abdul Kalam 16 October World Food Day FAO founding (1945) 20 October World Statistics Day — 24 October United Nations Day / World Polio Day / World Development Information Day UN Charter came into force (1945) 31 October Rashtriya Ekta Diwas (National Unity Day) / Halloween Birth anniversary of Sardar Patel
November
Date Day Key Facts 1 November Kerala Piravi (Kerala Day) / Karnataka Rajyotsava Formation of Kerala and Karnataka (1956) 7 November National Cancer Awareness Day Birth anniversary of Marie Curie 9 November Legal Services Day — 11 November National Education Day Birth anniversary of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad 14 November Children’s Day (India) / World Diabetes Day Birth anniversary of Jawaharlal Nehru 16 November National Press Day — 17 November National Epilepsy Day — 19 November World Toilet Day — 21 November World Television Day / World Fisheries Day — 25 November International Day for Elimination of Violence Against Women — 26 November Constitution Day (India) / National Law Day Constitution adopted (1949)
December
Date Day Key Facts 1 December World AIDS Day — 2 December World Computer Literacy Day / National Pollution Control Day Bhopal Gas Tragedy (1984) 3 December International Day of Persons with Disabilities — 4 December Indian Navy Day Operation Trident (1971 war) 5 December World Soil Day / International Volunteer Day — 7 December Armed Forces Flag Day / International Civil Aviation Day — 10 December Human Rights Day / Nobel Prize Day UDHR adopted (1948) 11 December International Mountain Day — 14 December National Energy Conservation Day — 16 December Vijay Diwas Victory in 1971 war (liberation of Bangladesh) 18 December International Migrants Day / Minorities Rights Day — 22 December National Mathematics Day Birth anniversary of Srinivasa Ramanujan 23 December Kisan Diwas (Farmers’ Day) Birth anniversary of Chaudhary Charan Singh 25 December Good Governance Day Birth anniversary of Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Quick-Reference: Birth Anniversary Based Days
Day Person Date National Youth Day Swami Vivekananda 12 January Parakram Divas Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose 23 January National Science Day C.V. Raman (discovery) 28 February Ambedkar Jayanti B.R. Ambedkar 14 April National Technology Day Pokhran-II (event) 11 May International Nurses Day Florence Nightingale 12 May National Doctors’ Day Dr. B.C. Roy 1 July National Sports Day Major Dhyan Chand 29 August Teachers’ Day Dr. S. Radhakrishnan 5 September Engineers’ Day M. Visvesvaraya 15 September Gandhi Jayanti Mahatma Gandhi 2 October World Students’ Day APJ Abdul Kalam 15 October National Unity Day Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel 31 October National Education Day Maulana Abul Kalam Azad 11 November Children’s Day Jawaharlal Nehru 14 November Constitution Day Constitution adopted (event) 26 November National Mathematics Day Srinivasa Ramanujan 22 December Good Governance Day Atal Bihari Vajpayee 25 December
Key Points for PSC
Kerala Piravi is 1 November (1956) — NOT 1 May
Republic Day = 26 January (Constitution came into effect, 1950)
Constitution Day = 26 November (Constitution adopted, 1949)
Independence Day = 15 August (1947)
National Voters’ Day = 25 January (Election Commission formed, 1950)
World Environment Day = 5 June (Stockholm Conference, 1972)
International Yoga Day = 21 June (proposed by India, adopted by UN in 2014)
National Sports Day is on Dhyan Chand’s birthday, NOT on any sports event date
World Red Cross Day = Henry Dunant’s birthday (8 May), NOT the date of Geneva Convention
2 October is BOTH Gandhi Jayanti AND International Day of Non-Violence
Important days (national and international) are among the most frequently asked questions in Kerala PSC exams. Every paper includes 2-4 questions on this topic. This comprehensive month-wise list covers all days that have appeared in PSC papers.
January
Date Day Key Facts 1 January Global Family Day / Army Medical Corps Day — 4 January World Braille Day Birth anniversary of Louis Braille 9 January NRI Day (Pravasi Bharatiya Divas) Mahatma Gandhi’s return from South Africa (1915) 10 January World Hindi Day First World Hindi Conference (Nagpur, 1975) 12 January National Youth Day Birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda 15 January Army Day First Indian Commander-in-Chief (K.M. Cariappa, 1949) 23 January Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Jayanti (Parakram Divas) — 24 January National Girl Child Day — 25 January National Voters’ Day / National Tourism Day Election Commission established (1950) 26 January Republic Day Constitution came into effect (1950) 27 January International Holocaust Remembrance Day Liberation of Auschwitz (1945) 28 January Data Privacy Day — 30 January Martyrs’ Day (Shaheed Diwas) Assassination of Mahatma Gandhi (1948)
February
Date Day Key Facts 2 February World Wetlands Day Ramsar Convention (1971) 4 February World Cancer Day — 12 February National Productivity Day — 13 February World Radio Day — 14 February Valentine’s Day — 20 February World Day of Social Justice — 21 February International Mother Language Day Bangladesh language movement (1952) 24 February Central Excise Day — 28 February National Science Day Raman Effect discovery by C.V. Raman (1928)
March
Date Day Key Facts 1 March Zero Discrimination Day — 3 March World Wildlife Day CITES signing date (1973) 8 March International Women’s Day — 14 March International Day of Mathematics (Pi Day) — 15 March World Consumer Rights Day — 20 March International Day of Happiness / World Sparrow Day — 21 March World Forestry Day / World Down Syndrome Day / World Poetry Day — 22 March World Water Day — 23 March World Meteorological Day / Shaheed Diwas (Bhagat Singh) Bhagat Singh, Rajguru, Sukhdev martyrdom (1931) 24 March World Tuberculosis Day — 27 March World Theatre Day —
April
Date Day Key Facts 1 April Odisha Day / Prevention of Blindness Week begins — 2 April World Autism Awareness Day — 5 April National Maritime Day First voyage of SS Loyalty (1919) 7 April World Health Day WHO founding (1948) 11 April National Safe Motherhood Day Birth anniversary of Kasturba Gandhi 13 April Jallianwala Bagh Massacre Day 1919 massacre by General Dyer 14 April Ambedkar Jayanti B.R. Ambedkar birth anniversary 17 April World Haemophilia Day — 18 April World Heritage Day — 21 April Civil Services Day — 22 April Earth Day — 23 April World Book and Copyright Day — 24 April National Panchayati Raj Day 73rd Amendment came into force (1993) 25 April World Malaria Day —
May
Date Day Key Facts 1 May International Workers’ Day (May Day) / Maharashtra Day / Gujarat Day Maharashtra and Gujarat formed (1960) 3 May World Press Freedom Day — 4 May Coal Miners’ Day — 8 May World Red Cross Day Birth anniversary of Henry Dunant 11 May National Technology Day Pokhran-II nuclear test (1998) 12 May International Nurses Day Birth anniversary of Florence Nightingale 15 May International Day of Families — 17 May World Telecommunication Day / World Hypertension Day ITU founding (1865) 21 May National Anti-Terrorism Day Rajiv Gandhi assassination (1991) 22 May International Day for Biological Diversity — 31 May World No-Tobacco Day —
Note : Kerala Day (Kerala Piravi) is on 1 November , not 1 May. May 1 is Workers’ Day/May Day.
June
Date Day Key Facts 1 June World Milk Day — 5 June World Environment Day Stockholm Conference (1972) 7 June World Food Safety Day — 8 June World Oceans Day — 12 June World Day Against Child Labour — 14 June World Blood Donor Day Birth anniversary of Karl Landsteiner 17 June World Day to Combat Desertification — 20 June World Refugee Day — 21 June International Day of Yoga Proposed by PM Modi; adopted by UN (2014) 23 June International Olympic Day / United Nations Public Service Day — 26 June International Day Against Drug Abuse —
July
Date Day Key Facts 1 July National Doctors’ Day (India) Birth and death anniversary of Dr. B.C. Roy 11 July World Population Day World reached 5 billion (1987) 12 July Malala Day Birth anniversary of Malala Yousafzai 17 July World Day for International Justice — 18 July Nelson Mandela International Day — 26 July Kargil Vijay Diwas Kargil War victory (1999) 28 July World Hepatitis Day / World Nature Conservation Day — 29 July International Tiger Day —
August
Date Day Key Facts 1 August World Lung Cancer Day — 6 August Hiroshima Day Atomic bomb dropped (1945) 7 August National Handloom Day Swadeshi Movement (1905) 9 August Quit India Day / Nagasaki Day / International Day of Indigenous Peoples Quit India Movement (1942) 12 August International Youth Day — 15 August Indian Independence Day Independence (1947) 19 August World Humanitarian Day / World Photography Day — 20 August Sadbhavana Diwas Birth anniversary of Rajiv Gandhi 23 August International Day for Remembrance of Slave Trade — 29 August National Sports Day Birth anniversary of Major Dhyan Chand
September
Date Day Key Facts 2 September World Coconut Day — 5 September Teachers’ Day (India) / International Day of Charity Birth anniversary of Dr. S. Radhakrishnan 8 September International Literacy Day — 14 September Hindi Diwas Hindi adopted as official language (1949) 15 September Engineers’ Day (India) Birth anniversary of M. Visvesvaraya 16 September World Ozone Day Montreal Protocol signing (1987) 21 September International Day of Peace / World Alzheimer’s Day — 22 September World Rhino Day — 26 September World Environmental Health Day — 27 September World Tourism Day — 28 September World Rabies Day —
October
Date Day Key Facts 1 October International Day of Older Persons — 2 October Gandhi Jayanti / International Day of Non-Violence Birth of Mahatma Gandhi (1869) 4 October World Animal Day — 5 October World Teachers’ Day (UNESCO) — 8 October Indian Air Force Day IAF established (1932) 9 October World Postal Day UPU established (1874) 10 October World Mental Health Day — 11 October International Day of the Girl Child — 15 October World Students’ Day / Global Handwashing Day Birth anniversary of APJ Abdul Kalam 16 October World Food Day FAO founding (1945) 20 October World Statistics Day — 24 October United Nations Day / World Polio Day / World Development Information Day UN Charter came into force (1945) 31 October Rashtriya Ekta Diwas (National Unity Day) / Halloween Birth anniversary of Sardar Patel
November
Date Day Key Facts 1 November Kerala Piravi (Kerala Day) / Karnataka Rajyotsava Formation of Kerala and Karnataka (1956) 7 November National Cancer Awareness Day Birth anniversary of Marie Curie 9 November Legal Services Day — 11 November National Education Day Birth anniversary of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad 14 November Children’s Day (India) / World Diabetes Day Birth anniversary of Jawaharlal Nehru 16 November National Press Day — 17 November National Epilepsy Day — 19 November World Toilet Day — 21 November World Television Day / World Fisheries Day — 25 November International Day for Elimination of Violence Against Women — 26 November Constitution Day (India) / National Law Day Constitution adopted (1949)
December
Date Day Key Facts 1 December World AIDS Day — 2 December World Computer Literacy Day / National Pollution Control Day Bhopal Gas Tragedy (1984) 3 December International Day of Persons with Disabilities — 4 December Indian Navy Day Operation Trident (1971 war) 5 December World Soil Day / International Volunteer Day — 7 December Armed Forces Flag Day / International Civil Aviation Day — 10 December Human Rights Day / Nobel Prize Day UDHR adopted (1948) 11 December International Mountain Day — 14 December National Energy Conservation Day — 16 December Vijay Diwas Victory in 1971 war (liberation of Bangladesh) 18 December International Migrants Day / Minorities Rights Day — 22 December National Mathematics Day Birth anniversary of Srinivasa Ramanujan 23 December Kisan Diwas (Farmers’ Day) Birth anniversary of Chaudhary Charan Singh 25 December Good Governance Day Birth anniversary of Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Quick-Reference: Birth Anniversary Based Days
Day Person Date National Youth Day Swami Vivekananda 12 January Parakram Divas Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose 23 January National Science Day C.V. Raman (discovery) 28 February Ambedkar Jayanti B.R. Ambedkar 14 April National Technology Day Pokhran-II (event) 11 May International Nurses Day Florence Nightingale 12 May National Doctors’ Day Dr. B.C. Roy 1 July National Sports Day Major Dhyan Chand 29 August Teachers’ Day Dr. S. Radhakrishnan 5 September Engineers’ Day M. Visvesvaraya 15 September Gandhi Jayanti Mahatma Gandhi 2 October World Students’ Day APJ Abdul Kalam 15 October National Unity Day Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel 31 October National Education Day Maulana Abul Kalam Azad 11 November Children’s Day Jawaharlal Nehru 14 November Constitution Day Constitution adopted (event) 26 November National Mathematics Day Srinivasa Ramanujan 22 December Good Governance Day Atal Bihari Vajpayee 25 December
Key Points for PSC
Kerala Piravi is 1 November (1956) — NOT 1 May
Republic Day = 26 January (Constitution came into effect, 1950)
Constitution Day = 26 November (Constitution adopted, 1949)
Independence Day = 15 August (1947)
National Voters’ Day = 25 January (Election Commission formed, 1950)
World Environment Day = 5 June (Stockholm Conference, 1972)
International Yoga Day = 21 June (proposed by India, adopted by UN in 2014)
National Sports Day is on Dhyan Chand’s birthday, NOT on any sports event date
World Red Cross Day = Henry Dunant’s birthday (8 May), NOT the date of Geneva Convention
2 October is BOTH Gandhi Jayanti AND International Day of Non-Violence
