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Important Days: Extended List

An extended, tabular list of additional national and international observance days and themed weeks not in the main calendar, for CAPF static GK and current events

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One screen per section. Cover the right column and test yourself. The dates are durable; only the annual themes change, so verify the latest theme. This sheet extends the main calendar in important days and observances with second-tier days and themed weeks; the high-yield core days are on that page.

Additional January to March days

Date Day
4 January World Braille Day
9 January Pravasi Bharatiya Divas
24 January National Girl Child Day
30 January World Leprosy Day (last Sunday of January in some calendars)
2 February World Wetlands Day
4 February World Cancer Day
20 February World Day of Social Justice
21 February International Mother Language Day
3 March World Wildlife Day
4 March National Safety Day
20 March World Sparrow Day; International Day of Happiness
23 March World Meteorological Day; Bhagat Singh Martyrdom Day

Additional April to June days

Date Day
2 April World Autism Awareness Day
7 April World Health Day
17 April World Haemophilia Day
18 April World Heritage Day
23 April World Book and Copyright Day
25 April World Malaria Day
8 May World Red Cross Day; World Thalassaemia Day
15 May International Day of Families
17 May World Telecommunication Day
22 May International Day for Biological Diversity
8 June World Oceans Day
15 June World Elder Abuse Awareness Day
17 June World Day to Combat Desertification

Additional July to September days

Date Day
28 July World Hepatitis Day; World Nature Conservation Day
29 July International Tiger Day
9 August International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples; Quit India Day
12 August World Elephant Day
19 August World Humanitarian Day; World Photography Day
5 September International Day of Charity
15 September International Day of Democracy
21 September International Day of Peace
26 September World Maritime Day (last week of September)

Additional October to December days

Date Day
1 October International Day of Older Persons
4 October World Animal Welfare Day
5 October World Teachers' Day
10 October World Mental Health Day
11 October International Day of the Girl Child
13 October International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction
17 October International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
24 October World Polio Day; UN Day
5 November World Tsunami Awareness Day
14 November World Diabetes Day
20 November Universal Children's Day
2 December International Day for the Abolition of Slavery
9 December International Anti-Corruption Day
18 December International Migrants Day

Themed weeks and longer observances

Observance Period
National Road Safety Week January
Vanmahotsav (tree-planting week) July
World Breastfeeding Week 1 to 7 August
Sadbhavana Diwas 20 August (Rajiv Gandhi's birthday)
Vigilance Awareness Week Around 31 October
National Education Week November (around 11 November)
Human Rights Week Around 10 December

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