Life as we know it, has changed a lot due to Covid-19 in the year of 2020. In the last year face masks, sanitizers, social distancing has become a necessity to stay safe and healthy. Every public area like stadiums, movie halls, shopping malls, parks, restaurants stayed empty and people chose to stay indoors to avoid any type of health risk.
Let’s go through the year that might bring happiness with the hope that there is medication, proper treatment and vaccine in the coming year of 2021. Below are some important days of the year 2021:
January 2021
1 January – English New Year
6 January –National Technology Day
10 January –World Hindi Day, World Laughter Day
11 January –National Human Trafficking Awareness Day, Death anniversary of Lal Bahadur Shastri
12 January – Birth of Swami Vivekanand- National Youth Day
13 January – Guru Gobind Singh Jayanti
14 January – Lohri
15 January – Indian Army Day, Pongal, Makar Sankranti
20 January – Guru Gobind Singh Jayanti
23 January – Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose’s birth anniversary
25 January –India Tourism Day, National Voters Day
26 January – Republic Day (India)
28 January –Birthday of Lala Lajpat Rai
30 January – Mahatma Gandhi’s Martyrdom Day
31 January- World Leprosy Eradication Day
February 2021
1 February – Indian Coast Guard Day
4 February – World Cancer Day
12 February –International Day of Women’s Health
13 February – Sarojini Naidu’s Birth Anniversary
14 February –Valentine’s Day
16 Febraury – Vasant Panchami
19 February – Shivaji Jayanti
20 February – World Day of Social Justice
26 February – Hazarat Ali’s Birthday
27 Febraury – Guru Ravidas Jayanti, World NGO Day
28 February- Rare Disease Day/ National Science Day
March 2021
1 March –World Civil Defence Day
3 March –World Hearing Day, World Wildlife Day
4 March – National Safety Day
8 March – International Women’s Day, Ramakrishna Jayanti
11 March- Shivratri
15 March –World Sleep Day, World Consumer Rights Day
16 March – National Vaccination Day
20 March –World Oral Health Day, International Day of Happiness
21 March – World Forestry Day, World Poetry Day
24 March – World Tuberculosis (TB) Day
28 March – Holika Dahan
29 March- Holi
Second Wednesday of March- No Smoking Day
Second Thursday of March- World Kidney Day
April 2021
2 April – World Autism Awareness Day, International Children’s Book Day, Good Friday
4 April – Easter Day
6 April – International Day of Sport for growth and harmony
7 April – World Health Day
10 April – World Homeopathy Day
13 April – Jallianwallah Bagh Massacre Day (1919)
14 April – B.R. Ambedkar Remembrance Day, vaisakhi
18 April – World Heritage Day
21 April – National Civil Service Day, Ram Navami
22 April – World Earth Day
25 April- Mahavir Jayanti
May 2021
1 May: International Labour Day, Maharashtra Day
7 May: World Athletics Day, Rabindranath Tagore Jayanti
9 May- Ravindranath Birthday
14 May- Eid-ul-fitar
18 May: World AIDS Vaccine Day
21 May: National Anti-Terrorism Day
22 May: International Day for Biological Diversity
31 May: Anti-Tobacco Day
Second Sunday of May: Mother’s Day
June 2021
1 June: World Milk Day
5 June: World Environment Day
8 June: World Oceans Day, World Brain Tumour Day
12 June: World Day against Child Labour
14 June: World Blood Donor Day
16 June: Martyrdom of Guru Arjan Dev
18 June: Autistic Pride Day, International Picnic Day
21 June: World Music Day, International Yoga Day
23 June: United Nations Public Service Day, International Olympic Day
Third Sunday of June: World Father’s Day
- July 2021
1 July – Doctor’s Day, National Postal Worker Day, Chartered Accountant’s Day (India)
2 July – World UFO Day
11 July – World Population Day
17 July – World Day for International Justice
18 July – International Nelson Mandela Day
21 July- Bakr eid
24 July- Guru Purnima
29 July – International Tiger Day
· August 2021
9 August – Quit India Movement Day
10 August- Muharram
12 August – International Youth Day
15 August –Independence Day (India)
16 August – Parsi New Year
19 August – World Photography Day, World Humanitarian Day, Muharram
20 August- Sadbhavna Divas, Indian Akshay Urja Day
21 August – Onam
22 August – Raksha Bandhan
29 August – National Sports Day
30 August – Janamashtmi
First Sunday of August – Friendship Day
September 2021
5 September –Teachers’ Day (India)
8 September – International Literacy Day
10 September- World Suicide Prevention Day
14 September –World First Aid Day, Hindi Diwas
16 September- World Ozone Day
15 September – Engineer’s Day (India)
21 September –World Alzheimer’s Day, International Day of Peace and Non-Violence
22 September – welfare of cancer patients- Rose Day
27 September- World Tourism Day
October 2021
1 October – International Day of the Elderly (UN), World Vegetarian Day
2 October – Gandhi Jayanti
4 October – World Habitat Day, World Animal Welfare Day
5 October – World Teachers’ Day
8 October – Indian Air Force Day
10 October – World Mental Health Day
11 October – International Girl Child Day
13 October – World Calamity Control Day (UN), Maha Ashtami
14 October- Maha Navami
15 October- Dussehra
31 October – Halloween, Rashtriya Ekta Diwas
First Monday of October – World Habitat Day
November 2021
1 November –All Saints’ Day, World Vegan Day
4 November – Deepawali
5 November – World Tsunami Day
6 November – Bhai Duj
9 November –National Legal Services Day
10 November – Transport Day, Chhat Puja
12 November –Guru Nanak Dev’s Birth Anniversary, World Pneumonia Day
14 November – World Diabetes Day, Children’s Day
19 November – International Men’s Day, Guru Nanak Jayanti
24 November – Guru Tegh Bahadur Martyrdom Day
26 November – Law Day (India)
December 2021
1 December – World AIDS Day
2 December – National Pollution Control
3 December – World Day of the Handicapped
4 December – Indian Navy Day
5 December –World Soil Day, International Volunteer Day
7 December –International Civil Aviation Day, Indian Armed Forces Flag Day
9 December – International Anti-Corruption Day
10 December – Human Rights Day
11 December – UNICEF Day, International Mountain Day
14 December – World Energy Conservation Day
16 December- Vijay Diwas
18 December –Minorities Rights Day (India). International Migrants Day
22 December- Mathematics Day
23 December – Farmer’s Day in India
24 December – National Consumer Rights Day
25 December – Christmas Day
31 December – New Year’s Eve
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