Important dates

		Remarks
Jan-09	Pravasiya Bharatiya Divas	The day commemorates the arrival of Mahatama Gandhi from South Africa in Bombay on January 9, 1915
Jan-12	National Youth Day	birthday of Swami Vivekananda. In 1984
Jan-15	Army Day	In recognition of Lieutenant General (later Field Marshal) K. M. Cariappa's taking over as the first Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Army from Sir Francis Butcher, the last British commander, in 1948
Jan-25	Tourism Day
Jan-26	Republic Day
Jan-30	Martyrs' Day	The anniversary of the assassination of Mohandas Gandhi in 1948.
Feb-28	National Science Day	To mark the discovery of the Raman effect by Indian physicist Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman on 28 February 1928.[1]
Mar-03	National Defence Day
Mar-04	National Security Day
Mar-16	National Vaccination Day
Apr-05	National Maritime Day	The day marks the journey of SS Loyalty, the first ship of the Scindia Steam Navigation Company, to the United Kingdom. It was a red letter day in the history of Indian navigation.
May-11	National Technology Day	11th May the National Technology Day is celebrated annually all over the India to commemorate technological breakthroughs which included 1. Mastering of the nuclear weapons technology (Pokharan II) through a series of controlled tests at Pokharan, 2. Test firing of the indigenously developed Trishul missile and 3. Test flight of the indigenous aircraft Hansa-3.
Jul-26	Kargil Victory Day
Aug-09	Quit India Day
Aug-15	Independence Day
Aug-20	Sadbhavna Divas	Birthday of Rajiv Gandhi
Aug-29	National Sports Day	The day is celebrated to honor the legendary hockey player, Major Dhyan Chand Singh
Sep-05	Teachers' Day; Sanskrit Day	Birth day of Dr. Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan's Birthday
Oct-02	Gandhi Jayanthi
Oct-08	Indian Air Force Day	It was officially established on 8 October 1932 as an auxiliary air force of the British Raj and the prefix Royal was added in 1945 in recognition of its services during World War II.
Oct-10	National Postal Day
Nov-14	Children’s Day	In memory of jawaharlal Nehru
Nov-26	Law Day
Dec-04	Navy Day	This was the day when the Indian Navy played a significant role in the bombing of Karachi harbour in the Indo-Pakistan War of 1971.
Dec-07	Flag Day	honours the soldiers, airmen and sailors of India.
Dec-18	Minorities Rights Day	The day reminds us of true rights of Minorities.
Dec-14	National Energy Conservation Day
Dec-23	Farmers Day	Celeberated in the memory of Chaudhery Charan Singh