Important Days With Themes January And February 2018
January :-
Jan 01, 2018 – 125th Birth Anniversary of Noted Indian Scientist Satyendra Nath Bose.
Jan 04 – World Braille Day. It commemorates contribution of Louis Braille who invented reading and writing system that helped blind people across world.
Jan 09 – Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) in India, marking return of M K Gandhi to India from south africa on Jan 9, 1915. It was first celebrated by NDA Government in 2003.
Jan 10 – World Hindi Day. It marks holding first World Hindi Conference on 10 January, 1975. Jan 10, 2018 also marks 25th Raising Day of Army Air Defence.
Jan 12 – National Youth Day in India. It marks birth anniversary of legendary social reformer Swami Vivekananda.
Jan 15, 2018 – 70th Indian Army Day. It commemorates the day when K.M Carriappa took over command of Indian Army from F.R.R Bucher, the last British Commander-in-Chief in 1949.
Jan 21 – Statehood Day for North Eastern States of Tripura, Manipur and Meghalaya.
Jan 24 – National Girl Child Day.
Jan 24 – Uttar Pradesh Diwas. On this occasion, UP Government approved one district, one product scheme to promote products indigenous to every district. Under this, one product indigenous to every district of Uttar Pradesh would be showcased at 3 day UP Diwas event.
Jan 25 – National Voters’ Day. 2018 Theme is Accessible Elections.
Jan 25 – Statehood Day of Himachal Pradesh.
Jan 26 – International Customs Day. 2018 theme is A secure business environment for economic development.
Jan 26, 2018 – 69th Republic Day of India.
Jan 27 – International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Holocaust means destruction or slaughter on a mass scale, especially caused by fire or nuclear war.
Jan 28, 2018 – World Leprosy Day 2018. It is is observed internationally every year on last Sunday of January.
National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) celebrated its 13th Raising Day on Jan 19, 2018.
February :-
Feb 02 – World Wetlands Day. It marks adoption of Convention on Wetlands (also called as Ramsar Convention) in 1971 in Ramsar (Iran). Theme for 2018 is Wetlands for a Sustainable Urban Future.
On this occasion, Floating Treatment Wetland (FTW) was inaugurated in Neknampur Lake in Hyderabad to purify polluted lake. Plants planted on FTW can clean lake by absorbing nitrates and other pollutants in water.
Feb 04 – World Cancer Day. 2018 Theme is We can. I can.
Feb 4, 2018 is also 70th Independence Day of Neighboring Nation Sri Lanka. On Feb 4 in 1948, Sri Lanka achieved freedom from British rule.
Feb 06 – International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation.
Feb 1 – Foundation day of Indian Coast Guard (ICG).
Feb 11 – International Day of Women and Girls in Science.
Feb 13 – World Radio Day. 2018 theme is Radio and Sports.
India’s 1st Online Radio Station Radio Umang Has been launched, accessible through web / app.
India’s first radio festival held in New Delhi to mark World Radio Day, organized by International Association of Women in Radio and Television AND UNESCO.
Feb 20 – World Day of Social Justice. 2018 theme is Workers on the Move: the Quest for Social Justice.
Feb 21 – International Mother Language Day (IMLD). 2018 Theme is Linguistic diversity and multilingualism count for sustainable development.
Feb 24 – Central Excise Day.
Feb 28 – National Science Day. It marks discovery of Raman effect by Indian physicist Sir Chandrashekhara Venkata Raman on 28 February 1928. For this, he was awarded Nobel Prize in Physics in 1930.
Feb 28 – World Rare Disease Day. It is observed annually on Last day of February.
