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Programme Calendar-2010

January

New Year’s Day

01

Birth Anniversary of Satyendranath Bose

01

Indian Science Congress 3-7

Birth Anniversary of Louise Braille

04

Road Safety Week

05

Oil and Gas Conservation Fortnight ( Petroleum) 2nd Fortnight

Maha Kumbh Mela

09-21

Tyagaraja Aradhana Utsavam

10-15

Death Anniversary of Lal Bahadur Shastri

11

Birth Anniversary of Swami Vivekananda/National Youth Day

12

Lohri

13

*Makar Sankranti/ Pongal/ Magha Bihu/ Til Sankranti

14

Animal Welfare Fortnight

14-28

Army Day

15

IMD Foundation Day ( Earth Science) 15

Death Anniversary of Mahadev Govind Ranade

17

Meghalaya Day

21

Manipur Day

21

Birth Anniversary of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose/ National Day of Patriotism

23

India Tourism Day

25

Himachal Statehood Day

25

Republic Day

26

International Customs Day

26

Birth Anniversary of Lala Lajpat Rai

28

All India Handicrafts Week

28/01-03/02

*BasantPanchami/ Shri Panchami/ Saraswati Pooja

Martyrs’ Day/ Sarvodaya Day/ Anti Leprosy Day

30

February

Anniversary of Non-Cooperation Movement

01

Oil Conservation Week

01-07

Birth Anniversary of Dr. Rajkumari Amrit Kaur

02

Birth Anniversary of K.D. Singh Babu

02

Power Minister's Conference ( States & UTs) February

Birth Anniversary of P.V. Sivaswami Iyer

07

Birth Anniversary of Guru Ravidas/ Birth Anniversary of Dr. Zakir Hussain

08

Birth Anniversary of Thomas Alva Edison

11

Birth Anniversary of C.F. Andrews

12

Birth Anniversary of Sarojini Naidu

13

Birth Anniversary of Sri Ramakrishna Paramahansa

18

Birth Anniversary of Rafi Ahmed Kidwai

18

Arunachal Pradesh/ Mizoram Statehood Day

20

*Maha Shivaratri

Death Anniversary of Kasturba Gandhi

22

Death Anniversary of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad

22

Martyrdom Day of Chandra Shekhar Azad

27

Blind Welfare Week

27/02-05/03

National Science Day( S & T)

28

Union Budget Presentation Day

28

March

International Women’s Week

01-07

Birth Anniversary of Mahaprabhu Chaitanya

02

National Safety Day

04

National Awards for Meritorious Performance in Power Sector Feb/March

International Women’s Day

08

Commonwealth Day

09

Dandi March Day

12

Consumer Rights Day

15

Immunisation Day

16

Biotech Foundation Day ( S & T) 17

World Forestry Day

21

First Day of Indian National New Year of Saka 1923

22

International day for Elimination of Racial Discrimination

22

Birth Anniversary of Surya Sen

22

World Day for Water

22

Birth Anniversary of Dr.Ram Manohar Lohia

23

World Meteorological Day ( Earth Science )

23

Martyrdom Day of Shaheed Bhagat Singh

23

World TB Day

24

Death Anniversary of Ganesh Shanker Vidyarthi

25

April

Utkal Diwas

01

Prevention of Blindness Week

01-07

*Ram Navami

*Muharram

Railway Week 2nd week

Birth Anniversary of Babu Jagjivan Ram/ Samata Diwas  (SJ & E)

05

National Maritime Day

05

*Mahavir Jayanti

World Health Day

07

Birth Anniversary of G.D. Birla

10

Jallianwala Bagh Day

13

Ambedkar Jayanti Day (SJ&E) 14

World Heritage Day

18

Civil Service Day(SJ&E) 21

World Earth Day

22

May

International Labour Day/ Maharashtra Day

01

World Press Freedom Day

03

*Buddha Purnima

World Red Cross Day

08

Birth Anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore

09

Technology Day

11

World Telecommunication Day

17

Anti-Terrorism Day

21

Anti Terrorism Day pledge 23

Goa Statehood Day

30

World No-Tabacco Day

31

June

World Environment Day

05

*Rath Yatra

International Day against Drug Abuse/

26

Drugs De-addiction Day (SJ&E) 26

July

Jagjivan Ram Death Anniversary( SJ&E) 06

World Population Day

11

Foreign Trade Policy ( Commerce ) July-August

Anniversary of Man’s Landing on the moon

20

Birth Anniversary of Chandra Shekhar Azad

23

Birth Anniversary of Munshi Premchand

31

August

World Breast-Feeding Week

01-07

Hiroshima Day

06

Quit India Movement

09

Independence Day

15

Communal Harmony Week 20-5th Sept.

Birth Anniversary of Rajiv Gandhi/ Sadbhavana Diwas

20

Akshay Urja Diwas ( New & Renewable Energy) 20

Parsi New Year

21

*Ganesh Chaturthi

National Fortnight of Eyes Donation

23/08-06/09

Birth Anniversary of Mother Teresa

26

Birth Anniversary of Dhyan Chand

29

*Onam

September

National Nutrition Week

01-07

Mini Ministerial of WTO ( Commerce ) Sept.

Birth Anniversary of Dr. S. Radhakirshnan/Teacher Day

05

International Literacy Day

08

Birth Anniversary of Bhartendu Harishchnadra

09

Birth Anniversary of Govind Ballabh Pant

10

Birth Anniversary of Acharya Vinod Bhave

11

Hindu Diwas/Sanchayika Day

14

Dayanand Saraswati Jayati

15

Birth Anniversary of Mokshagundam Visweswaraya/Engineers’ Day

15

World Deaf Day

23

CSIR Foundation Day (S&T) 26

World Tourism Day

27

Birth Anniversary of Sardar Bhagat Singh

28

TB Seals Day

30

October

Wild Life Week

01-07

Military Nursing Service Day

01

International Day for Elderly People(SJ&E)

01

National Voluntary Blood Donation Day

01

Birth Anniversary of Dr. Annie Besant

01

Birth Anniversary of Harzarat Ali

01

Gandhi Jayanthi/National Cleanliness Day

02

Birth Anniversary of Lal Bahadur Shastri

02

Anti-Untounchability Week

02-08

World Habitat Day (Housing)

05

Air Force Day

08

World Post Day

09

National Postal Week 9-15

Territorial Army Day

09

World Disaster Reduction Day

10

Family Welfare Fortnight

11-25

Birth Anniversary of Jai Prakash Narayan

11

World Standards Day

14

World Food Day

16

Birth Anniversary of S. Chandrashekar

19

Azad Hind Day

21

Global Iodine Deficiency Disorder Day

21

*Maha Saptami

UN Day

24

World Development Information Day

24

*Maha Ashatmi

*Dussehra (Vijay Dasami)

World Thrift Day

28

Birth Anniversary of Vallabhbhai Patel

31

Death Anniversary of India Gandhi/Anti-Terrorism Day

31

November

Vigilance Awarness Week 1st or 2nd Week

Madhya Pardesh/Andhra Pradesh/ Kerela/Haryana/ Karnataka/

Chhattisgarh Formation Day

01

All Saints Day

01

Valmiki Jayanti

01

Birth Anniversary of Deshabandhu Chittaranjan Das

05

Birth Anniversary of Sir C. V. Raman

05

Legal Services Day

09

Uttaranchal Formation Day

09

International Week of Science

09

National Education Day(Birthday of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad) 11

Dhanwantari Diwas

12

India International Trade Fair( Commerce ) November

Nehru Jayanti/Childern’s Day

14

*Naraka Chaturdasi/Diwali

*Govardhan Puja

Jharkhand Formation Day

15

National Co-operative Week/ Soil Conservation Week

15-21

International Day for Tolerance and Peace

16

*Bhai Duj

International Film Festival of India

Indira Gandhi Jayanti/National Integration Day

19-25

Quami Ekta Week

Quami Ekta Week Pledge 19

Child Right Day

20

International Film Festival of India 23rd -3rd Dec.

NCC Day / Quami Ekta Week-Flag Day

25

Constitution Day

26

*Guru Nank Jayanti

December

World AIDS Day

01

Nagaland Statehood Day

01

National Pollution Control Day

02

Bhopal Gas Tragedy Day

03

National Conservation Day

03

Birth Anniversary of Dr. Rajendra Prasad

03

International Disability Day(SJ&E) 03

Navy Day

04

Ambedkar Mahaparinirvan Day( SJ&E) 06

Armed Forces Flag Day

07

SAARC Day/ SAARC Girl Child Day

08

National Day of Mentally Retarded

08

World Children’s Week

08-14

Birth Anniversary of Moulana Muhammad Ali

10

Human Right Day

10

Birth Anniversary of Sbramaniam Bharati

11

National Energy Conservation Day

14

Minorities Rights Day

18

*Guru Teg Bahadur Martyrdom Day

Martyrdom Day of Ashfaqulla Khan & Ram Parsad Bismil

19

Goa Liberation Day

19

Birth Anniversary of Charan Singh/ Kishan Diwas

23

Consumer Rights Day 24

Christmas

25

Birth Anniversary of Shri Madan Mohan Malaviya

25

Foundation Day of India National Congress

26

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