Important Dates and Events in January

National Events in January (India)

January 1	New Year’s Day
January 9	Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (NRI Day)
January 12	National Youth Day (Swami Vivekananda’s birth anniversary)
January 15	Indian Army Day
January 23	Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Jayanti
January 24	National Girl Child Day
January 25	National Voters’ Day
January 26	Republic Day
January 30	Martyrs’ Day (Death anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi)

January 4	World Braille Day
January 10	World Hindi Day
January 14-15	Pongal (Tamil Nadu) / Makar Sankranti / Lohri / Uttarayan (varies by region in India)
January 24	International Day of Education
January 27	International Holocaust Remembrance Day

January 1	Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God (Christianity)
January 14-15	Thai Pongal / Makar Sankranti (Hindu festival)
January 20	Guru Gobind Singh Jayanti (Sikhism, date may vary)