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Jan 1 : DRDO Foundation Day

  • DRDO celebrated the 66th foundation Day on 1st January, 2024.
  • It is the Research & Development wing of the Ministry of Defence.
  • It was formed in 1958.

Jan 3 : 77th foundation day of BIS

  • Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) is the National Standards Body of India
  • It is a statutory body functioning under the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution.

Jan 4 : World Braille Day

  • The day commemorates the birth anniversary of Louis Braille, the inventor of Braille.

Jan 9 : Pravasi Bharatiya Divas

  • also known as Non-Resident Indian (NRI) Day
  • The day also commemorates the return of Mahatma Gandhi, from South Africa to India in 1915.
  • The day was first celebrated in 2003

Jan 12 : National Youth Day

  • Theme 2024 : “MYBharat - Viksit Bharat@2047- By the Youth, For the Youth”
  • commemorate the birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda who was born on January 12, 1863, in Kolkata.
  • Vivekananda delivered his famous speech at the Parliament of the World’s Religions in Chicago in 1893.

Jan 10 to 18 : Startup India Innovation Week

  • The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) under Ministry of Commerce and Industry launched the Startup India Innovation Week 2024
  • The National Startup Day - Jan16, 2024.

Jan 15 : 76th Army Day

  • It was on this day in 1949 that Field Marshal Kodandera M Cariappa became the first Indian Commander-in-Chief of Independent India.

Jan 23 : 127th birth anniversary of Nathaji

  • The day is observed as Parakram Diwas.

Jan 24:

  • National Girl Child Day

  • The day was first observed by the Ministry of Women and Child Development in 2008.

  • International Day of Education

  • Theme for 2024 is ‘Learning for Lasting Peace’.

  • The day was first observed on January 24, 2019 based on the resolution passed by the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA)

  • Uttar Pradesh Foundation Day

  • The United Province was renamed as Uttar Pradesh on January 24, 1950.

  • The Uttar Pradesh government declared January 24 as Uttar Pradesh Foundation Day in May 2017.

Jan 25 :

  • 13th National Voters’ Day

  • The day is observed by the Election Commission of India since 2011.

  • 25th January 1950 is the foundation day of the Election Commission of India (ECI)

  • NVD 2024 theme - ‘Nothing Like Voting, I Vote For sure’.

  • National Tourism Day

  • First celebrated in 1948.

  • Theme 2024 - “Sustainable Journeys, Timeless Memories.”

  • 54th Himachal Pradesh statehood day

  • Himachal Pradesh came into existence on 25th January 1971 as the 18th state of India.

  • Indira Gandhi was the then Prime Minister of India.

Jan 26 :

  • International Customs Day

  • Theme 2024 : Customs Engaging Traditional and New Partners with Purpose.

  • World Leprosy Day

  • is observed every year on the last Sunday of Jan.

  • The day aims to create awareness against the stigma attached to the disease.

  • Leprosy is also known as Hansen Disease.

  • Theme 2024 : “Beat Leprosy”.

  • Leprosy is caused by the bacteria Mycobacterium leprae.

Jan 30:

  • World Neglected Tropical Disease Day (WNTDD)

  • To create better awareness of the devastating impact of NTDs on the poorest populations around the world.

  • Theme 2024 : Unite.Act.Eliminate.

  • Martyrs’ Day

  • Shaheed Diwas commemorating the death anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi.

  • Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated by Nathuram Vinayak Godse in 1948.