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In India, the festive calendar is not confined to a single season. Festivals, national events and internationally recognised days are spread across the year. With the first month of the new year behind us, attention now turns to February.
Popularly known as the month of love, February is associated not only with Valentine’s Day but also with several important national and international observances. These dates are significant from a general knowledge perspective, and questions related to them are frequently asked in competitive examinations and interviews. For candidates preparing for such exams, here is a list of important days and festivals falling in February 2026.
List of important days in February 2026
February 1 – Union Budget / Indian Coast Guard Day
February 2 – World Wetlands
Day / Rheumatoid Arthritis Awareness Day
February 4 – World Cancer Day
February 6 – International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation
February 7 – Valentine’s Week / International Development Week
February 8 – National Opera Day
February 10 – World Pulses Day / National Deworming Day
February 11 – International Day of Women and Girls in Science / World Patient Day
February 12 – Darwin Day
February 13 – World Radio Day / Sarojini Naidu Jayanti
February 14 – Valentine’s Day
February 20 – Arunachal Pradesh Statehood Day / Mizoram Statehood Day
February 20 – World Social Justice Day
February 21 – International Mother Language Day
February 22 – World Thinking Day
February 23 – World Peace and Understanding Day
February 24 – Central Excise Day
February 26 – Veer Savarkar Death Anniversary
February 27 – World NGO Day
February 28 – National Science Day / Rare Disease Day
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