List of important days of the current month.
February
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1 February | Every year on February 1, Indian Coast Guard Day is observed. The Indian Coast Guard was founded on February 1, 1977, and the day is celebrated to honour organisations that look after maritime security. |
| 3 February | World Wildlife Day is an opportunity to celebrate the many beautiful and varied forms of wild fauna and flora and to raise awareness of the multitude of benefits that their conservation provides to people. At the same time, the Day reminds us of the urgent need to step up the fight against wildlife crime and human-induced reduction of species, which have wide-ranging economic, environmental and social impacts. |
| 4 February | World Cancer Day is an international day marked on 4 February to raise awareness of cancer and to encourage its prevention, detection, and treatment. World Cancer Day is led by the Union for International Cancer Control to support the goals of the World Cancer Declaration, written in 2008. |
| 7 February | Safer Internet Day is celebrated to make the internet a safer and better place for all, mainly for children and young people. |
| 11 February | International Day of Women and Girls in Science is an annual observance adopted by the United Nations General Assembly to promote the full and equal access and participation of females in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics fields. |
| 11 February | Safer Internet Day is observed every year on the second week Tuesday of February with an aim to provide safer and better internet, where every user gets to use the internet responsibly and without getting their data leaked. It is celebrated worldwide to encourage the safe and constructive use of digital technology for youngsters, and to stir the usage of technology dutifully, courteously, and critically. |
| 13 February | World Radio Day celebrates radio as the mass media reaching the widest audience in the world. It is an international day celebrated on 13 February each year. The Day was decided by UNESCO on 3 November 2011 during its 36th conference. |
| 20 February | World Day of Social Justice is an international day recognizing the need to promote social justice, which includes efforts to tackle issues such as poverty, exclusion, gender inequality, unemployment, human rights, and social protections. |
| 21 February | International Mother Language Day is a worldwide annual observance held on 21 February to promote awareness of linguistic and cultural diversity and to promote multilingualism. |
| 22 February | International Mother Language Day is a worldwide annual observance to promote awareness of linguistic and cultural diversity and to promote multilingualism. The day was first announced by UNESCO in 1999. |
| 24 February | Central Excise Day is celebrated every year on February 24. The day is celebrated to honour the service of the Central Board of Excise and Custom (CBEC) to the country. |
| 28 February | National Science Day is celebrated in India on 28 February each year to mark the discovery of the Raman effect by Indian physicist Sir C V Raman on 28 February 1928. For his discovery, Sir C V Raman was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1930. |
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