October is the 10th month of the 12 months withinside the Julian and Gregorian calendars and the 6th of 7 months to have a duration of 31 days. The 8th month withinside the antique calendar of Romulus.
October is usually related to the season of spring in elements of the Southern Hemisphere, and autumn in elements of the Northern Hemisphere, in which it’s far the seasonal equal to April withinside the Southern Hemisphere and vice versa.
In October we celebrate the birth anniversary of our father of the nation, Mahatma Gandhi. Other significant days are Wildlife Week, Indian AirForce Day, World food day and World Animal Welfare Day, Hindu Heritage Month, etc.
- International Day of Older Persons – 1st October
- World Vegetarian Day – 1st October
- International Coffee Day – 1st October
- International Day of Non-Violence (the birthday of Mahatma Gandhi) – 2nd October
- World Day for Farmed Animals – 2nd October
- World Animal Day – 4th October
- World Habitat Day – 5th October (first Monday of October)
- World Space Week – 4th to 10th October
- World Teachers’ Day – 5th October
- Ganga River Dolphin Day – 5th October
- World Cotton Day – 7th October
- Wildlife Week – 2nd to 8th October
- Air Force Day – 8th October
- World Post Day – 9th October
- World Egg Day – 9th October
- Indian Foreign Service Day – 9th October
- National Postal Week – 9th to 15th October
- National Postal Day – 10th October
- World Migratory Bird Day – 10th October
- World Mental Health Day – 10th October
- World Day Against the Death Penalty – 10th October
- World Investor Week – 5th to 11th October
- International Day of the Girl Child – 11th October
- World Arthritis Day – 12th October
- International Day for Disaster Reduction – 13th October
- World Sight Day – 14th October
- World Standards Day – 14th October
- International E-Waste Day – 14th October
- World Students Day – 15th October
- Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam Birth Anniversary – 15th October
- International Day of Rural Women – 15th October
- Global Handwashing Day – 15th October
- World Food Day – 16th October
- World Spine Day – 16th October
- Intellectual Property Literacy Week – 15 to 23rd October
- International Day for the Eradication of Poverty – 17th October
- World Osteoporosis Day – 20th October
- World Statistics Day – 20th October
- International Chef’s Day – 20th October
- National Police Commemoration Day – 21st October
- International Stuttering Awareness Day – 22nd October
- International Snow Leopard Day – 23rd October
- World Polio Day – 24th October
- United Nations Day – 24th October
- World Development Information Day – 24th October
- International Day of Diplomats – 24th October
- World Day for Audiovisual Heritage – 27th October
- Indian Army in J&K Celebrates Infantry Day – 27th October
- Vigilance Awareness Week – 27th October to 02nd November
- International Animation Day – 28th October
- International Internet Day – 29th October
- World Psoriasis Day – 29th October
- National Unity Day (Rashtriya Ekta Diwas) – 31st October
- World Cities Day – 31st October
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