Important days of January

Important days are an important part of all government exams. If any of you have given exams like SSC CGL, CHSL, or any other one-day government exams you must have witnessed the growing trend of asking important days and themes.

Why is it important to cover the important days of all months?

If you cover this section,  you can be sure of at least two to four marks in the General Awareness section. So considering its importance, you should not neglect this section at any cost but you don't have to bother much. We will help you to cover this portion very swiftly. 

Important days of one month will be covered in each post. So it will take around 12 posts to complete this section. We have tried to make it as interactive as possible and have also added bonus information in red. Besides remembering the days, you must also remember themes related to that day this year.

Important days of January:

There are a lot of important days in January month but we will discuss only those which are important from the exam perspective. If you remember only 13 days from the month of January, it will be more than enough. So without further ado, be ready with pen and paper.

1. Jan. 4- World Braille Day (Birthday of Louis Braille-Inventor of the Braille system for the deaf-blind people)
2. Jan. 6- Journalist Day in Maharashtra (In memory of Balshastri Jambhekar)
3. Jan. 9- Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (M.K.Gandhi returned to India from South Africa on this day in 1915)
4. Jan. 10- World Hindi Day
5. Jan. 12- National Youth Day (Birthday of Swami Vivekananda)
6. Jan. 14- Armed Forces Veterans Day (Lt. Gen. K.M.Cariappa retired on this day.)
7. Jan. 15- National Army Day (K.M. Cariappa became the 1st Commander-In-Chief of the Indian Army); India Meteorological Department Foundation Day
8. Jan. 19- National Immunization day; NDRF Raising Day
9. Jan. 24- National Girl Child Day; International Day of Education; U.P. Foundation Day
10. Jan. 25- National Tourism Day; National Voters Day, Himachal Pradesh Statehood Day (Became state from Union Territory in 1971)
11. Jan. 26- International Customs Day; Republic Day (Indian Constitution came into force)
12. Jan. 27- International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust
13. Jan. 30- Martyr's Day ( Mahatma Gandhi was martyred in 1948); World Leprosy Day (Theme of 2020- Leprosy isn't what you think)

These were the 13 most important days of January from the exam perspective. Try to read and write it as many times as you can, it will surely help you.

So, this is it for today's post. We hope you liked it but if you think we have missed any important day in the month of January, feel free to use the comment section. In the next post, we will cover February.

Read : Important Days of February