Important Days in March

According to the Julian and Gregorian Calendar, March is the third month of the year. This is considered an important month as it is the transition month for the season, where the winter season comes to an end along with the beginning of summer days. It is also the second month out of the 12 months according to the modern calendar that has 31 days. According to metrology, the first day of spring begins in the month of March in the Northern Hemisphere. The 20 and 21 st of the northwards is seen as the beginning of the spring in the northern hemisphere and the beginning of the autumn in the southern hemisphere according to the astronomical derivation.

According to the earliest Roman calendar, the first month of the year is considered t be March that was derived from the name Martius. The name of the month “March” is derived from a Roman god of war named Mars. till the end of the 15th century, March 1 was considered as the beginning of the year according to the Russian calendar. Before adopting the gregorian calendar, Great Britain along with its colonies used to allocated March 25 as the beginning of the new year until 1752.  Similarly, many other countries according to their cultural and religious backdrop consider March as the beginning of the new year. 

Other than these, there also have been some of the important international and national days that are celebrated in this month according to the modern calendar. This article deals with the list of important days in March.    

List of National and International Days in March

The important dates in March are often asked in the general knowledge questions of many competitive exams and are therefore important to discuss. The list of the important dates in March 2021 that includes both national and international days in March is listed below. 

Description of Important Days in March

Small descriptions of all March days to celebrate are as follows:-

1. 1 March 2021 (Zero Discrimination Day): The world Zero Discrimination day is celebrated all over the world on the 1st of March every year. The symbol of Zero Discrimination day is a butterfly that reciprocates the right for everyone to live with respect. Regardless of colour, religion, culture, ethnicity, age, caste, language, work or gender everyone has the right to live with dignity without any biases for it. This is the day to observe discrimination against all of the above-mentioned reasons.     

2. 1 March 2021 (World Civil Defence Day): World Civil Defence day is celebrated every year on March 1st in order to honour all the people behind the services provided to us during the time of a disaster to provide us with a sustainable life possible at that moment and after. It is a day to pay regard to the officials, services and philanthropists who put the utmost effort for the people in distress after a disaster occurs anywhere and in any part of the world. Some people and services are regarded to prevent and secure us from any upcoming disasters. The Internation Civil Defense Organization has picked the first day of March to celebrate the services and people behind them. 

3. 3rd March 2021( World Wildlife Day): World Wildlife Day is celebrated on 3rd March every year with an intention to enlighten and educate people on the world’s sustainability of resources under Sustainable Development Goal 12. Simultaneously,  to bring in the concern on the topic “Life without Water” that focuses more on the condition of the marine life and to highlight the critical issues that are faced by marine wildlife in respect to our daily life practices. The theme that was decided for the year 2019 on this day was “Life Below Water: For People and Planet”. 

4. 3rd March 2021( World Hearing Day): World Hearing Day is observed every year on 3rd March internationally. This day is particularly dedicated to spreading awareness about the causes of deafness and measures to prevent it. It’s a day to promote hearing all over the world.

5. 4 March 2021 (National Saftey Day): The National Saftey Council of India has declared 4th March as the National Saftey Day in India. This day is dedicated to educate and create various services and resources to make people safe from financial losses, health problems and several other problems that are to an extent aligned to the mentioned problems which people are facing in their day-to-day life.

6. 8 March 2021 (International Women’s Day): there has been a lot of discussions, promotions and awareness campaigns carried by several organizations, including female celebrities from all over the world to promote gender equality especially with females in the work fields. International Women’s Day is celebrated all around the globe on 8th may celebrate the unparalleled achievements women have achieved throughout the decades in every field and promote zero biases towards women in personal and professional areas. Purple is the colour chosen for International Women’s Day to symbolize every woman. Purple, Green and White together are considered as the colour of equality that was first conceptualized by the Women’s Social and Political in the UK in the year 1908. The colour purple signifies dignity and respect, the colour green signifies hope and the colour white is for peace. 

7. 10th March 2021 (CISF Rising Day): Central Industrial Security Force commonly known as CISF in India is celebrated every year on 10th March. In the year 1969, under the Act of Parliament, CISF was established in India for the first time. CISF comes under the Union Ministry that is part of the Home Ministry in the house of parliament. CISF has its headquarters in Delhi and it primarily works for the security of airways, seaways and some other major organizations in India. There are certain Battalions within CISF groups that are reserved for working with the police forces in India to maintain the law and order system. 

8. 13th March 2021 (No Smoking Day): No Smoking Day is usually celebrated across the world on the second Wednesday of March. This day is dedicated to promoting awareness about the severe health effects of tobacco via smoking like lung cancer, throat cancer etc. and to encourage people to quit smoking.    

9. 12th March 2021 (Mauritius Day): Mauritius Day is celebrated every year on 12 March 2021 for two reasons, one, it got its independence from British ruling in the year 1968 and it became a republic nation in the year 1992. 

10.  14 March (Pi Day): Pi day is celebrated on 14th March every year to celebrate the invention of Pi. it is a mathematical expression that has a constant value. It is used to express the ratio of the circumference of a circle to the diameter of the same circle that has an approximately constant value of 3.14.

11.  14 March (Internation Day of Actions for River): The International Day of Action for Rivers is observed every year internationally on 14th March. This day is dedicated to promoting the need to keep the river clean and the major issues facing by the rivers in terms of pollution levels in the waters of the rivers. This day is also dedicated to taking measures to improve the river policies all over the world.  

12. 15th March (World Consumer Rights Day): This day is celebrated every year on the 15th of March to raise awareness of Consumer Rights and to demand and protest against the injustice that is served to the consumers of various goods and services around the world. 

13. 16 March 2021 (National Vaccination Day): National Vaccination day is observed in India every year on 16th March and is also called National Immunization Day. 16th March 1995 was the first day on which the dose of polio was given to children across the country for the first time. This day is thus observed as the awareness day to promote polio doses for every child in the country to eradicate polio completely. 

14. March 18, 2021 (Ordnance Factories Day of India): on this date, every year in India Ordnance Factories Day is observed where the ordnance factory, small armed factories, field gun factories, Ordnance equipment factory and Ordnance parachute factory acknowledge the day.

15. March 20, 2021 (International Happiness Day): This day has been dedicated by the UN to promote happiness and to make people aware of how much happiness is important in everyone’s lives. On this day UN in the year 2015 has launched 17 sustainable goals to promote happiness that includes ending poverty, reduce inequality and protecting the plant and many more. 

16. March 20, 2021 (World Sparrow Day): This particular day has dedicated the sparrows all over the world as a reminder of their importance in maintaining the balance of our ecosystem and also to promote building relationships between sorrows and humans. This is a day for the promotion of the conservation of all the species of sparrows around the world.

17. 21st March 2021 (World Forestry Day): World forestry day was first established in the year 1971, at the 23rd General Assembly of The European Confederation of Agriculture. This day is observed to promote more forestation and involves acknowledgement of the contributions of the forests around the world to maintain the earth’s ecological balance and reduce climatic changes. 

18.  21st March 2021 (World Down SyndromDay): Down syndrome is a condition of the body due to the unnatural arrangement of the chromosomes in the human body. This hugely affects the learning style, mental and physical growth, physical characteristics and even can cause severe health issues early in a child’s life. This day is observed every year around the world to remote more and more awareness about the cause and effect of down syndrome in children and the treatments and measures to diagnose it. 

19.  22 March 2021 (World Water Day): During a conference on Environment and Development held by United Nations in the year 1992 in Rio De Janerio, it was proposed to observe World Water Day because of the increasing threat of freshwater resources pollution. In the following year (1993), it was first observed. This day is dedicated to the promotion of the requirement and importance of freshwater resources and encourage more ways and means for its conservation.

20.  23rd March (World Meteorological Day): This day is observed to draw attention to the alarming change in the climate and weather and to promote ways to reduce climatic changes for the well-being of society. For the year 2021, the theme of World Meteorological Day was the ocean, weather and climate.

21. 24th March (World Tuberculosis Day): TB day is celebrated all around the world to celebrate the breakthrough discovery of Dr. Robart Koch in the ear 1882 on this day, which is, Mycobacterium Tuberculosis, the bacteria that causes TB. This day is observed to promote the cause and effects of TB and the health care and treatment to cure and prevent it. 

22. 27 March (World Theatre Day): This day is observed every year around the globe to promote the art and acting around which theatres around the world nourish. 

29 March (Holi in India): Holi is the festival of colours to celebrate the divine love between Radha and Krishna. It also signifies the win of good over evil as this day is considered to be a symbol of the win of Lord Vishnu over Hiranyakashyap. This day is particularly observed on the first day and night of Purnima (the full moon) according to the Hindu calendar in the month of Phagun, which falls in the mid of March according to the Gregorian Calendar. This day is celebrated across India as well as in Nepal with colours and sweets. It is more of a community celebration.