| Date |
Month |
Importance |
| 1 |
October |
International Day of the Elderly |
| 2 |
October |
Gandhi Jayanti |
| 2 |
October |
International Day of Non-Violence |
| 4 |
October |
World Animal Welfare Day |
| 4 |
October |
World Habitat Day |
| 4 |
October |
World Space Week |
| 5 |
October |
World Teachers’ Day |
| 8 |
October |
Indian Air Force Day |
| 10 |
October |
World Mental Health Day |
| 11 |
October |
International Day of the Girl Child |
| 13 |
October |
International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction |
| 15 |
October |
International Day of Rural Women |
| 15 |
October |
Dussehra |
| 16 |
October |
World Food Day |
| 17 |
October |
International Day for the Eradication of Poverty |
| 20 |
October |
World Statistics Day |
| 20 |
October |
International Day of the Air Traffic Controller |
| 24 |
October |
United Nations Day |
| 24 |
October |
World Development Information Day |
| 24 |
October |
World Polio Day |
| 30 |
October |
World Thrift Day |
| 31 |
October |
National Unity Day |
