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Important Dates in October 2025: October is full of festivals and joy. Festivals and events across the country are celebrated with full enthusiasm. Some of the notable important days of national and international importance in October 2025 include Gandhi Jayanti in India, International Coffee Day, World Vegetarian Day, Dussehra, World Teachers’ Day, World Cerebral Palsy Day, World Habitat Day, World Cotton Day, Indian Air Force Day, World Postal Day, Karva Chauth, National Post day in India, World Mental Health Day, International Day of the Girl Child, Breast Cancer Awareness Day, World Standards Day, Global Handwashing Day, World Students’ Day, World Food Day, World Anaesthesia Day, Dhanteras, Diwali, World Statistics Day, Bhaidooj, UN Day, World Thrift Day, Halloween, etc.

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List of Important Days & Dates in October 2025:

Here, we are providing the list of events (national and international) that fall in October 2025.

Dates                  Events
1st October

1. International Day of the Older person

2. International Coffee Day

3. International Music Day

4. World Vegetarian Day

5. Independence Day of Cyprus

6. Independence Day of Nigeria

7. Independence Day of Palau

8. Independence Day of Tuvalu

 
2nd October

1. Mahatma Gandhi's birthday

2. International Day of non-violence

3. Lal Bahadur Shastri Jayanti

4. Dussehra

5. World Day of Farmed Animals
3rd October

1. World Habitat Day

2. World Nature Day
4th October

1. World Animal Welfare Day

2. Independence Day of Lesotho
5th October

1. World Teacher’s Day (UNESCO)

2. Republic Day of Portugal
6th October

1. World Wildlife Day

2. World Cerebral Palsy Day
8th October Indian Air Force Day
9th October

1. World Post Office day

2. World Sight day

3. Independence Day Of Uganda
10th October

1. National Post Day

2. World Mental Health Day (WHO)

3. Independence Day of Cuba

4. Independence Day of Fiji
11th October International Girl Child Day
12th October

1. World Arthritis day

2. World Migratory Bird Day (UNEP)

3. Independence Day of Equatorial Guinea
13th October UN International Day for National Disaster Reduction
14th October World Standards Day
15th October

1. World White Cane Day (guiding the Blind)

2. International Day of Rural Women

3. Global Handwashing Day
16th October

1. World Food Day (FAO)

2. World Anaesthesia Day
17th October International day for the eradication of poverty
18th October Dhanteras
20th October World statistics day
21st October Diwali
24th October

1. UN Day

2. World Development Information Day

3. World Polio Day
27th October

1. World Day for Audiovisual Heritage (UNSECO)

2. Independence Day of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
29th October

1. Republic Day of Turkey

2. International Day of Care and Support
30th October

 World Thrift Day

 
31st October

1. Rastriya Ekta Diwas (in memory of Sardar Patel),

2. National Integration Day (In memory of Indira Gandhi)

3. Halloween

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So, these are the above mentioned important days and dates in October 2025 which can help in preparing for many exams and also increase your general knowledge.