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Days & Themes — 2026 Tracker
A living calendar of the observances Indian exams actually test in 2026 - not the generic list of dates, but the handful of days that carry a specific, checkable fact this year. Who stood as Republic Day chief guest, which theme each UN day ran under, which action plan a wildlife day produced, and which causes the world has dedicated a whole year to. Each row pins the date to the 2026 detail a question-setter reaches for, and the card fills out as the year's observances arrive.
Last updated 27 August 202614 min read
Latest update
Adds the late-August rows: National Space Day on 23 August, when the Prime Minister met space start-up founders after his greeting on X; the President's eve-of-festival messages on Onam and Eid-e-Milad-un-Nabi on 25 August, followed by the PM's greetings on 26 August and the National Commission for Minorities' own observance; and Raksha Bandhan, greeted by the Lok Sabha Speaker on 27 August and marked by the Rural Development Ministry with Lakhpati Didis, whose count has reached 3 crore against a 6 crore goal.
- Republic Day 2026
- International Yoga Day
- World Wildlife Day
- World Water Day
- NAMASTE Day
- Year of the Woman Farmer
- Rangelands and Pastoralists
- von der Leyen
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