*2001 - International Year of Volunteers


* 2001 - United Nations Year of Dialogue among Civilizations

* 2002 - International Year of Ecotourism

* 2002 - International Year of Mountains

* 2002 - United Nations Year for Cultural Heritage

* 2003 - International Year of Freshwater

* 2003 - European Disability Year

* 2004 - International Year to Commemorate the Struggle against Slavery and its Abolition



* 2004 - International Year of Rice

* 2005 - International Year for Sport and Physical Education

* 2005 - International Year of Microcredit

* 2005 - World Year of Physics (declared by IUPAP)

* 2006 - International Year of Deserts and Desertification , recognized by the UN



* 2007 - (International) Year of the Dolphin - ( http://www.yod2007.org) by the

United Nations and UNEP (United Nations Environment Programme)

1 Bordering Pakistan  - Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, Rajasthan, Gujarat.


2 Bordering China  - Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttaranchal, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh.

3 Bordering Nepal  - Bihar, Uttaranchal, UP, Sikkim, West Bengal

4 Bordering Bangladesh  - West Bengal, Mizoram, Meghalaya, Tripura, Assam

5 Bordering Bhutan  - West Bengal, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam

6 Bordering Myanmar  - Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram

7 Bordering Afghanistan  - Jammu and Kashmir (Pakistan - occupied area)