Public Holidays in India in 2016

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: New Year's Day

: Mannam Jayanthi

: Missionary Day

: Birthday of Swami Vivekananda

: Sankranti

: Pongal

: Pongal

: Sankranti

: Guru Gobind Singh Jayanti

: Thiruvalluvar Day

: Tusu Puja

: Sankranti

: Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Jayanti

: Statehood Day

: Republic Day

: Birthday of Lala Lajpat Rai

: Me-dam-me-phi

: Public Holiday

: Losar

  • Tibetan New year, also known as Losar, is the most important festival in the Tibetan calendar
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: Sonam Lochhar

: Sir Chhotu Ram Jayanti

: Vasant Panchami

: Saraswati Puja

: Lui-Ngai-Ni

: Chahhtrapati Shivaji Maharaj Jayanti

: Statehood Day

: Guru Ravidas Jayanti

: Maharshi Dayanand Saraswati Jayanti

: Panchayati Raj Diwas

: Maha Shivratri

: Solar Eclipse

: Bihar Divas

: Holi Dahan

: Doljatra

: Shaheedi Diwas

: Shahidi Divas S. Bhagat Singh Ji

: Yaosang (Dolgatra)

: Holi

  • Originally a harvest and fertility festival, Holi also commemorates a legend from Hindu Mythology
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: Maundy Thursday

: Good Friday

: Bank Holiday

: Odisha Day

: Babu Jagjivan Ram Birthday

: Cheti Chand

: Ugadi

: Sajibu Nongma Panba

: 1st Navratra

: Biju Festival

: Bohag Bihu

: Mahabishuba Sankranti

: Vaisakhi

: Ashoka's Birth Anniversary

: Bengali New Year

  • Mughal Emperor Akbar introduced the Bengali calendar in 1556 (Gregorian calendar) to make the collection of land tax easier in 'Subah Bangla', much of which is now in Bangladesh.
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: Bohag Bihu

  • This is the most important agricultural festival in Assam and marks the beginning of the Assamese New Year, signifying the time of harvest.
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: Dr Ambedkar Jayanti

: Tamil New Year

: Vishu

  • Vishu is celebrated with much fanfare and energy in all parts of Kerala. It is considered a festival of light and fireworks
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: Bohag Bihu

: Himachal Day

: Ram Navami

: Mahavir Jayanti

: Mahavir Jayanti

: Garia Puja

: Imam Ali's Birthday

: Maharashtra Day

: Labour Day

: Birthday of Rabindra Nath Tagore

: Parashurama Jayanti

: Basava Jayanthi

: Parashurama Jayanti

: Public Holiday

: Sikkim State Day

: Buddha Purnima

: Birthday of Kazi Nazrul Islam

: Maharana Pratap Jayanti

: Guru Arjun Dev Martyrdom day

: Pahili Raja

: Raja Sankranti

: Sant Guru Kabir Jayanti

: Jumatul Bidah

: Guru Hargobind Ji's Birthday

: Idul Fitr

: Ratha Yatra

: MHIP Day

: Idul Fitr

: Idul Fitr

: Kharchi Puja

: Martyrs' Day

: Ker Puja

: Martyrdom Day of Shaheed Udham Singh

: Bonalu

  • Telangana, a Hindu festival celebrating Goddess Mahakali in the twin cities of Hyderabad and Secunderabad
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: Karkidaka Vavu

: Independence Day

: De jure Transfer Day

: Parsi New Year

: Raksha Bandhan

: Janmashtami

: Janmashtami

: Janmashtami

: Parkash Utsav Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji

: Tithi of Srimatna Sankardev

: Teej

: Ganesh Chaturthi

: Samvatsari

: Vinayagar Chathurthi

: Ganesh Chaturthi Holiday

: Nuakhai

  • Nuakhai is an agricultural festival observed by people of Western Odisha to welcome the new rice of the season
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: Birthday of Baba Sri Chand Ji

: Bakrid

  • Eid al-Adha, the Feast of Sacrifice is the most important feast in the Muslim calendar. It celebrates the willingness of the Prophet Ibrahim to sacrifice his son Ishmael in submission to Allah's command, before he was stopped by Allah.
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: Bakrid

  • Eid al-Adha, the Feast of Sacrifice is the most important feast in the Muslim calendar. It celebrates the willingness of the Prophet Ibrahim to sacrifice his son Ishmael in submission to Allah's command, before he was stopped by Allah.
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: First Onam

  • Onam lasts 10 days with official state holidays on three or four days starting from Onam Eve (Uthradom) to the Third Onam Day
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: Thiruvonam

: Third Onam

: Fourth Onam

: Sree Narayana Guru Jayanti

: Sree Narayana Guru Samadhi

: Haryana Heroes' Martyrdom Day

: Birthday of S. Bhagat Singh Ji

: Mahalaya

: Maharaja Agrasen Jayanti

: Mahatma Gandhi Birthday

: Islamic New Year

: Durga Puja

  • Durga Puja is one of the largest Hindu festivals that involves worship of Goddess Durga symbolising power and triumph of good over evil in Hindu mythology.
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: Durga Ashtami

: Dussehra

: Mahanavami

: Durga Puja

  • Durga Puja is one of the largest Hindu festivals that involves worship of Goddess Durga symbolising power and triumph of good over evil in Hindu mythology.
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: Vijaya Dashami

  • Also known as Dashain or Tenth day of Navratri or Durgotsav, Vijaya Dashami commemorates the day that Durga appeared riding a lion to slay the Mahisasura.
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: Dussehra

: Durga Puja

  • Durga Puja is one of the largest Hindu festivals that involves worship of Goddess Durga symbolising power and triumph of good over evil in Hindu mythology.
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: Durga Puja

  • Durga Puja is one of the largest Hindu festivals that involves worship of Goddess Durga symbolising power and triumph of good over evil in Hindu mythology.
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: Ashura

  • Ashura is the 10th day of Muharram in the Islamic calendar and marks the climax of the Mourning of Muharram
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: Ashoora

  • Ashura is the 10th day of Muharram in the Islamic calendar and marks the climax of the Mourning of Muharram
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: Durga Puja

: Durga Puja

: Lakshmi Puja

: Maharishi Valmiki Birthday

: Maharishi Valmiki Birthday

: Parkash Gurpurab of Sri Guru Ram Dass Ji

: Diwali

: Diwali

  • Celebrations revolve around the triumph of good over evil, purity over impurity, light over darkness
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: Kali Puja

  • Kali Puja is celebrated on the new moon day of the Hindu month Kartik. It is celebrated on the same day as Diwali, when other regions worship the godess Lakshmi.
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: Naraka Chaturdashi

: Diwali

  • Celebrations revolve around the triumph of good over evil, purity over impurity, light over darkness
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: Diwali

  • Celebrations revolve around the triumph of good over evil, purity over impurity, light over darkness
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: Vikram Samvat New Year

  • Gujuarat. Named after king Vikramaditya, this calendar remains widely used in western India. In Gujarat, the second day of Diwali is celebrated as the first day of the Vikram Samvat calendar
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: Vishvakarma Day

: Bhai Bij

: Haryana Day

: Kannada Rajyothsava

: Vishvakarma Day

: Ningol Chakkouba

: Puducherry Liberation Day

: Chhath Puja

: Chhath Puja

: Guru Nanak's Birthday

  • Falls on the full moon day of the Kartik month of the Hindu calendar. It is celebrated all over India to commemorate the birth of Guru Nanak, the founder of Sikhism.
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: Rasa Purnima

: Kanakadasa Jayanthi

: Lachit Divas

: State Inauguration Day

: Asom Divas

: Feast of St. Francis Xavier

: World Disabled Day

: Martyrdom of Sri Guru Teg Bahadur Ji

: Birthday of Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah

: Public Holiday

: Mawlid

  • Celebrated by Muslims on the twelfth day of the month of Rabiulawal, the third month of the Muslim calendar
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: Mawlid

  • Celebrated by Muslims on the twelfth day of the month of Rabiulawal, the third month of the Muslim calendar
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: Maulud Nabi

: Mawlid

  • Celebrated by Muslims on the twelfth day of the month of Rabiulawal, the third month of the Muslim calendar
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: Barahimizong

: Goa Liberation Day

: Christmas Day

: Boxing Day

  • The second day of Christmas is known as Boxing Day or St. Stephens Day. St Stephen was the first Christian martyr.
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: Shaheed Udham Singh's Birthday

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