Public Holidays in India in 2020

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: New Year's Day

: New Year's Celebration

: Mannam Jayanthi

: Guru Gobind Singh Jayanti

: Imoinu Iratpa

: Gann-Ngai

: Missionary Day

: Birthday of Swami Vivekananda

: Bhogi

: Makar Sankranti

: Pongal

: Sankranti

: Tusu Puja

: Thiruvalluvar Day

: Kanuma

  • In Andhra Pradesh, the Kanuma festival is celebrated on the third day of four-day Sankranti festival
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: Uzhavar Tirunal

: Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Jayanti

: Statehood Day

: Sonam Lochhar

: Republic Day

: Gothar Bathou Sun

: Saraswati Puja Holiday

: Vasant Panchami

: Sir Chhotu Ram Jayanti

: Me-dam-me-phi

: Saraswati Puja Holiday

: Guru Ravidas Jayanti

: Bir Chilarai Divas

: Lui-Ngai-Ni

: Chahhtrapati Shivaji Maharaj Jayanti

: Statehood Day

: Mizoram State Day

: Maha Shivratri

: Losar

  • Tibetan New year, also known as Losar, is the most important festival in the Tibetan calendar
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: Panchayati Raj Diwas

: Chapchar Kut

: Holi

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

: Holi Dahan

: Imam Ali's Birthday

: Holi Dahan

: Bhumchu Festival

: Doljatra

: Holi

  • Originally a harvest and fertility festival, Holi also commemorates a legend from Hindu Mythology
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: Yaosang 2nd Day

  • Manipur. This festival that combines Hindu and folk traditions is celebrated for five days in spring on the full moon in the month of Lamda
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: Bakth Matha Karma Jayanthi

: Bihar Divas

: Shaheedi Diwas

: Ugadi

: Gudi Padwa

: Sajibu Nongma Panba

: 1st Navratra

: Cheti Chand

: Gudi Padwa

: Cheti Chand

: Sarhul

  • A key tribal festival, celebrated on Chaitra Shukla Tritiya, the third day of waxing moon in Chaitra month. Sarhul marks the beginning of New Year
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: Bank Holiday

: Odisha Day

: Ram Navami

: Babu Jagjivan Ram Birthday

: Mahavir Jayanti

: Birthday of Sri Guru Nabha Dass Ji

: Maundy Thursday

: Shab e-Barat

  • Muslims believe that on the night of Shab-E-Barat God writes the destinies of all men for the coming year by taking into account the deeds committed by them in the past
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: Good Friday

: Easter Sunday

  • Easter Sunday is the most important date in the Christian church. In the bible, it is the day when Mary Magdalene found that an empty tomb in the cave in which Jesus had been placed.
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: Biju Festival

: Bohag Bihu

: Vaisakhi

: Cheiraoba

: Mahabishuba Sankranti

: Ashoka's Birth Anniversary

: Dr Ambedkar Jayanti

: Tamil New Year

: Bohag Bihu

: Bohag Bihu Holiday

: 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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: 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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: Vaisakhi

: Himachal Day

: Bohag Bihu Holiday

: Garia Puja

: Garia Puja Holiday

: Tithi of Damodar Deva

: Veer Kunvar Singh Jayanti

: Parashurama Jayanti

: Parashurama Jayanti

: Basava Jayanthi

: Maharashtra Day

: Labour Day

: Buddha Purnima

: Birthday of Rabindra Nath Tagore

: Sikkim State Day

: Shab-I-Qadr

: Jumat-ul-Wida

: Savitri Amavasya

: Id-ul-Fitr

: Idul Fitr

: Birthday of Kazi Nazrul Islam

: Maharana Pratap Jayanti

: Following Day Of Ramzan

: Martyrdom Day of Sri Guru Arjun Dev Ji

: Sant Guru Kabir Jayanti

: Saga Dawa

: Janmotsav of Sri Sri Madhav Dev

: Raja Sankranti

: YMA Day

  • The Young Mizo Association (YMA) is the largest non-profit and nongovernmental organisation of the Mizo people. It was established on 15 June 1935.
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: Guru Hargobind Ji's Birthday

: Ratha Yatra

: Remna Ni

  • On 30 June 1986, a peace agreement was signed between the Mizo National Front and the Central government, ending 20 years of insurgency in Mizoram
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: Doctor's Day

: MHIP Day

: Behdienkhlam

  • Behdienkhlam (chasing away the Demon of Cholera) is celebrated in mid-July after the sowing period. It is the most important festival of the Jaintia tribes
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: Ker Puja

: U Tirot Sing Day

: Bonalu

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

: Hareli

: Drukpa Tsheshi

: Martyrdom Day of Shaheed Udham Singh

: 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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: 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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: Eid-ul-Azha Holiday

  • 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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: Raksha Bandhan

: Jhulan Purnima

: Public Holiday

: Adivasi Divas

: Janmashtami

: Janmashtami

: Patriot's Day

: Independence Day

: Parsi New Year

: De jure Transfer Day

: Birthday of Bir Bikram Kishore Debbarman

: Tithi of Srimatna Sankardev

: Haritalika Teej

: Ganesh Chaturthi

: Vinayagar Chathurthi

: Samvatsari

: Nuakhai

  • Nuakhai is an agricultural festival observed by people of western Odisha to welcome the new rice of the season
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: Ganesh Chaturthi Holiday

: Ayyankali Jayanthi

: Ramdev Jayanti and Teja Dashmi

: 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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: Karam

: 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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: 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

: Sree Narayana Guru Jayanti

: Fourth Onam

: Tithi of Sri Sri Madhav Dev

: Mahalaya

: Vishvakarma Day

: Sree Narayana Guru Samadhi

: Haryana Heroes' Martyrdom Day

: Janmostav of Srimatna Sankardev

: Mahatma Gandhi Birthday

: Birthday of Nar Bahadur Bhandari

: Chehlum

: Public Holiday

: Public Holiday

: Baba Banda Singh Bahadur ji Birthday

: Bathukamma Starting Day

: Maharaja Agrasen Jayanti

: Kati Bihu

  • An important Assamese festival to ensure strong growth and healthy crops that begins at the start of the month of Kati.
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: Mera Chaoren Houba

: Maha Saptami

: Maha Saptami

: Maha Saptami

: Durga Ashtami

: Navami of Durga Puja

: Navami of Durga Puja

: Maha Ashtami

: Navami of Durga Puja

: Mahanavami

: Navami of Durga Puja

: Ayudha Puja

  • On Ayudha Puja, the ninth day of Navaratri, many common and seemingly mundane tools and implements are cleaned and worshipped.
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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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: 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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: Accession Day

  • Commemorates October 26th 1947, when Maharaja Hari Singh signed off the Instrument of Accession, in which Jammu and Kashmir joined the Dominion of India.
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: Vijaya Dasami

  • 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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: 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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: Lakshmi Puja

: Friday after Eid e-Milad-un Nabi

: Maulud Nabi

: Kumar Purnima

: Maharishi Valmiki Birthday

: Sardar Patel's Birthday

: Haryana Day

: Kannada Rajyothsava

: Puducherry Liberation Day

: Kut

: Wangala Festival

: Lhabab Duechen

: Narak Chaturdashi

: 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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: Diwali

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

: Govardhan Puja

: 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

: Balipadyami Deepavali

: Diwali

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

: Chhath Puja

: Chhath Puja

: Seng Kut Snem

: Lachit Divas

: Public Holiday

: Public Holiday

: 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

: State Inauguration Day

: Indigenous Faith Day

: Asom Divas

: Kanakadasa Jayanthi

: Feast of St. Francis Xavier

: Pa Togan Nengminza Sangma

: Kagyed Dance

  • Kagyed is a masked dance performed by Buddhist monks in Sikkim as reverence to the almighty and as a means to ward off evils.
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: Losoong/Namsoong

: Losoong/Namsoong

: Losoong/Namsoong

: Death Anniversary of U SoSo Tham

: Guru Ghasidas Jayanti

: Losoong/Namsoong

: Martyrdom of Sri Guru Teg Bahadur Ji

: Goa Liberation Day

: Losoong/Namsoong

: Christmas Eve

  • Christmas Eve marks the culmination of the Advent period before Christmas that started on the fourth Sunday before Christmas Eve.
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: 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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: Christmas Festival

: Christmas Festival

: U Kiang Nangbah

: Tamu Lhosar

  • The festival of Tamu Lhosar is marked as the New Year by the Gurung people to celebrate their unique cultural and traditional values.
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: Teyongsi Sirijunga Sawan Tongnam

: New Year's Eve

: Sakewa

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