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Day
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Date
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Holiday
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Comments
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Monday
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January 26
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Commemorates the establishment of the Constitution of India
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Friday
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March 06
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Wednesday
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March 18
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Public Holiday
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Goa. Polling day for zilla panchayat elections
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Thursday
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April 02
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The most important religious holiday in Jainism
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Friday
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April 03
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Friday before Easter Sunday
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Friday
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May 01
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Assam, Bihar, Goa, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Manipur, Tamil Nadu,
Tripura, West Bengal only
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Saturday
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August 15
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Thursday
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September 17
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Varasiddhi Vinayaka Vrata
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Thursday
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September 24
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Bakrid.
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Friday
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October 02
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Gandhi Jayanti.
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Thursday
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October 22
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Vijaya Dashami.
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Tuesday
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November 10
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Deepawali.
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Wednesday
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November 25
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The Birthday of Guru Nanak Sahib, the founder of Sikhism, falls on
full moon day of the month Kartik
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Friday
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December 25
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Notes
·
Only the secular holidays of Republic Day, Independence Day and Mahatma
Gandhi's Birthday are observed nationally.
·
Public holidays in India tend to be observed on a strictly regional
basis. The above dates are Government of India holidays, when government
offices will be closed nationwide. In addition, there are numerous festivals
and fairs which are also observed in some states as holidays, the dates of
which change from year to year.
·
Muslim festivals are timed according to local sightings of various
phases of the moon and the dates given above are the latest known dates.
·
Although not government official holidays, Christmas Day and New Year's
Day are observed nationally.
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