Secular Holidays (India)
Date |
Holiday |
Observed in |
1 January |
New Year's Day |
Most of India (does not have any secular link) |
23 January |
Orissa, Tripura, West Bengal |
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19 February |
Maharashtra |
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15 March |
Uttar Pradesh |
|
22 March |
Bihar |
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30 March |
Rajasthan |
|
1 April |
Utkala Dibasa |
Orissa |
14 April |
Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Chandigarh, Gujarat, Haryana, Jammu & Kashmir, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Orissa, Pondicherry, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal |
|
2nd Day of Chaitra, |
Cheti Chand |
Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Delhi, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh |
15 April |
Bihu |
Assam |
15 April |
Maha Vishuva Sankranti / Pana Sankranti |
Orissa |
14/15 April |
Pohela Boishakh |
Tripura, West Bengal |
1st Day of Chithirai, |
Vishu / Varusha Pirappu or Puthandu |
Kerala, Tamil Nadu |
1 May |
Labour Day (not a Gazetted holiday) |
Telangana, Assam, Bihar, Goa, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Manipur, Pondicherry, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, West Bengal, Orissa, Rajasthan, |
1 May |
Maharashtra |
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1 May |
Gujarat Day |
Gujarat |
9 May |
West Bengal |
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16 May |
Annexation Day |
Sikkim |
15 June |
Maharana Pratap Jayanti |
Rajasthan |
Valmiki Jayanti |
Karnataka |
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26 October |
Jammu and Kashmir |
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31 October |
Sardar Patel's Jayanti |
Gujarat |
1 November |
Karnataka |
|
1 November |
Andhra Pradesh |
|
1 November |
Haryana Foundation Day |
Haryana |
1 November |
Madhya Pradesh Foundation Day |
Madhya Pradesh |
1 November |
Kerala |
|
1 November |
Chhattisgarh |
|
3rd Day Of Kartika Krishna Paksha (November) |
Karnataka |
|
7 December |
Indian military |