Secular Holidays (India)

Date

Holiday

Observed in

1 January

New Year's Day

Most of India (does not have any secular link)

23 January

Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose's Jayanti

Orissa, Tripura, West Bengal

19 February

Chatrapati Shivaji's Jayanti

Maharashtra

15 March

Kanshi Ram's Jayanti

Uttar Pradesh

22 March

Bihar Day

Bihar

30 March

Rajasthan Day

Rajasthan

1 April

Utkala Dibasa
(Odisha day)

Orissa

14 April

Dr. B. R. Ambedkar's Jayanti

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,
March–April

Cheti Chand
(Sindhi New Year)

Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Delhi, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh

15 April

Bihu
(Assamese New Year)

Assam

15 April

Maha Vishuva Sankranti / Pana Sankranti
(Oriya New Year)

Orissa

14/15 April

Pohela Boishakh
(Bengali New Year)

Tripura, West Bengal

1st Day of Chithirai,
March–April

Vishu / Varusha Pirappu or Puthandu
(Malayali & Tamil New Year)

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 Day

Maharashtra

1 May

Gujarat Day

Gujarat

9 May

Rabindra Jayanti

West Bengal

16 May

Annexation Day

Sikkim

15 June

Maharana Pratap Jayanti

Rajasthan

Purnima of Ashvin Month

Valmiki Jayanti

Karnataka

26 October

Accession Day

Jammu and Kashmir

31 October

Sardar Patel's Jayanti

Gujarat

1 November

Karnataka Rajyotsava

Karnataka

1 November

Andhra Pradesh Foundation Day

Andhra Pradesh

1 November

Haryana Foundation Day

Haryana

1 November

Madhya Pradesh Foundation Day

Madhya Pradesh

1 November

Kerala Foundation Day

Kerala

1 November

Chhattisgarh Foundation Day

Chhattisgarh

3rd Day Of Kartika Krishna Paksha (November)

Kanaka Jayanti

Karnataka

7 December

Armed Forces Flag Day

Indian military