Following are the dates of bank holidays
and festivals as announced by the Himachal Government and
published by the Hindustan
Times on 22 October 2003. Most of the holidays listed
apply to the whole of India, but some of them are specific
to Himachal Pradesh. Dates marked with *
are restricted holidays, which means that government employees
can take any two of these. All other dates are gazetted holidays.
It's incomprehensible that Indians should
suggest that India has "not very many" bank holidays,
but, amazingly, there are those who believe India is a little
hard done by. Odd, since the list below is almost certainly
larger than the entire list of national holidays in all EU
countries combined.
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| 01 jan * |
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New Year's Day |
| 05 jan |
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Guru Govind Singh's birthday |
| 14 jan * |
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Lohri |
| 15 jan * |
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Makra Sankaranti |
| 25 jan |
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Statehood Day (Himachal Pradesh) |
| 26 jan |
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Republic Day |
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| 02 feb |
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Id ul Zuha (Bakrid) |
| 06 feb * |
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Guru Ravi Dass's birthday |
| 15 feb * |
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Maharishi Dayanand Saraswati
Jayanti |
| 18 feb |
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Maha Shivaratri |
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| 02 mar * |
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Muharram |
| 06 mar * |
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Holi (Holika Dahana) |
| 30 mar |
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Ram Navami |
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| 03 apr |
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Mahavir Jayanti |
| 09 apr |
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Good Friday |
| 13 apr * |
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Baisakhi |
| 14 apr |
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Dr B.R. Ambedkar's birthday |
| 15 apr |
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Himachal day |
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| 02 may * |
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Miladun-Nabi |
| 04 may |
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Buddha Purnima |
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| 03 jun * |
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Kabir Jayanti |
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| 15 aug |
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Independence Day |
| 29 aug * |
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Raksha Bandhan, or Rakhi |
| 30 aug * |
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Hazrat Ali's birthday |
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| 07 sep |
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Janmashtami |
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| 02 oct |
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Gandhi Jayanti |
| 20 oct * |
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Dussehra (Maha Saptami) |
| 21 oct * |
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Dussehra (Maha Ashtami) |
| 22 oct |
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Dussehra (Vijay Dashami) |
| 28 oct |
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Maharishi Valmiki's birthday |
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| 11 nov * |
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Deepawali / Naraka Chaturdasi |
| 12 nov |
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Diwali (Deepawali) |
| 13 nov * |
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Goverdhan Puja |
| 14 nov * |
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Bhai Duj |
| 15 nov |
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Id ul Fitr |
| 24 nov * |
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Guru Teg Bahadur's Martyrdom
day |
| 26 nov |
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Guru Nanak's birthday |
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| 24 dec * |
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Christmas Eve |
| 25 dec |
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Christmas |
