HOLIDAYS 2014
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Sl.No
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Occasion
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Date
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Day
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1
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*Milad-Un-Nabi or Id-E-Milad (Birthday of Prophet
Mohammed)
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January 14
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Tuesday
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2
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Republic Day
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January 26
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Sunday
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3
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Mahashivarathri
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February 27
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Thursday
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4
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Mahavir Jayanthi
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April 13
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Sunday
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5
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Good Friday
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April 18
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Friday
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6
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Budha Purnima
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May 14
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Wednesday
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7
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*Idu’l Fitr(Ramzan)
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July 29
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Tuesday
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8
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Independence Day
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August 15
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Friday
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9
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Janmashtami
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August 18
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Monday
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10
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Vinayaka Chathurthi
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August 29
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Friday
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11
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Mahatma Gandhi’s Birthday
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October 02
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Thursday
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12
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Dussehra
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October 03
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Friday
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13
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*Idu’l Zuha (Bakrid)
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October 06
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Monday
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14
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Diwali(Deepavali)
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October 22
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Wednesday
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15
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*Muharram
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November 04
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Tuesday
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16
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Guru Nanak’s Birthday
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November 06
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Thursday
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17
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Christmas Day
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December 25
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Thursday
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(*) Subject to change depending on the sighting of the
Moon. The dates for the four holidays
of Milad-Ul-Nabi(January14), Idu’l Fitr (July 29) and Bakrid (October 06)
and Muharram (November 04) have been adopted from the Central list. If the State Government changes any of these
holidays, the changed date only will be observed as a closed holiday for
Central Government offices also. But, if the State Government sanction any
additional holiday(s) in connection with the above occasions, the dates of such
additional holiday(s) will be observed as restricted holiday(s) only for Central
Govt. Offices. If the change of date of any of the above occasions is
notified at very short notice, announcement through TV/AIR/Newspaper can be
taken as authority for such change.
