National holidays:
Date |
Holiday |
Commemorates |
26-January |
Republic Day |
Adoption of the Constitution of India(1950) |
15-August |
Independence Day |
Independence from British Empire (1947) |
2-October |
Gandhi Jayanthi |
Mahatma Gandhi's birth anniversary |
Secular holidays:
Date |
Holiday |
Observed in |
1 January |
New Year's Day |
Most of India |
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 |
1st Day of Chithirai, March–April |
Vishu/Varusha Pirappu or Puthandu (Malayali & Tamil New Year) |
Kerala, Tamil Nadu |
1 April |
Utkala Dibasa (Odisha day) |
Orissa |
14/15 April |
Pohela Boishakh (Bengali New Year) |
Tripura, West Bengal |
14 April |
Dr. B. R. Ambedkar's Jayanti |
Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Chandigarh, Gujarat, Haryana, Jammu & Kashmir, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Orissa, Pondicherry, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal |
15 April |
Bihu (Assamese New Year) |
Assam |
15 April |
Maha Vishuva Sankranti/Pana Sankranti (Oriya New Year) |
Orissa |
1 May |
Labour Day (not a Gazetted holiday) |
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 |
16 May |
Annexation Day |
Sikkim |
15 June |
Maharana Pratap Jayanti |
Rajasthan |
26 October |
Accession Day |
Jammu and Kashmir |
31 October |
Sardar Patel Jayanti |
Gujarat |
1 November |
Andhra Pradesh Foundation Day |
Andhra Pradesh |
1 November |
Madhya Pradesh Foundation Day |
Madhya Pradesh |
1 November |
Karnataka Foundation Day |
Karnataka |
1 November |
Kerala Foundation Day |
Kerala |
1 November |
Chhattisgarh Foundation Day |
Chhattisgarh |
7 December |
Armed Forces Flag Day |
Indian military |