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  2. Portal:Current events/December 2016 - Wikipedia

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    December 2016 Aden suicide bombing. A suicide bomber kills at least 50 soldiers and injures 70 more at a military barracks in Aden, Yemen. December 2016 Istanbul bombings. Two bombs, one detonated by a suicide bomber, near the Vodafone Arena in Istanbul, Turkey, kill at least 29 people and injure more than 150 others. Ten people have been ...

  3. Public holidays in India - Wikipedia

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    Celebrates the 1950 adoption of the Constitution of India [2] August 15: Independence Day: fixed Celebrates the 1947 Independence from the British rule [3] October 2: Gandhi Jayanti: fixed Honors Mahatma Gandhi, who was born on October 2, 1869 [4]

  4. Indian New Year's days - Wikipedia

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    As per the Hindu Calendar, it falls on Shukla Paksha Pratipada in the Hindu month of Kartik. As per the Indian Calendar based on the lunar cycle, Kartik is the first month of the year and the New Year in Gujarat falls on the first bright day of Kartik (Ekam). In other parts of India, New Year celebrations begin in the spring.

  5. Japanese New Year - Wikipedia

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    Since 1873, the official Japanese New Year has been celebrated according to the Gregorian calendar, on January 1 of each year, New Year's Day (元日, Ganjitsu). Prior to 1872, traditional events of the Japanese New Year were celebrated on the first day of the year on the modern Tenpō calendar, the last official lunisolar calendar.

  6. When Is Diwali? Everything To Know About India's Festival of ...

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    Meanwhile, in Gujarat, a state in western India, the fourth day of Diwali coincides with New Year’s Day according to a Hindu calendar observed in that region.

  7. List of Hindu festivals - Wikipedia

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    15th of the Full moon day of Kartik (November–December) A unique festival is celebrated in Varanasi this day which is called Dev Devali. The Kartik Purnima festival also coincides with the Jain light festival and Guru Nanak Jayanti: Chhath: Morning worship at Jamshedpur: Chhath is mainly observed in Bihar and Terai, but is also celebrated ...

  8. Sindhi Cultural Day - Wikipedia

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    The day is celebrated each year in the first week of December on the Sunday. [1] [2] [3] It's widely celebrated all over Sindh, and amongst the Sindhi diaspora population around the world. [4] [5] Sindhis celebrate this day to demonstrate the peaceful identity of Sindhi culture and acquire the attention of the world towards their rich heritage. [6]

  9. Indian national calendar - Wikipedia

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    The Gazette of India is dated in both the Gregorian calendar and the Indian national calendar. The Indian national calendar, also called the Shaka calendar or Śaka calendar, is a solar calendar that is used alongside the Gregorian calendar by The Gazette of India, in news broadcasts by All India Radio, and in calendars and official communications issued by the Government of India. [1]