Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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.
The Union of India is a federal union made up of 28 states and 8 union territories. India achieved independence from British rule on 15 August 1947 and became a republic on 26 January 1950. Many states celebrate a state day to mark its formation, statehood, reorganisation or other associated events while some like Assam and Bengal celebrate it ...
Celebrates the 1950 adoption of the Constitution of India [2] 15 August: Independence Day: Fixed Celebrates the 1947 Independence from the British rule [3] 2 October: Gandhi Jayanti: Fixed Honors Mahatma Gandhi, who was born on 2 October 1869 [4]
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.
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 ...
28 September- India Surgical Strike on Pakistan. 30 September – Bihar liquor ban: Patna High Court struck down liquor ban law. [15] 2 October – 2016 Baramulla attack. 11 October – Jangaon district was formed in 2016 in Telangana. 13 October – BJP joined People's Party of Arunachal- lead Government in Arunachal Pradesh. [31]
The Sindhis celebrate the same day as Cheti Chand, which is the beginning of their calendar year. [20] Manipuris also celebrate their New Year as Sajibu Nongma Panba on the same day. [21] The Hindus of Bali in Indonesia also celebrate their new year on the same day as Nyepi. [22] Ugadi is one of the five Hindu national public holidays in Mauritius.
Mithuna Sankranti: celebrated as annual menstruating phase of Mother Earth as Raja Parba or Ambubachi Mela in Eastern and North Eastern provinces of India. Dhanu Sankranti: celebrated on the first day of the solar month. [3] In Southern Bhutan and Nepal it is celebrated by eating wild potatoes (Darul). The 2017 date is December 17.