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Public Holidays in India also known as Government Holidays colloquially, consist of a variety of cultural, nationalistic, and religious holidays that are legislated in India at the union or state levels. Being a culturally diverse country, there are many festivals celebrated in various regions across the country.
Gandhi Jayanti is a national holiday in India, celebrated annually on 2 October to honour the birth of Mahatma Gandhi, one of the key leaders of the Indian independence movement and a pioneer of the philosophy and strategy of nonviolence.
The following table is a list of countries by number of public holidays excluding non-regular special holidays. Nepal and India have the highest number of public holidays in the world with 35 annually. Also, Nepal has 6 day working schedule in a week.
In 2017, India’s supreme court banned the sale of fireworks for Diwali in the capital, Delhi, citing concerns about pollution and air quality, according to the BBC. What is the meaning of Diwali?
The Mauritius festival dates back to 1896, [77] and the Mauritian government has made it a public holiday. [78] In Malaysia and Singapore, the festival is more commonly known as Vinayagar Chaturthi because of the large Tamil-speaking Hindu minority. [79] In Ghana, ethnic African Hindus celebrate Ganesh Chaturthi. [80]
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It is traditionally observed all over India. [5] It is an official holiday in West Bengal, [9] Jharkhand, [10] Tripura, Assam and Odisha. The Government of India pays tribute to Netaji on this day. [11] Netaji Jayanti was observed as Parakram Diwas for the first time in 2021 on his 124th birth anniversary. [2]
The holiday shopping season in India has traditionally been aligned around the "festive period" of major festivals usually falling around October or November, such as Diwali. [ 38 ] [ 39 ] [ 40 ] Similar to U.S.-style shopping events such as Black Friday, online retailers adopted the practice of holding multi-day promotions during this period ...