Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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.
1944 – Reorganised as Baroda, Western India and Gujarat States Agency; 1948 – Organized as State of Saurashtra and United State of Kathiawar; 1956 – Merged with State of Bombay per States Reorganisation Act, 1956; 1960 – State of Bombay bifurcated to form State of Gujarat [8] Haryana: Haryana Day: 1 November Formation (1966)
Every year, Gujarat celebrates more than 200 festivals. The International Kite Festival (Uttarayan) is one of the biggest festivals celebrated. [1] Months beforehand, homes in Gujarat begin to manufacture special box kites for the festival. The festival of Uttarayan marks the day when winter begins to turn into summer, according to the Indian ...
In Gujarat the new year is celebrated as the day after Diwali. 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 Braj, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Bengal, Odisha and Assam, the murtis of Radha Krishna are taken out in procession in a swinging palanquin, decorated with flowers, leaves, colored clothes and papers. [10] The procession proceeds forward to the accompaniment of music, blaring of conch shells, trumpets horn and shouts of joy or victory and 'Hôri Bola'.
2024 Abujhmarh clash: More than 36 Maoists are killed in an operation carried out by District Reserve Guards and Special Task Force in the Abujhmarh forest area in Chhattisgarh. [159] 2024 Haryana Legislative Assembly election: The BJP retains control of the state Legislative Assembly for a record third term, winning 48 of 90 seats. [160] [161]
Gujarat was also known as Pratichya and Varuna. [113] The Arabian Sea makes up the state's western coast. The capital, Gandhinagar is a planned city. Gujarat has an area of 75,686 sq mi (196,030 km 2) with the longest coastline (24% of Indian sea coast) 1,600 km (990 mi), dotted with 41 ports: one major, 11 intermediate and 29 minor.
Bharatiya Janata Party, Gujarat [8] (BJP Gujarat) is the state unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party that operates in Gujarat. C. R. Patil currently serves as state president of the party. The leader of the party is Bhupendrabhai R Patel, the incumbent chief minister of Gujarat. The head office of the party is located in Gandhinagar, Gujarat.