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Holidays and Observances in India in 2000

Holidays and Observances in India in 2000

Date NameType
Jan 1SaturdayNew Year's DayRestricted Holiday
Jan 15SaturdayPongalRestricted Holiday
Jan 15SaturdayMakar SankrantiRestricted Holiday
Jan 26WednesdayRepublic DayGazetted Holiday
Feb 5SaturdayLunar New YearObservance
Feb 10ThursdayVasant PanchamiRestricted Holiday
Feb 14MondayValentine's DayObservance
Mar 4SaturdayMaha Shivaratri/ShivaratriGazetted Holiday
Mar 16ThursdayBakridGazetted Holiday
Mar 20MondayHoliRestricted Holiday
Mar 20MondayMarch EquinoxSeason
Apr 5WednesdayUgadiRestricted Holiday
Apr 5WednesdayGudi PadwaRestricted Holiday
Apr 12WednesdayRama NavamiGazetted Holiday
Apr 20ThursdayFirst day of PassoverObservance
Apr 20ThursdayMaundy ThursdayObservance, Christian
Apr 21FridayGood FridayGazetted Holiday
Apr 23SundayEaster DayRestricted Holiday
May 1MondayInternational Worker's DayObservance
May 8MondayBirthday of RabindranathRestricted Holiday
May 14SundayMother’s DayObservance
Jun 18SundayFather’s DayObservance
Jun 21WednesdayJune SolsticeSeason
Jul 3MondayRath YatraRestricted Holiday
Aug 6SundayFriendship DayObservance
Aug 15TuesdayIndependence DayGazetted Holiday
Aug 15TuesdayRaksha Bandhan (Rakhi)Restricted Holiday
Aug 23WednesdayJanmashtamiGazetted Holiday
Aug 23WednesdayJanmashtami (Smarta)Observance
Sep 1FridayGanesh Chaturthi/Vinayaka ChaturthiRestricted Holiday
Sep 10SundayOnamRestricted Holiday
Sep 22FridaySeptember EquinoxSeason
Sep 28ThursdayFirst Day of Sharad NavratriObservance, Hinduism
Oct 2MondayMahatma Gandhi JayantiGazetted Holiday
Oct 3TuesdayFirst Day of Durga Puja FestivitiesObservance, Hinduism
Oct 7SaturdayDussehraGazetted Holiday
Oct 16MondayKaraka Chaturthi (Karva Chauth)Restricted Holiday
Oct 26ThursdayDiwali/DeepavaliGazetted Holiday
Oct 28SaturdayBhai DujRestricted Holiday
Oct 31TuesdayHalloweenObservance
Nov 2ThursdayChhat Puja (Pratihar Sashthi/Surya Sashthi)Restricted Holiday
Dec 21ThursdayDecember SolsticeSeason
Dec 22FridayFirst Day of HanukkahObservance
Dec 24SundayChristmas EveRestricted Holiday
Dec 25MondayChristmasGazetted Holiday
Dec 29FridayLast day of HanukkahObservance
Dec 31SundayNew Year's EveObservance

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