LIST OF HOLIDAYS FOR THE YEAR 2011 IN HIMACHAL PRADESH

Sr.
No. Gazetted Holidays Restricted Holidays

Month …….. Name of Holiday Month……. Name of holiday

Year 2011 Date Year 2011 Date
01 JANUARY 11TH Guru Gobind Singh JANUARY 14th Makar Sakranti
Birthday
02 JANUARY 25TH Statehood Day
03 JANUARY 26TH Republic Day
04 FEBURARY 18th Guru Ravidas FEBURARY 8th Basant Panchami
05 Jayanti FEBURARY 16th Id-E-Milad
06 FEBURARY 27th Swami Dayananad
Sarswati Birthday
07 MARCH 2nd Maha Shivratri -NONE-
08 MARCH 20th Holi
09 APRIL 12th Ram Navmi APRIL 16th Mahavir Jayanti

10 APRIL 14th Dr.B.R.Ambedkar APRIL 22th Good Friday

Birthday
11 APRIL 15th Himachal Day APRIL 24th Easter Sunday
12 MAY 17th Buddha Purnima MAY 5th Parshu Ram
Jayanti
13 JUNE 15th Sant Guru Kabir JUNE 16th Hazrat Ali’s
Jayanti Birthday
14 AUGUST 15th Independence Day AUGUST 13th Raksha Bandhan*
15 AUGUST 22nd Janmashtami
16 AUGUST 31st Id-Ul-Fitr
17 OCTOBER 2nd Mahatma Gandhi’s OCTOBER 4th Maha Ashtmi
Birthday
18 OCTOBER 6th Dussehra OCTOBER 15th Karva Chauth*

19 OCTOBER 11th Maharishi OCTOBER 27th Govardhan Pooja

Valmiki’s Birthday
20 OCTOBER 26th Diwali OCTOBER 28th Bhai Dooj*

21 NOVEMBER 7thId-Ul-Juha(Bakrid) NOVEMBER 24th Guru Teg Bahadur’s

22 NOVEMBER Guru Nanak Dev’s
10th Martyrdom Day
Birthday
23 DECEMBER 6th Muharram DECEMBER 24th Christmas Eve
th
24 DECEMBER 25 Christmas Day
*Raksha Bandhan, Bhai Dooj and Karwa Chauth declared Gazetted Holiday for women employees

Of the State Govt.

(LIST PREPARED BY VIJAY KUMAR HEER-BASED UPON THE OFFICAL CALENDAR )