Celebrated Important Dates & Days 2015 In India & World, List in PDF

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Holiday

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Thursday

January 01

New Years Day

Arunachal pradesh, Manipur,

Meghalaya, Miizoram, Nagaland,
Sikkim, Tamil Nadu only

Saturday

January 03

Milad-un-Nabi

Birthday of Prophet Muhammad

Monday

January 05

Guru Govind Singh

Jayanti

Chandigarh, Haryana, Punjab only

Birthday of the tenth and final Sikh prophetteacher

Monday

January 05

Guru Govind Singh

Birthday

Himachal Pradesh only

Monday

January 12

Birthday of Swami
Vivekananda

West Bengal only

Tuesday

January 13

Bhogi

Andhra Pradesh Only

Wednesday

January 14

Pongal

Also known as Makar Sankranti,

Lohri, Bihu, Hadaga, Poki

Thursday

January 15

Pongal

Tamil Nadu only

Friday

January 16

Thiruvalluvar Day

Tamil Nadu only

Saturday

January 17

Uzhavar Tirunal

Puducherry, Tamil Nadu only

Friday

January 23

Netaji Subhas Chandra

Bose Jayanti

Assam, Odisha, Tripura, West Bengal

Birthday of a prominent leader in the Indian
freedom movement

Saturday

January 24

Vasant Panchami

Haryana, Odisha,Tripura,
West Bengal only

Sunday

January 25

Statehood Day

Himachal Pradesh only

Monday

January 26

Republic Day

Commemorates the establishment of

the Constitution of India

Tuesday

February 03

Guru Ravidas Birthday

Himachal Pradesh, Punjab only

Tuesday

February 17

Maha Shivratri

Celebrated on the 13th night / 14th day

in the Krishna Paksha

Thursday

February 19

Chhatrapati Shivaji
Maharaj Jayanti

Maharashtra (Mumbai) only

Thursday

March 05

Doljatra

Holi Dahan
Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal only

Friday

March 06

Holi

Saturday

March 21

Ugadi

Telugu and Kannada New Year

Karnataka, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh,
Uttar Pradesh only

Saturday

March 28

Ram Navami

Celebrates the birth of Lord Rama to King

Dasharatha of Ayodhya

Thursday

April 02

Mahavir Jayanti

The most important religious holiday in Jainism

Friday

April 03

Good Friday

Friday before Easter Sunday

Sunday

April 05

Babu Jagjivan Ram

Birthday

Andhra Pradesh only

Tuesday

April 14

Dr Ambedkar Jayanti

Birthday of Bhimrao Ramji Ambedekar

Tuesday

April 14

Tamil New Year

Puthandu. Tamil Nadu only

Wednesday

April 15

Himachal Day

Himachal Pradesh only

The province of Himachal Pradesh was created on
15 April 1948

Wednesday

April 15

Bengali New Year

Tripura, West Bengal only

Wednesday

April 15

Vishu

Kerala Only. First day of Tulu calendar

Monday

April 20

Parashurama Jayanti

Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh only

Friday

May 01

Maharashtra Day

Maharashtra (Mumbai) only. Commemorates the

formation of the state of Maharashtra on 1 May
1960

Friday

May 01

May Day

Assam, Bihar, Goa, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala,

Manipur, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, West Bengal only

Sunday

May 03

Hazrat Alis Birthday

Uttar Pradesh only

Son in law of Prophet Muhammad

Monday

May 04

Buddha Purnima

Birth of Buddha

Saturday

May 09

Birthday of Rabindra
Nath Tagore

Tripura, West Bengal

A Bengali polymath who reshaped literature and
music.

Sunday

May 24

Maharana Pratap
Jayanti

Himachal Pradesh only

Tuesday

June 02

Sant Guru Kabir

Jayanti

Gazetted holiday in Haryana, Himachal Pradesh,

Punjab.

Tuesday

June 16

Arjun Dev Martyrdom

day

Punjab Only

Friday

July 10

Jumat-ul-Wida

Last Friday of Ramadam

Saturday

July 18

Idul Fitr

All states except Goa, Jharkhand and Uttar

Pradesh

Saturday

August 15

Independence Day

Tuesday

August 18

Parsi New Year

Jamshed Navroz. Mumbai Only

Thursday

August 27

First Onam

Kerala only. Harvest Festival

Friday

August 28

Thiruvonam

Kerala only. Harvest Festival

Saturday

August 29

Raksha Bandhan

Gujarat, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh

only

Saturday

September 05

Janmashtami

Restricted Holiday
Celebrates the birth of Lord Shri Krishna

Thursday

September 17

Ganesh Chaturthi

Varasiddhi Vinayaka Vrata

Monday

September 21

Sree Narayana Guru

Samadhi

Kerala only
Marks the death of a key social reformer

Thursday

September 24

Idul Juha

Bakrid
Except Delhi, Tamil Nadu

Friday

September 25

Idul Juha

Bakrid
Delhi

Friday

October 02

Mahatma Gandhi
Birthday

Gandhi Jayanti

Monday

October 12

Mahalaya

Karnataka, Odisha, Tripura,

West Bengal only

Tuesday

October 13

Muharram

Observed mainly by the Shia Muslim community

Tuesday

October 20

Saptami of Durgapuja

Tripura, West Bengal only

Wednesday

October 21

Ayudha Puja

Karnataka, Tamil Nadu only

Thursday

October 22

Dussehra

Vijaya Dashami. Except Kerala

Thursday

October 22

Mahanavami

Kerala Only
Ninth Day of Dussehra

Friday

October 23

Vijaya Dashami

Kerala only. Dussehra

Friday

October 23

Muharram

Tamil Nadu only

Saturday

October 24

Muharram (10th Day)

Day of Ashurah

Tuesday

October 27

Maharishi Valmiki
Birthday

Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Punjab

Tuesday

October 27

Lakshmi Puja

Odisha, Tripura, West Bengal only

Sunday

November 01

Kannada Rajyothsava

Bangalore Only. Karnataka Formation Day

Sunday

November 01

Haryana Day

Haryana only

Tuesday

November 10

Deewali

Deepawali. Except Delhi, West Bengal

Wednesday

November 11

Kali Puja

West Bengal only

Festival dedicated to the Hindu goddess Kali

Wednesday

November 11

Deewali

Deepawali. Delhi

Wednesday

November 25

Guru Nanak Birthday

The Birthday of Guru Nanak Sahib, the founder of

Sikhism, falls on full moon day of the month
Kartik

Thursday

December 24

Milad-un-Nabi

Birthday of Prophet Muhammad

Second time in 2015.

Friday

December 25

Christmas Day

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