Central Government Holidays in India
The word gazetted is derived from the root word ‘gazette’ which usually refers to a news letter. ‘Gazetted’ means the name or matter published in the official government journal including holidays, public notices and government’ appointment and promotions. So the list of holidays published in the Gazette is known as gazetted holiday. These holidays includes our national festivals; Independence day on 15 August, Republic day on 26 January and Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti on second October and important festivals of different religions like Depawali, Guru Purnima, Eid-Ul-Fiter, Christmas,…etc.
The culture of India is very diverse and fervent where many festivals are celebrated by people from different linguistic, cultural and religious background. So holidays are needed to celebrate these festivals. Central government of India have selected some of these festivals celebrated by different communities and announced them as Gazetted Holidays. All the government and private offices are closed on these gazetted holidays.
Gazetted Holiday List 2017
| S.No | Holiday | Date | Day |
| 1 | Republic day | January 26 | Thursday |
| 2 | Mahavir Jayanti | April 9 | Tuesday |
| 3 | Good Friday | April 14 | Friday |
| 4 | Buddha Purnima | May 10 | Wednesday |
| 5 | Idu’l Fitr | June 26 | Monday |
| 6 | Independence day | August 15 | Tuesday |
| 7 | Id-ul-Zuha (Bakrid) | September 2 | Saturday |
| 8 | Dussehra | September 30 | Saturday |
| 9 | Muharram | October 1 | Sunday |
| 10 | Mahatma Gandhi’s Birthday | October 2 | Monday |
| 11 | Diwali (Deepavali) | October 19 | Thursday |
| 12 | Guru Nanak’s Birthday | November 4 | Saturday |
| 13 | Milad-Un-Nabi or Id-e-Milad (Birthday of prophet Mohammad) | December 2 | Saturday |
| 14 | Christmas Day | December 25 | Monday |
0 comments:
Post a Comment