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The year 2020 was a kind of harsh obviously because of the pandemic and everyone was confined in this prolonged lockdown. But all have stepped into this year 2021 with new hopes and enthusiasm. Everyone must be looking forward to new vacation plans as the world was in a state of lockdown for quite a long time. So, here we present the entire list of public holidays in India 2021 with the aid of which you could make various plans for outing and vacations.
The list mentioned below is as per the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions and given some of the most common restricted as well as gazetted holidays.
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Dates |
Days |
Events |
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1 January 2021 |
Friday |
New Year |
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13 January 2021 |
Wednesday |
Lohri |
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14 January 2021 |
Thursday |
Pongal/ Makar Sankranti |
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20 January 2021 |
Wednesday |
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26 January 2021 |
Tuesday |
Republic Day |
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16 February 2021 |
Tuesday |
Basant Panchami |
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19 February 2021 |
Friday |
Shivaji Jayanti |
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26 February 2021 |
Friday |
Hazarat Ali's birthday |
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27 February 2021 |
Saturday |
Guru Ravidas's birthday |
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8 March 2021 |
Monday |
Swami Dayananda Saraswati jayanti |
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11 March 2021 |
Thursday |
Maha Shivratri |
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28 March 2021 |
Sunday |
Holika Dahan/ Doyatra |
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29 March 2021 |
Monday |
Holi |
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2 April 2021 |
Friday |
Good Friday |
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13 April 2021 |
Tuesday |
Chaitra Sukladi/ Gudi Padava/ Ugadi/ Cheti Chand/ Vaisakhi/ vishu |
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21 April 2021 |
Wednesday |
Ram Navami |
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25 April 2021 |
Sunday |
Mahavir Jayanti |
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1 May 2021 |
Saturday |
Labour Day |
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14 May 2021 |
Friday |
Eid-ul-fitar |
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26 May 2021 |
Wednesday |
Buddha Purnima |
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12 June 2021 |
Saturday |
Rath Yatra |
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21 June 2021 |
Monday |
Id-ul-zuha (Bakrid) |
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15 August 2021 |
Sunday |
Independence day |
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19 August 2021 |
Thursday |
Muharram |
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21 August 2021 |
Saturday |
Onam |
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22 August 2021 |
Sunday |
Raksha Bandhan |
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30 August 2021 |
Monday |
Janmashtami |
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10 September 2021 |
Friday |
Vinayaka chaturthi |
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2 October 2021 |
Saturday |
Gandhi Jayanti |
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15 October 2021 |
Friday |
Dussehra |
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19 October 2021 |
Tuesday |
Milad-un-Nabi or Id-e-milad |
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4 November 2021 |
Thursday |
Diwali |
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6 November 2021 |
Saturday |
Bhai Dujh |
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19 November 2021 |
Friday |
Gurupurab |
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25 December 2021 |
Saturday |
Christmas |
The above holiday list provides you the dates of the most well-known public holidays.
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