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List of government of India holidays for year 1996 =================================================== Gazetted Holidays Republic Day : 26th January Idu'l Fitr : 21st February Holi : 5th March Ram Navami : 28th March Mahavir Jayanti : 1st April Good Friday : 5th April Idu'l Zuha : 29th April Buddha Purnima : 3rd May Muharram : 28th May Milad-un-Nabi or Id-e-Milad : 29th July (Birthday of Prophet Mohammed) Independence Day : 15th August Janamashtmi : 5th September Mahatma Gandhi's Birthday : 2nd October Betul's Birthday (Hi, that's me :-) 16th October (Not a holiday :-) Dussehra (Vijaya Dashmi) : 21st October Diwali (Deepawali) : 10th November Guru Nanak's Birthday : 25th November Christmas Day : 25th December Restricted Holidays New Year's Day : 1st January Makara Sakrankti/Pongal : 15th January Basant Panchami/Sri Panchami : 24th January Guru Ravidas's Birthday : 4th February Maharishi Dayanand Saraswati Jayanti : 14th February Jamat-Ul-Vida : 16th February Mahashivaratri : 17th February Holi (Holikadehan) : 4th March Chaitra Sukladi/Ugadi/Gudi Padava/Cheti Chand : 20th March Vaisakhi/Mesadi : 13th April Vishu Vaisakhadi/Bhag Bihu : 14th April Rath Yatra : 17th July Parsee New Year : 22nd August Onam : 27th August Raksha Bandhan : 28th August Ganesh Chaturthi/Vinayak Chaturthi : 16th September Dussehra (Maha Saptami) : 19th October Dussehra (Maha Ashtami) : 20th October Dussehra (Maha Navami) : 21st October Maharishi Valmiki's Birthday : 26th October Narkaka Chturdashi : 10th November Govardhan Puja : 11th November Bhai Duj : 12th November Hazrat Ali's Birthday : 25th November Guru Teg Bahadur's Martyrdom Day : 15th December