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List of government of India holidays for year 1996
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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