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List of holidays in India


India, being a culturally diverse and fervent society, celebrates various holidays and festivals. There are four national holidays in India: Independence Day on 15 August, Mahatma Gandhi's birthday on 2 October, Republic Day on 26 January, and Ambedkar Jayanthi on 14 April.

States have local festivals depending on prevalent religious and linguistic demographics. Popular religious festivals include the Sikh festivals like Guru Nanak Jayanti and Vaisakhi; Hindu festivals of Makar Sankranti, Maha Shivratri, Janmashtami, Saraswati Puja, Diwali, Ganesh Chaturthi, Raksha Bandhan, Holi, Durga Puja, Dussehra; Islamic festivals of Eid ul-Fitr, Eid al-Adha, Milad un-Nabi, Muharram Buddhist festivals like Buddha Jayanti and Losar and Christian festivals of Christmas and days of observances such as Good Friday are observed throughout India.

National holidays are observed in all states and union territories.

India has four national days.


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