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Public Holidays and Bank Holidays for India

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The list of India bank holidays, national holidays and public holidays for 2008, comes from the Q++ Worldwide Public Holidays Database, the professional source of international public holidays long trusted by the world's foremost diary publishers. The information on this page is provided for private, non-professional, use. Qualified professionals can license data for 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, and beyond. For details, please visit our licensing information page or

 
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Date in 2008

 Holiday Name Observance*
* Tue New Year's Day Regional
* Sat Guru Govind Singh Jayanti Regional
* Mon Makara Samkranti (Northern India) Regional
* Tue Makara Samkranti (West Bengal) Regional
* Tue Pongal Regional
* Sun Muharram Regional
Sat Republic Day (National Day)
* Mon Vasanta Panchami / Shree Panchami Regional
* Thu Guru Ravidas Jayanti Regional
* Thu Maha Shivaratri Regional
* Fri Good Friday Regional
* Fri Holikadahana (Dolyatra) Regional
* Fri Id-e-Milad-un-Nabi (The Prophet's Birthday) Regional
* Sat Holi (Hindu Spring Festival) Regional
* Sat Id-e-Milad-un-Nabi (day in lieu) Regional
* Sun Easter Christian
* Tue Annual Accounts Closing (Bank Holiday) Banks
* Mon Chaitra Sukhlad / Gudi Padava Regional
* Sun Bengali New Year / Vaisakh / Masadi Regional
* Mon Ambedkar Jayanti Regional
* Mon Ram Navami Regional
* Fri Mahavir Jayanti Regional
* Thu May Day Regional
* Tue Buddha Purnima (Buddha Day) Regional
Fri Independence Day
* Sat Raksha Bandhan Regional
* Tue Parsi New Year Regional
* Sat Janmashtami (Smarta) Regional
* Sun Janmashtami (Vaishnava) Regional
* Wed Ganesh Chaturthi / Vinayaka Chaturthi Regional
* Fri Onam Regional
* Tue Mid-Year Accounts Closing (Bank Holiday) Banks
Thu Mahatma Gandhi's Birthday
* Thu Ramazan (End of Ramadan) Regional
* Mon Dussehra (Maha Saptami) Regional
* Tue Dussehra (Maha Ashtami) Regional
* Wed Dussehra (Maha Navami) Regional
* Thu Dussehra (Vijaya Dashami) Regional
* Mon Deepavali (Festival of Lights) (South India) Regional
* Tue Diwali (Festival of Lights) Regional
* Thu Guru Nanak Jayanti Regional
* Tue Bakri Id (Feast of Sacrifice) Regional
* Thu Christmas Day Regional

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Recent News and Updates

01 Jul 2008 (Punjab Newsline Network-Chandigarh) Following the death of former Speaker of Punjab, the Chief Minister announced that Tuesday, July 1st, 2008, would be a one-off public holiday throughout the State, and ordered all the Government offices, state undertakings, corporations and educational institutions throughout the state to remain closed on that day. • 20 Mar 2008 (Deccan Herald-Karnataka) Most of the Governments of Indian States where the Prophet's Birthday (Id-e-Milad-un-Nabi) is a public holiday, have declared a day in lieu, on Saturday, March 22, 2008, to compensate for the fact that the public holiday of Good Friday occurs on that same date, and in many cases also the Hindu public holiday of Holi (or Holikadahana, depending on the State).