As a multicultural and multi-religious country, India celebrates holidays and fe
stivals of various religions. Most of the India public holidays are religious holidays, with only three nationally celebrated secular public holidays: Republic Day, Independence Day, and the Gandhi Jayanti.
Each state and region has local festivals depending on prevalent religious and linguistic demographics of the population in that region.
Popular religious festivals which are celebrated almost across all parts of India include Hindu festivals of Diwali, Ganesh Chaturthi, Holi, Dussehra and the Islamic festivals of Eid ul-Fitr, Eid al-Adha, Mawlid an-Nab.
Sikh festivals such as Guru Nanak Jayanti, the Christian festivals such as Christmas, Good Friday and Jain festivals like Mahavir Jayanti, Paryushan are celebrated in many areas where these religions have a significant followings.
Please note the following India 2011 holiday dates are estimates only. We do not and cannot guarantee the accuracy of the holiday dates.
List of Popular India Public Holidays 2011 Dates
Below is the list of India 2011 holidays
New Year’s Day
Saturday, 1 January 2011
Pongal
Harvest Festival of South India
Friday, 14 January 2011
India Republic Day^
Wednesday, 26 January 2011
Milad-Un-Nabi
Mawlid an-Nabi – Birth of the Islamic Prophet Muhammad.
Tuesday, 15 February 2011
Mahashivratri / Maha Sivaratri
Great Night of Shiva – offerings of Bael (Bilva) leaves to the Lord Shiva, a Hindu festival
Thursday, 3 March 2011
Holi
Hindu festival of colours
Saturday, 19 March 2011
Sunday, 20 March 2011
Good Friday
Death of Jesus – Christian holiday
Friday, 22 April 2011
Easter Monday
Resurrection of Jesus – Christian holiday
Read more in Easter Sunday 24 April 2011
Monday, 25 April 2011
Mahavir Jayanthi
Birth of Mahavira, the last Tirthankara – the most important religious holiday in Jainism
Saturday, 16 April 2011
Buddha Purnima
Vesak Day – Celebrates birth, enlightenment, and death of Buddha
India Budha Purnima 2011
Tuesday, 17 May 2011
Raksha Bandhan
Hindu Festival celebrated mainly in northern India
Saturday, 13 August 2011
Independence Day^
Celebrates India Independence
Monday, 15 August 2011
Krishna Janmashtami / Srikrishna Jayanti
Birth of Krishna – a Hindu festival celebrating birth of Lord Krishna, an avatar of god Vishnu
Monday, 22 August 2011
Id ul Fitr
Eid ul-Fitr – End of Ramadan, according to Islamic Calendar
Eid 2011
Tuesday, 30 August 2011
Ganesh Chaturthi
Hindu Festival to celebrate the birthday of Lord Ganesh (Ganesha). Anant Chaturdashi will be celebrated on the last day of Ganesh Chaturthi, Monday, 12 September 2011.
Thursday, 1 September 2011 – Monday, 12 September 2011
Dussehra
Vijaya Dashami – Hindu festival
Sunday, 6 October 2011
Gandhi Jayanti^
Mahatma Gandhi’s Birthday
Sunday, 2 October 2011
Deepavali / Diwali
Festival of Lights – a very important Hindu festival
Diwali 2011
Wednesday, 26 October 2011
Idu’l Zuha/Bakrid
Eid al-Adha – Feast of the Sacrifice, according to Islamic Calendar
Qurban 2011
Sunday, 6 November 2011
Guru Nanak Jayanti
Guru Nanak’s Birthday – Sikh Festival
Thursday, 10 November 2011
Muharram
Islamic New Year
Saturday, 26 November 2011
Christmas Day
Birth of Jesus – one of Christian most important holidays.
Sunday, 25 December 2011
Boxing Day
The day after Christmas – Christian Holiday
Monday, 26 December 2011
^Denotes India National Holidays
Happy India Holidays 2011 !
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India is the country of cultures and religion. There are large number of cultural and religion that are followed by people here. Almost all the public holidays are same as that of religious holidays. There are only 3 National holidays that is celebrated everywhere. These are Republic Day, Independence Day and Gandhi Jayanti. List of Holidays in India in the year 2011 : These are given below with the corresponding date and day. 1. 1st January 2011, Saturday – New Year’s Day 2. 14th January 2011, Friday – Pongal 3. 14th January 2011, Friday – Makar Sankranti 4. 26th January 2011, Wednesday –Republic Day 5. 8th February 2011, Tuesday – Basant Panchami 6. 15th February 2011, Tuesday – Milad un Nabi. Shia Muslims celebrate this 5 days later on 20th February 2011, Sunday. 7. 3rd March 2011, Thursday – Maha Shivaratri 8. 20th March 2011, Sunday – Holi 9. 12th April 2011, Tuesday – Ram Navami 10. 16th April 2011, Saturday – Mahavir Jayanti 11. 22nd April 2011, Friday – Good Friday 12. 25th April 2011, Monday - Easter 13. 17th May 2011, Tuesday – Budha Purnima 14. 13th July 2011, Wednesday – Rath Yatra 15. 15th August 2011, Monday – Independence Day 16. 22nd August 2011, Monay - Janamashtami 17. 30th August 2011, Tuesday – Idu’l Fitr (end of Ramadan) 18. August – September 2011 – Onam (Exact date to be declared) 19. 11th September 2011, Sunday – Ganesh Chaturthi 20. 2nd October 2011, Sunday – Gandhi Jayanti 21. 6th October 2011, Thursday – Dussehra 22. 26th October 2011, Wednesday – Diwali 23. 6th November 2011, Sunday - Idu’l Zuha / Bakrid 24. 10th November 2011, Sunday – Guru Nanak B’day 25. 26th November 2011, Saturday - Muharram 26. 5th December 2011, Monday – Al- Hijra / Muharram 27. 25th December 2011, Sunday – Christmas Day
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