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National holidays
There are three national holidays in India:- Independence Day, August 15.
- Republic Day, January 26.
- Gandhi Jayanti (birthday of Mahatma Gandhi), October 2.
In addition, there are several religious and cultural holidays.
It is to be noted that as the Hindu calendar is lunar (or luni-solar), Hindu festivals don't fall on a fixed day of the Gregorian calendar. Since Hinduism is polytheistic, there is a large number of festivals. The more important ones are listed below. There is no uniformity as to which of these are holidays.
Hindu festivals
Islamic festivals
The Islamic calendar too is lunar and so festival dates are variable. Moreover, they are not known in advance and are determined by the sighting of the moon. The major ones are Eid ul-Fitr, Eid ul-Adha (Bakrid) and Ramadan.
Christian festivals
Christmas and Good Friday are usually holidays.
Other religions
It is rare for any of these to be holidays.Miscellaneous
