| Winter holiday (end) - Monday February 12, 2018 School holidays :
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| Buddhist New Year - Losar - Friday February 16, 2018 Secular holiday : The new year is called Losar, and is celebrated according to the highly complicated Bhutanese calendar.
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| Buddhist New Year - Losar - Saturday February 17, 2018 Secular holiday : The new year is called Losar, and is celebrated according to the highly complicated Bhutanese calendar.
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| Holi / Holika / Medin Poya/Dola Purnima - Friday March 2, 2018 Hinduism : The religious meaning of this celebration is the burning of any perversion. It marks the victory of good over evil.
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| Ramanavani - Monday March 26, 2018 Hinduism : Festivities take place in the Rama temples. recitation of the Ramayana (Perayana), which can last up to 9 days. Classical music and sacred chants.
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| Good Friday - Friday March 30, 2018 Catholic or protestant : The First Council of Nicaea (a gathering of bishops in the early days of Christianity) wanted to find a day to commemorate the crucifixion and resurrection of Christ. This commemoration had to be linked to Jewish holiday traditions, since the last supper of Christ was believed to be a Jewish Passover meal. But the Jewish calendar is based on lunar and solar cycles, so the Easter celebration had to follow the same calendar.
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| Banks Inventory Day - Monday April 2, 2018 Banks only :
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| Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar's Birthday - Maha Visuv Sankrati - Sunday April 14, 2019 Secular holiday : This lawyer and politician drafted the constitution of India. Date is confirmed in 2018
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| Statehood Day - Thursday May 16, 2019 Secular holiday :
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| Vesak - Buddha Purnima - Visakha Bucha - Tuesday May 29, 2018 Buddhism (Theravada) : Magha Puja or Sangha celebration. This day falls on the full moon of the third month. It commemorates the main event in Buddha's life, after His first retreated from the rain (Vassa). The anniversary of Buddah's birthday in the Mahayana tradition; the commemoration of Buddah's birth, enlightenment, and death, celebrated on the day of the full moon of the 6th month in the Theravada tradition. In some countries, may only be observed by the Hinduist community. In India, only celebrated in Andaman & Nicobar Island, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Maharastra, Uttaranchal, Uttar Pradesh. In Thailand, falls on the same day as Vesak
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| End of Ramadan (may be changed to the nearest day) - Saturday June 16, 2018 Muslim, Sufi : Ends the ninth month in the Islamic calendar. There were 30 days of strict fasting from sunup to sundown in honor of the first revelation to the Prophet Mohammed.
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| Summer holiday (beginning) - Friday June 22, 2018 School holidays :
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| Banks Inventory Day - Monday July 2, 2018 Banks only : Annual Closing of the Royal Bank of India (RBI)
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| Summer holiday (end) - Tuesday July 3, 2018 School holidays :
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| Bhanu's anniversary - Friday July 13, 2018 Secular holiday : Anniversary of Nepali Litterateur Bhanu Acharya
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| Independence Day - Wednesday August 15, 2018 Secular holiday : Commemorates the day in 1947 when India achieved freedom from British rule
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