| 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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| 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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| Bohag Bihu - Sunday April 15, 2018 Hinduism : This is the beginning of the agricultural season.Bihu is celebrated by the all parts of Assam and all cast and religion.Directly we can say that Bihu is secular festival which brings the humanity,peace and brotherhood among the various cast and religion.
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| Vesak - Buddha Purnima - Visakha Bucha - Monday April 30, 2018 Buddhism (Theravada) : Only celebrated in Andaman & Nicobar Island, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Maharastra, Mizoram, Uttaranchal, Uttar Pradesh. Date is confirmed in 2018
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| Summer holiday (beginning) - Friday May 11, 2018 School holidays :
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| End of Ramadan (may be changed to the nearest day) - Wednesday June 13, 2018 Muslim, Sufi : Eid al-Fitr literally means the Festival of Breaking the Fast .
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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) - Thursday July 26, 2018 School holidays :
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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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| Sri Krishna Jayanthi (Janmashtami) - Monday September 3, 2018 Hinduism : Krishna (literally black , dark , dark-blue ) is a Hindu deity, regarded as an avatar of Vishnu and in some traditions considered the Supreme Being. Krishna is often depicted as an infant or young boy playing a flute as in the Bhagavata Purana or as a youthful prince giving direction and guidance as in the Bhagavad Gita. The stories of Krishna appear across a oad spectrum of Hindu philosophical and theological traditions.They portray him in various perspectives: a god-child, a prankster, a model lover, a divine hero and the Supreme Being.
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| Awal Muharram (Maal Hijrah) - Friday September 21, 2018 Muslim, Sufi : The first day of the year is observed on the first day of Muharram, the first month in the Islamic calendar. The first Islamic year beginning in 610 AD during which the emigration of Muhammad from Mecca to Medina, known as the Hijra [Wikipedia]
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| Banks Inventory Day - Saturday September 29, 2018 Banks only :
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