Holi / Holika
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Wednesday March 8, 2023
Hinduism : The religious meaning of this celebration is the burning of any perversion. It marks the victory of good over evil.
Banks Inventory Day
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Saturday April 1, 2023
Banks only :
Banks remain open
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Friday April 7, 2023
Banks only :
Good Friday
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Friday April 7, 2023
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.
Banks remain open
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Friday April 14, 2023
Banks only :
Biju festival
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Friday April 14, 2023
Secular holiday : A three-day-long festival that commemorates the commencement of a Happy new year for the Chakmas and is their most important festival at Unakoti district.
Bengali New Year
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Saturday April 15, 2023
Secular holiday : Under the Mughals, agricultural taxes were collected according to the Hijri calendar. However, as the Hijri calendar is a lunar calendar, it does not coincide with the harvest. As a result, farmers were hard-pressed to pay taxes out of season. In order to streamline tax collection, the Mughal Emperor Akbar ordered a reform of the calendar. Accordingly, Fatehullah Shirazi, a renowned scholar and astronomer, formulated the Bangla year on the basis of the lunar Hijri and Bangla solar calendars. The new year subsequently became known as Bôngabdo or Bengali year
Garia Puja
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Friday April 21, 2023
Hinduism : A tribal festival celebrated in a traditional way by the people of Tripura. It is celebrated throughout the state with a lot of pomp and gaiety. The children and youth play drums, sing and dance in front of the Lord Garia, the deity of livestock and wealth to please him.
End of Ramadan (may be changed to the nearest day)
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Saturday April 22, 2023
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.
May Day
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Monday May 1, 2023
Secular holiday :
Buddha Purnima
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Friday May 5, 2023
Hinduism : Celebration of the ancient Gurus, in particular Sage Ved Vyas. A Guru is seen as a remover of darkness, a teacher. The date is the full moon of the month Asadha.
Birthday of Rabindranath Tagore
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Tuesday May 9, 2023
Secular holiday : Also written Rabīndranātha Thākura (7 May 1861 7 August 1941), sobriquet Gurudev, was a Bengali polymath who reshaped Bengali literature and music, as well as Indian art with Contextual Modernism in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. [Wikipedia]
Summer holiday (beginning)
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Saturday May 20, 2023
School holidays :
Kazi Nazrul Islam day
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Wednesday May 24, 2023
Secular holiday : 24 May 1899 29 August 1976 -- was a Bengali poet, writer, musician, and revolutionary from the Indian subcontinent. He is the national poet of Bangladesh.Popularly known as Nazrul, he produced a large body of poetry and music with themes that included religious devotion and rebellion against oppression. Nazrul's activism for political and social justice earned him the title of Rebel Poet . His compositions form the avant-garde genre of Nazrul Sangeet (Music of Nazrul). Nazrul and his works are equally commemorated and celebrated in Bangladesh and India, particularly in India's Bengali-speaking states such as West Bengal, parts of Assam, and Tripura. [Wikipedia]
Summer holiday (end)
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Thursday June 8, 2023
School holidays :
Banks remain open
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Monday June 26, 2023
Banks only :
Kharchi Puja
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Monday June 26, 2023
Secular holiday : The word Kharchi is derived from Khya meaning earth . Kharchi puja is the worship of earth that sustains mankind with all its resources. Among the rituals, sacrifice of goats and pigeons.
Eid-ul-Adha - Feast of the Sacrifice (may be changed to the nearest day)
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Thursday June 29, 2023
Muslim, Sufi :
Annual Closing of Reserve Bank of India
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Saturday July 1, 2023
Banks only :
Ker Puja
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Tuesday July 11, 2023
Culture : The celebration occurs two weeks after the Kharchi Puja to honor Ker, the guardian deity of Vastu Devata. It includes offerings, sacrifices, and a prescribed boundary which both safeguards people from calamities and saves people from external aggression. The puja was initiated by the Tripura rajas. Participation in the puja is required for the Halam tribe. For 2.5 days during the festival, entrances to the capital are closed, and participants, including the reigning sovereign, are not allowed to wear shoes, light a fire, dance, or sing. [Wikipedia]
Awal Muharram (Maal Hijrah)
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Saturday July 29, 2023
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
Independence Day
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Tuesday August 15, 2023
Secular holiday : Commemorates the day in 1947 when India achieved freedom from British rule
Sri Krishna Jayanthi (Janmashtami)
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Thursday September 7, 2023
Hinduism : Hindu celebration of the birthday of Sri Krishna, an incarnation of Lord Krishna. Sweets, fruits and milk products are available in abundance.
Sri or Shree: A prefix denoting auspiciousness
Prophet's Anniversary - Eid-Milad Nnabi (may be changed to the nearest day)
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Thursday September 28, 2023
Muslim, Sufi :
Banks Inventory Day
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Saturday September 30, 2023
Banks only :