Holidays & Festivals

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We love them and we’d love them more if they were uniform across the globe. Holidays and Festivals have a habit of happening after you’ve worked out your travel schedule to the last nanosecond. Find out how your trip figures with calendars around the world with JourneyMart’s exhaustive list.
INDIA

Date 2008

Occasion
January 21 1Eid ul Zuha*
January 10 Muharram (Islamic New Year).
January 26 Republic Day**
March 6 Mahashivratri*
March 20 Milad-Un-Nabi (Birth of the Prophet). 
March 21 Good Friday*
March 24 Easter Monday
May 12 Buddha Purnima
April 18 Mahavir Jayanthi*
August 15 Independence Day**
August 24 Janmashtami1
October 9 Dussehra (Vijaya Fashami)
October 2 Mahatma Gandhi's Birthday**
October 1 Eid ul Fitr*
October 28 Diwali (Deepavali)
November 11 Guru Nanak's Birthday
December 25 Christmas Day*
December 26 Boxing Day
December 29 Muharram (Islamic New Year)
*Restricted holidays - Given at the discretion of the organization/employer.

**National Holidays

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