GAD issues list of holidays for 2021

The General Administration Department (GAD) today issued a list of holidays for the calendar year 2021.

In this list of holidays, Guru Gobind Singh Ji’s birthday falls on January 20 (Wednesday), Republic Day January 26th (Tuesday), Mahashivratri

   

on March 11 (Thursday), Shab-I-Miraj on March 11 (Thursday), Nauroz on March 21, (Sunday), 1st Navratra on April 13 (Tuesday), Baisakhi on April 13 (Tuesday), Birthday of Dr BR Ambedkar on April 14 (Wednesday), Ramanavami on April 21 (Wednesday), Jumat-ul-vida on May 7 (Friday), Shab-E-Qadr on May 9 (Sunday), Eid-ul-Fitr on May 13 (Thursday), Buddha Purnima on May 26 (Wednesday), Guru Hargobind Ji’s Birthday on June 25 (Friday), Eid-ul-Azha on July 20 and July 21 (Tuesday and Wednesday), Independence Day on August 15 (Sunday), Ashoora on August 19 (Thursday), Janamashtami on August 30 (Monday), Mahatma Gandhi’s Birthday on October 2 (Saturday), Mahanavami on October 14 (Thursday), Dussehra on October 15 (Friday), Eid-i-Milad-ul-Nabi on October 19 (Tuesday), Friday following Eid-i-Milad-ul-Nabi on October 22 (Friday), Accession Day on October 26 (Tuesday), Diwali on November 4 (Thursday), Guru Nanak Dev Ji’s Birthday on November 19 (Friday), and Christmas on December 25 (Saturday).

Provincial holidays for Kashmir division:

Friday following Shab-i-Miraj on March 19 (Friday), Mela Khir Bhawani on June 18 (Friday), Urs Shah-i-Hamdan Sahab on July 16 (Friday), and Urs Sheikh Noor-ud-Din-Sahib on October 4 (Monday).

Provincial holidays for Jammu division:

Lohri on January 13 (Wednesday), Guru Ravi Das’s Birthday on Friday 27 (Saturday), and Holi on March 28 (Sunday).

Local holidays:

Good Friday (Jammu district only) on April 2 (Friday), Mela Bahu Fort (Jammu District only) on April 20 (Tuesday), Mahavir Jayanti (Jammu district only) on April 25 (Sunday), Urs Shah Frid-ud-Din Sahib (Kishtwar district only) on June 21 (Monday), Sarthal Devi Ji Yatra (Kishtwar District only) on July 17 and July 18 (Saturday and Sunday), Kailash Yatra (Tehsil Bhaderwah and Tehsil Bhalla only) on September 4 and September 5 (Saturday and Sunday), Mela Pat (tehsil Bhaderwah and Tehsil Bhalla only) on September 11 and September 12 (Saturday and Sunday), and Urs Shah Asrar-ud-Din Sahib (Kishtwar, Doda, and Ramban districts only) on November 10 (Wednesday).

Restricted holidays:

Parshuram Jayanti (Jammu Province only) on May 14 (Friday), Marytr’s Day of Guru Arjun Dev Ji on June 14 (Monday), Kabir Jayanti (Jammu Province only) on June 29 (Tuesday), and Raksha Bandhan on August 22 (Sunday).

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