Public holidays in India
public holiday india also known government holiday colloquially consist variety cultural nationalistic religious holiday legislated india union state level culturally diverse country many festival celebrated various region across country three national holiday declared government india republic day january independence day august gandhi jayanti october apart certain holiday celebrated nationally declared centrally union government additionally various state government union territory designate additional holiday local festival day importance holiday per section negotiable instrument act national holiday mandatory holiday declared government india applicable state union territory india addition three fixed national holiday union government india declares additional day holiday largely followed central government office affiliate addition designated fixed holiday day designated optional select number day chosen according individual convenience addition various state government union territory designate additional holiday local festival day importance holiday per section negotiable instrument act bank specific holiday according various state union territory addition every second fourth saturday month school college educational institution specific term holiday according state board