Govt. Holidays

List of Government Holidays - 2021

Holidays

Sl.No. Festival/Occasion Date
1 Republic Day 26th  January, 2021
2 Saraswati Puja 16th  February, 2021
3 Maha Shivaratri 11th March, 2021
4 Holi 29th  March, 2021
5 Good Friday 2nd April, 2021
6 Biju Festival 14th April, 2021
7 Bengali New Year's Day 15th April, 2021
8 Garia Puja 21st April, 2021
9 Additional Holiday for Garia Puja 22th April, 2021
10 Id-Ul-Fitr 14th May, 2021
11 Buddha Purnima/Birthday of Kazi Nazrul Islam 26th May, 2021
12 Kharchi Puja 17th July, 2021
13 Id-Uz Zuha (Bakrid) 21th July, 2021
14 Ker Puja 31th July, 2021
15 Muharram/Birthday of Maharaja Bir Bikram Kishore Manikya Bahadur Deb Burman 19th August, 2021
16 Janmashtami 30th August, 2021
17 Mahatma Gandhi's Birthday 2nd October, 2021
18 Mahalaya 6th October, 2021
19 Maha Saptami 12th October, 2021
20 Maha Ashtami 13th October, 2021
21 Maha Navami 14th October, 2021
22 Vijaya Dasami 15th October, 2021
23 Birth of Prophet Mohammad 19th October, 2021
24 Lakshmi Puja 20th October, 2021
25 Diwali 4th November, 2021

 

*In the year 2021, the following festivals/occasions viz. Netaji's Birthday(23rd January),Birthday Of  Rabindranath Tagore (9th May),Independence Day (15th August) and Christmas Day (25th December) fall on 4th Saturday and Sunday. As such, these days have not been included in the list of Holiday.

 

Restricted Holidays

Any government Employee may be permitted to avail any four holidays.

Sl.No. Festival/Occasion Date
1 New Year's Day 1st  January, 2021
2 Pous Parban 14th  January, 2021
3 Basanti Puja 19th  April, 2021
4 May Day 1st  May, 2021
5 Jamaisasthi 16th June, 2021
6 Ratha Yatra 12th  July, 2021
7 Biswakarma Puja 17th  September, 2021
8 Bhatridwitia 6th  November, 2021
9 Guru Nanak's Birthday 19th  November, 2021
10 World Disabled Day 3rd  December, 2021

*In the year 2021, The fallowing festivals/occasions viz.Mahavir Jayanti (25th April) and Jhulanjatra Samapan (22nd August) fall on Sunday.And the festivals Akheri-Chahar-Sumba and Mahalaya fall on same day and the festival Mahalaya (6th October) is included in the list of Government Holiday.As such, these days have not been included in the list of Restricted Holidays,

School Holidays

Sl.No. Festival or Occasion No. of days   Date Day
1 Pous Parban 01 14th  January, 2021 Thursday
2 Netaji’s Birthday 01 23rd  January, 2021 Saturday
3 Republic Day 01 26th  January, 2021 Tuesday
4 Saraswati Puja 01 16th  February, 2021 Tuesday
5 Maha Shivaratri 01 11th  March, 2021 Thursday
6 Holi 01 29th  March, 2021 Monday
7 Good Friday 01 2nd  April, 2021 Friday
8 Biju Festival 01 14th  April, 2021 Wednesday
9 Bengali New Years’ Day 01 15th  April, 2021 Thursday
10 Garia Puja 03 21st  April to 23rd  April, 2021 Wednesday to Friday
11 Id-Ul-Fitr  01 14th  May, 2021 Friday
12 Buddha Purnima / Birthday of Kazi Nazrul Islam 01 26th  May, 2021 Wednesday
13 Rathajatra 01 12th  July, 2021 Monday
14 Kharchi Puja 01 17th  July, 2021 Saturday
15 Id-Uz-Zuha (Bakrid) 01 21st  July, 2021 Wednesday
16 Ker Puja 01 31st  July, 2021 Saturday
17 Muharram /Birthday of Maharaja Bir Bikram Kishore Manikya Bahadur Deb Barman 01 19th  August, 2021 Thursday
18 Janmashtami 01 30th  August, 2021 Monday
19 Biswakarma Puja 01 17th  September, 2021 Friday
20 Mahatma Gandhi’s Birthday 01 2nd  October, 2021 Saturday
21 Mahalaya 01 6th  October, 2021 Wednesday
22 Puja holiday 10 12th  October to 21st  October, 2021 Tuesday to Thursday
23 Diwali 01 4th  November, 2021 Thursday
24 Bhatridwitiya 01 6th  November, 2021 Saturday
25 Christmas Day 01 25th  December, 2021 Saturday
  • The holiday on 9th  May (Birthday of Rabindranath Tagore) & 15th  August (Independence Day) fall on Sunday during the Calendar Year 2021 and hence have not been included in the Holiday list.
  • In view of COVID – 19 pandemic situation, there will be no Summer Vacation during the Calendar  year- 2021 to compensate the loss of Academic activities. In lieu of this, ½ day Earned Leave (E.L) will be given for each working day falls during the period w.e.f. 17th  May to 7th  June, 2021.  This is applicable for this year only.
  • In addition to 36 holidays, holidays for 02 days in case of Natural Calamity/bad weather             or extreme unavoidable circumstances may be declared by the HMs with intimation to the concerned District Education Officers/Inspector of Schools.
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