Govt. Holidays

List of Government Holidays - 2021

Date			Festival/Occasion
HOLIDAYS
1	January	26	Republic Day
2	February	16	Saraswati Puja
3	March	11	Maha Shivaratri
4	March	29	Holi
5	April	2	Good Friday
6	April	14	Biju Festival
7	April	15	Bengali New Year's Day
8	April	21	Garia Puja
9	April	22	Additional Holiday for Garia Puja
10	May	14	Id-Ul-Fitr
11	May	26	Buddha Purnima/Birthday of Kazi Nazrul Islam
12	July	17	Kharchi Puja
13	July	21	Id-Uz Zuha (Bakrid)
14	July	31	Ker Puja
15	August	19	Muharram/Birthday of Maharaja Bir Bikram Kishore Manikya Bahadur Deb Burman
16	August	30	Janmashtami
17	October	2	Mahatma Gandhi's Birthday
18	October	6	Mahalaya
19	October	12	Maha Saptami
20	October	13	Maha Ashtami
21	October	14	Maha Navami
22	October	15	Vijaya Dasami
23	October	19	Birth of Prophet Mohammad
24	October	20	Lakshmi Puja
25	November	4	Diwali
*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.
1	January	1	New Year's Day
2	January	14	Pous Parban
3	April	19	Basanti Puja
4	May	1	May Day
5	June	16	Jamaisasthi
6	July	12	Ratha Yatra
7	September	17	Biswakarma Puja
8	November	6	Bhatridwitia
9	November	19	Guru Nanak's Birthday
10	December	3	World Disabled Day
*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	14^th January, 2021	Thursday
2	Netaji’s Birthday	01	23^rd January, 2021	Saturday
3	Republic Day	01	26^th January,2021	Tuesday
4	Saraswati Puja	01	16^th February, 2021	Tuesday
5	Maha Shivaratri	01	11^th March, 2021	Thursday
6	Holi	01	29^th March, 2021	Monday
7	Good Friday	01	2^nd April,2021	Friday
8	Biju Festival	01	14^th April,2021	Wednesday
9	Bengali New Years’ Day	01	15^th April, 2021	Thursday
10	Garia Puja	03	21^st April to 23^rd April, 2021	Wednesday to Friday
11	Id-Ul-Fitr	01	14^th May,2021	Friday
12	Buddha Purnima / Birthday of Kazi Nazrul Islam	01	26^th May, 2021	Wednesday
13	Rathajatra	01	12^th July,2021	Monday
14	Kharchi Puja	01	17^th July, 2021	Saturday
15	Id-Uz-Zuha (Bakrid)	01	21^st July, 2021	Wednesday
16	Ker Puja	01	31^st July, 2021	Saturday
17	Muharram /Birthday of Maharaja Bir Bikram Kishore Manikya Bahadur Deb Barman	01	19^th August, 2021	Thursday
18	Janmashtami	01	30^th August, 2021	Monday
19	Biswakarma Puja	01	17^th September,2021	Friday
20	Mahatma Gandhi’s Birthday	01	2^nd October, 2021	Saturday
21	Mahalaya	01	6^th October,2021	Wednesday
22	Puja holiday	10	12^th October to 21^st October, 2021	Tuesday to Thursday
23	Diwali	01	4^th November, 2021	Thursday
24	Bhatridwitiya	01	6^th November,2021	Saturday
25	Christmas Day	01	25^th December, 2021	Saturday

The holiday on 9^th May (Birthday of Rabindranath Tagore) & 15^th 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. 17^th May to 7^th 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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