Govt. Holidays
List of Government Holidays - 2021
Date |
Festival/Occasion |
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HOLIDAYS |
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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.
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RESTRICTED HOLIDAYS |
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Any government Employee may be permitted to avail any four holidays. |
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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 |
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.