2011 Holiday List 2011 for Central

Government Offices

The Holidays to be observed in Central Government Offices (other than banks) in 2011. The
holidays mentioned below will be observed in all the Administrative Offices of the Central
Government during the calendar year 2011.

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Jan 26th, 2011 Wednesday—————– REPUBLIC DAY
Feb 20th, 2011 Sunday———————–Milad un Nabi (Shia) Birthday of the Prophet
Muhammad
April 16th, 2011 Saturday——————– MAHAVIR JAYANTI
April 22nd, 2011 Friday———————- GOOD FRIDAY
May 17th, 2011 Tuesday——————– BUDHA PURNIMA
Aug 13th, 2011 Saturday———————-RAKSHA BANDHAN
Aug 15th, 2011 Monday———————- INDEPENDENCE DAY
Aug 30th, 2011 Tuesday——————– IDU'L FITR (end of Ramadan)
Oct 2nd, 2011 Sunday———————– MAHATMA GANDHI'S BIRTHDAY
Oct 6th, 2011 Thursday———————- DUSSEHRA (WAY DASHMI)
Oct 26th, 2011 Wednesday—————- DIWALI (DEEPAVALI)
Nov 6th, 2011 Sunday———————— Idu'l Zuha/Bakrid
Nov 10th, 2011 Sunday———————- GURU NANAK'S BIRTHDAY
Dec 5th, 2011 Monday ————————Al-Hijra / Muharram
Dec 25th, 2011 Sunday———————- CHRISTMAS DAY

There are three holidays more in addition to the above 2011 holidays numbering 14. These three
holidays shall be decided from the list indicated below by the Central Government Employees
Welfare Coordination Committee in the State Capitals.
An Additional day for Dussehra
Pongal 2011—————————January 14th (Friday)
Makar Sankranti 2011————–January 14th (Friday)
Basant Panchami 2011————-February 8th (Tuesday)
Maha Shivaratri 2011—————- March 3rd (Thursday)
Holi 2011——————————- March 20th (Sunday)
Ram Navami 2011——————-April 12th (Tuesday)
Vishu 2011 – 01 Apr 2011 – 30 Apr 2011 Date to be confirmed
Rath Yatra 2011———————- July 13th (Wednesday)
Janmashtami 2011——————- August 22nd (Monday)
Onam 2011– August-September, Date to be confirmed
Ganesh Chaturthi 2011————–September 11th (Sunday)