Public Holidays in India 2021: Check out the complete list and plan your holidays accordingly

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New Delhi: As the year 2020 winds down, we would all be looking forward to 2021. While 2020 was saddled by the burden of COVID-19 pandemic that restricted our travel plans, one hopes that the coming year will be better.

The information regarding public holidays becomes really handy on two occassions --when you want to take a quick retreat (in case of long weekends) and when you want to go on a planned leave.

These holidays are as per the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions. The holiday list is categorised on the basis of Gazetted Holidays (denoted by G) as well as some very popular Restricted Holidays.

Month	Holiday
January 1	New Year
January 13	Lohri
January 14	Makar Sankranti/Pongal
January 20	Guru Gobind Singh's Birthday
January 26	Republic Day (G)
February 16	Basant Panchami / Sri Panchami
February 19	Shivaji Jayanti
February 26	Hazarat Ali's Birthday
February 27	Guru Ravidas's Birthday
March 8	Swami Dayananda Saraswati Jayanti
March 11	Maha Shivaratri
March 28	Holika Dahan/Dolyatra
March 29	Holi  (G)
April 2	Good Friday (G)
April 13	Chaitra Sukladi/ Gudi Padava/ Ugadi/Cheti Chand/ Vaisakhi/ Vishu
April 21	Ram Navami (G)
April 25	Mahavir Jayanti (G)
May 1	Labour Day
May 14	Eid-ul-Fitar (G)
May 26	Buddha Purnima (G)
July 12	Rath Yatra
July 21	Id-ul-Zuha (Bakrid) (G)
August 15	Independence Day (G)
August 19	Muharram (G)
August 21	Onam
August 22	Raksha Bandhan
August 30	Janamashtami (G)
September 10	Vinayaka Chaturthi
October 2	Gandhi Jayanti (G)
October 15	Dussehra (G)
October 19	Milad-un-Nabi or Id-e-Milad (G)
November 4	Diwali (G)
November 6	Bhai Duj
November 19	Gurupurab  (G)
December 25	Christmas (G)

This must be noted that the above holiday calendar is by no means an exhaustive list but it gives a glimpse into the most popular public holidays.