List of Holidays in India in the year 2011 : These are given below with the corresponding date and day.
- 1st January 2011, Saturday – New Year’s Day
- 14th January 2011, Friday – Pongal
- 14th January 2011, Friday – Makar Sankranti
- 26th January 2011, Wednesday –Republic Day
- 8th February 2011, Tuesday – Basant Panchami
- 15th February 2011, Tuesday – Milad un Nabi. Shia Muslims celebrate this 5 days later on 20th February 2011, Sunday.
- 3rd March 2011, Thursday – Maha Shivaratri
- 20th March 2011, Sunday – Holi
- 12th April 2011, Tuesday – Ram Navami
- 16th April 2011, Saturday – Mahavir Jayanti
- 22nd April 2011, Friday – Good Friday
- 25th April 2011, Monday - Easter
- 17th May 2011, Tuesday – Budha Purnima
- 13th July 2011, Wednesday – Rath Yatra
- 15th August 2011, Monday – Independence Day
- 22nd August 2011, Monay - Janamashtami
- 30th August 2011, Tuesday – Idu’l Fitr (end of Ramadan)
- August – September 2011 – Onam (Exact date to be declared)
- 11th September 2011, Sunday – Ganesh Chaturthi
- 2nd October 2011, Sunday – Gandhi Jayanti
- 6th October 2011, Thursday – Dussehra
- 26th October 2011, Wednesday – Diwali
- 6th November 2011, Sunday - Idu’l Zuha / Bakrid
- 10th November 2011, Sunday – Guru Nanak B’day
- 26th November 2011, Saturday - Muharram
- 5th December 2011, Monday – Al- Hijra / Muharram
- 25th December 2011, Sunday – Christmas Day
A few of these holidays are named national holidays wherein no organization or company can keep their offices open. The list of the Indian holidays for 2011 is given below:
Name of the holiday | Day | Year 2011 Date |
Republic day | Wednesday | 26 January |
Milad un Nabi(Shia): birthday of Prophet Mohammad | Sunday | 20 February |
Mahavir jayanti | Saturday | 16 April |
Good Friday | Friday | 22 April |
Buddha purnima | Tuesday | 17 May |
Independence day | Monday | 15 August |
Eid-ul-fitr: end of Ramadan | Tuesday | 30 August |
Gandhi jayanti: Mahatma Gandhi’s birthday | Sunday | 2 October |
Dussehra | Thursday | 6 October |
Diwali | Wednesday | 26 October |
Eid-ul-zuha (Bakrid) | Sunday | 6 November |
Guru Nanak’ Birthday | Sunday | 10 November |
Al-Hijra (Muharram) | Monday | 5 December |
Christmas | Sunday | 25 December |
In addition to the above 2011 holiday list of India, 3 holidays will be further decided from the list below by the Central Government Employees Welfare Coordination Committee in the State Capitals
Name of the holiday | Day | Year 2011 Date |
An additional day for Dussehra | n/a | To be decided |
Pongal | Friday | 14 January |
Makar Sankranti | Friday | 14 January |
Basant Panchmi | Tuesday | 8 February |
Maha Shivaratri | Thursday | 3 March |
Holi | Sunday | 20 March |
Ram Navami | Tuesday | 12 April |
Vishu | n/a | 1 April-30 April (to be confirmed) |
Rath Yatra | Wednesday | 13 July |
Janmashtami | Monday | 22 August |
Onam | n/a | August- September (to be confirmed) |
Ganesh Chaturthi | Sunday | 11 September |