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Lohri is a popular winter Dogra [2] [3] and Punjabi [4] folk festival celebrated primarily in Northern India. [note 1] The significance and legends about the Lohri festival are many and these link the festival to the Duggar region [2] and Punjab region. [6] It is believed by many that the festival marks the passing of the winter solstice.
31 August 2021 (2 years, 316 days) Rajasthan : Kalraj Mishra: 9 September 2019 (4 years, 307 days) Sikkim : Lakshman Acharya: 16 February 2023 (1 year, 147 days) Tamil Nadu : R. N. Ravi: 18 September 2021 (2 years, 298 days) Telangana : C. P. Radhakrishnan (additional charge) 19 March 2024 (115 days) Tripura
The Union of India is a federal union made up of 28 states and 8 union territories. India achieved independence from British rule on 15 August 1947 and became a republic on 26 January 1950. Many states celebrate a state day to mark its formation, statehood, reorganisation or other associated events while some like Assam and Bengal celebrate it ...
The Constitution of India came into force on 26 January 1950. Republic Day is a national holiday in India commemorating the adoption of the Constitution of India, and the country's transition to a republic which came into effect on 26 January 1950. The constitution replaced the Government of India Act 1935 as the governing document of India ...
Siddharth Mohanty. Chairperson, Central Board of Direct Taxes. Ravi Agarwal (IRS-IT) 1 July 2024. Chairperson, Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs. Sanjay Kumar Agarwal ( IRS -Customs & Central Excise) 5 August 2023. President, Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry. Anish Shah.
Indian Muslims offering their ‘Eid al-Fitr’ prayer at the Taj Mahal, Agra, India. Eid is a public holiday in India. The holiday begins after the sighting of the new moon on Chand Raat. On that evening, people head to markets to finish their shopping for Eid, for clothing and gifts, and begin preparing their food for the next day.
2026 date. October 12 (United States) Frequency. Annual. Columbus Day is a national holiday in many countries of the Americas and elsewhere, and a federal holiday in the United States, which officially celebrates the anniversary of Christopher Columbus 's arrival in the Americas. Columbus went ashore at Guanahaní, an island in the Bahamas, on ...
The 2021 census of India, or the 16th Indian census, is to be conducted in two phases, a house listing phase and a population enumeration phase.Although initially the house listing was to begin in April 2020 along with the updating of the National Population Register, and the population enumeration on 9 February 2021, they have been effectively postponed to after the 2024 general elections.