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September – October. Dussehra (Vijayadashami) Floating. Hindu festival that celebrates the victory of good over evil. It is celebrated on the tenth day of Ashvin, the seventh month in the Hindu Calendar [ 8] October – November. Diwali. Floating. Hindu festival of lights.
Gandhi Jayanti is an event celebrated in India to mark the birthday of Mahatma Gandhi. It is celebrated annually on 2 October, and is one of the three national holidays in India. The United Nations celebrates the day as International Day of Non-Violence. Called the "Father of The Nation" by Subhas Chandra Bose, Gandhi espoused one of the most ...
Vijayādaśamī ( विजयादशमी) is a compound of the two words vijaya ( विजय, 'victory') [ 16] and daśamī ( दशमी, 'tenth day'), [ 17] connoting the festival on the tenth day celebrating the victory of good over evil. [ 1][ 9][ 18] The same Hindu festival-related term, however, takes different forms in different ...
09: Third Friday in September. World Cleanup Day [ 135] 09: September 16, 2023, Third Saturday in September. National Cleanup Day [ 136] 09: September 18, 2021, Third Saturday in September. International Red Panda Day [ 137] 09: Third Saturday of September. Zero Emissions Day [ 138] 09-21: September 21.
Effective date of the London-Zürich Agreements was 16 August 1960, but the public holiday was moved to 1 October to avoid summer heat and tourist season. [46] Czech Republic: Independence: 28 October: 1918 Austria-Hungary: Independence declaration by the Czechoslovak National Council. [47] Official day of independence of the Czech Republic ...
Ayudha Puja ( Sanskrit: आयुध पूजा, romanized : Āyudha Pūjā, lit. 'worship of tools') is a Hindu observance that falls on the ninth day of the bright half of the moon's cycle of 15 days (as per the Hindu calendar) in the month of September/October, popularly a part of the Navaratri festival. [ 2]
In India, the birthday of the second president Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, 5 September, is celebrated as Teacher's Day since 1962. [2] Teacher Appreciation Week decoration at a school in Florida. Many countries celebrate their Teachers' Day on 5 October in conjunction with World Teachers' Day, which was established by UNESCO in 1994. [3]
Generally, this day falls during 14th or 15th of the month of April. Those following the lunar calendar consider the month of Chaitra (corresponding to March -April) as the first month of the year, so the new year is celebrated on the first day of this month like Ugadi in Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka and Gudi Padwa in Maharashtra.