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Public holidays in India 2006

Overview of 53 public holidays and observances in India for 2006, including 10 official public holidays. Dates are shown with the day of the week.

Public holidays in India 2005 · Public holidays in India 2007 · Calendar 2006

Public holidays

Date	Name
10 January 2006 (Tuesday)	Eid al-Adha
26 January 2006 (Thursday)	Republic Day
9 February 2006 (Thursday)	Day of Ashura
10 April 2006 (Monday)	Prophet's Birthday
14 April 2006 (Friday)	Good Friday / Ambedkar Jayanti
15 August 2006 (Tuesday)	Independence Day
2 October 2006 (Monday)	Gandhi Jayanti
23 October 2006 (Monday)	Eid al-Fitr
25 December 2006 (Monday)	Christmas Day
31 December 2006 (Sunday)	Eid al-Adha

Andhra Pradesh

Date	Name
1 November 2006 (Wednesday)	Andhra Pradesh Formation Day

Assam

Date	Name
14 April 2006 (Friday)	Bihu
2 December 2006 (Saturday)	Assam Day

Bihar

Date	Name
22 March 2006 (Wednesday)	Bihar Day

Chandigarh

Date	Name
14 April 2006 (Friday)	Good Friday

Delhi

Date	Name
14 April 2006 (Friday)	Good Friday
15 April 2006 (Saturday)	Holy Saturday

Goa

Date	Name
14 April 2006 (Friday)	Good Friday
19 December 2006 (Tuesday)	Goa Liberation Day

Gujarat

Date	Name
1 May 2006 (Monday)	Gujarat Statehood Day

Haryana

Date	Name
1 November 2006 (Wednesday)	Haryana Day

Himachal Pradesh

Date	Name
1 November 2006 (Wednesday)	Himachal Pradesh Day

Jammu and Kashmir

Date	Name
31 October 2006 (Tuesday)	Foundation Day

Karnataka

Date	Name
1 November 2006 (Wednesday)	Kannada Rajyotsava

Kerala

Date	Name
31 August 2006 (Thursday)	Onam
1 November 2006 (Wednesday)	Kerala Piravi

Ladakh

Date	Name
31 October 2006 (Tuesday)	Ladakh Day

Madhya Pradesh

Date	Name
1 November 2006 (Wednesday)	Madhya Pradesh Foundation Day

Maharashtra

Date	Name
1 May 2006 (Monday)	Maharashtra Day

Manipur

Date	Name
21 January 2006 (Saturday)	Manipur State Day

Meghalaya

Date	Name
21 January 2006 (Saturday)	Meghalaya Day

Mizoram

Date	Name
20 February 2006 (Monday)	Mizoram Day

Nagaland

Date	Name
1 December 2006 (Friday)	Nagaland Day

Odisha

Date	Name
1 April 2006 (Saturday)	Utkal Divas

Puducherry

Date	Name
14 April 2006 (Friday)	Good Friday
14 July 2006 (Friday)	Bastille Day
16 August 2006 (Wednesday)	De Facto Transfer Day

Punjab

Date	Name
1 November 2006 (Wednesday)	Punjab Day

Rajasthan

Date	Name
30 March 2006 (Thursday)	Rajasthan Day

Sikkim

Date	Name
16 May 2006 (Tuesday)	Sikkim Day

Tamil Nadu

Date	Name
14 January 2006 (Saturday)	Pongal
15 January 2006 (Sunday)	Pongal (Second Day)
16 January 2006 (Monday)	Pongal (Third Day)
14 April 2006 (Friday)	Tamil New Year

Telangana

Date	Name
2 June 2006 (Friday)	Telangana Formation Day

Tripura

Date	Name
21 January 2006 (Saturday)	Tripura Day

Uttar Pradesh

Date	Name
1 November 2006 (Wednesday)	Uttar Pradesh Foundation Day

West Bengal

Date	Name
23 January 2006 (Monday)	Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Birthday
14 April 2006 (Friday)	Good Friday
15 April 2006 (Saturday)	Holy Saturday
16 April 2006 (Sunday)	Easter Sunday
17 April 2006 (Monday)	Easter Monday
7 May 2006 (Sunday)	Rabindranath Tagore Birthday