List of India Holidays 2012, Indian Holidays 2012, 2012 India Holidays

As a multicultural and multi-religious country, India celebrates holidays and festivals of various religions. Most of the India 2012 public holidays and 2012 bank holidays are religious holidays, with only three nationally celebrated secular public holidays: Republic Day, Independence Day, and the Gandhi Jayanti.

Each state and region has local festivals depending on prevalent religious and linguistic demographics of the population in that region.

Date	Week Day	Name
January - 26	Thursday	Republic Day
February - 5	Sunday	Milad-Un-Nabi ( Id-E-Milad ) (Birthday of Prophet Mohammad)
February - 20	Monday	Maha Shivratri
March - 08	Thursday	Holi
April - 05	Thursday	Mahavir Jayanthi
April - 06	Friday	Good Friday
May - 01	Tuesday	May Day
May - 06	Sunday	Buddha Purnima
August - 10	Friday	Krishna Janmastami
August - 15	Wednesday	Independence Day
August - 20	Monday	Id-Ul-Fitr
September - 19	Wednesday	Ganesh Chaturthi
October - 02	Tuesday	Mahatma Gandhi Jayanthi
October - 24	Wednesday	Vijaya Dashami
October - 27	Saturday	Bakri Id ( Idul Zuha )
November - 13	Tuesday	Diwali
November - 25	Sunday	Muharram
November - 28	Wednesday	Guru Nanak Jayanthi
December - 25	Tuesday	Christmas