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Being a culturally diverse country, there are many festivals celebrated in various regions across the country. There are only three national holidays declared by Government of India: Republic Day (26 January), Independence Day (15 August), and Gandhi Jayanti (2 October). Apart from this, certain holidays which are celebrated nationally are ...
Gandhi Jayanti is a national holiday in India, celebrated annually on 2 October to honour the birth of Mahatma Gandhi, one of the key leaders of the Indian independence movement and a pioneer of the philosophy and strategy of nonviolence.
The event occurred ten days before the opening ceremony of the 1968 Summer Olympics, which were carried out normally. On October 2, 1968 in the Tlatelolco section of Mexico City , the Mexican Armed Forces opened fire on a group of unarmed civilians in the Plaza de las Tres Culturas who were protesting the upcoming Olympics.
St. Patrick's Day: Sunday, March 17 NYC Pride Parade: Sunday, June 30 This article originally appeared on NorthJersey.com: Holidays 2024: Here are the special days and dates
Special pages; Permanent link; ... October 2 is the 275th day of the year ... ten days before the start of the 1968 Summer Olympics. [21]
Bicycle Day (19 April) [2] Black Love Day (13 February; United States) Black Friday or Buy Nothing Day (day after Thanksgiving Day in the United States) Bloomsday (16 June based on James Joyce's 1922 novel Ulysses) Festivus (23 December) Friendship Day (first Sunday in August) Galactic Tick Day (occurs every 633.7 days, starting 2 October 1608)
The summer solstice welcomes the first official day of summer. Find out about the science of the solstice and well as its pagan roots and celebrations of fertility.
Practically since the day they were born, ... October 2, 2013 ... Elle and Dakota in Rodarte at the label’s Spring/Summer 2012 show during New York Fashion Week.