Independence Day, June 17. Celebrates independence from Denmark with the proclamation of the republic in 1944. Also celebrates the birthday of Jon Sigurdsson (b.1811).

Seamen's Day, June 6. Dedicated to the sailors and fishermen.

Bank Holiday, first Monday in August.

National holidays.
New Year's Day, Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, Easter Monday, Ascension Day, Whit Monday, Independence Day, Bank Holiday, Chirstmas Eve, Christmas, Boxing Day, and New Year's Eve.

Republic Day, January 26. Celebrates the anniversary of the proclamation of a republic, made in 1950. Celebrated especially in Delhi. Also known as Basant Panchmi.
Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti, October 2. Celebrates the birthday of Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948), spiritual leader and promoter of civil disobedience and nonviolence. Also known as Gandhi Day.

Mahatma Gandhi Martyrdom Day, January 30.

Indian Independence Day, August 15, 1947. Anniversary of the Indian Independence Act taking effect.

Mother's Day, February 22. Honors Mrs. Mohandas K. Gandhi.

Children's Day, November 14.

Buddha Purnima, occurs during a full moon in Jaistha (May 22). Celebrates the birth, death, and enlightenment of Buddha. See Buddhism.

Maharashtra Day, May 1. The day Maharashtra achieved statehood.

[indian days are put here if I don't know what religion they belong to]

Lohri, January 13. A celebration of winter primarily observed in the Punjab state of India.

Makar Sankranti, January 14. A three day festival after the winter solstice. Observed with pilgramages to the Ganges.

Pongal, January 14 or 15. A three day harvest festival in the Tamil Nadu state of southern India. On the first day evil spirits are driven from the home and burned in bonfires. On the second day people put on new clothes and cook a feast in new pots. On the third day the cattle are washed, decorated, and taken to temple. [same as or similar to Makar Sankranti?]

Swami Narayan Jayanti, Chaitra [9|10] on the lunar calendar. Same days as Ramnavami.

Kabir Jayanti, on or near a full moon [in June]. [Birthday of Kabir]
Eid-E-Milad, [same day as Rakshabandha, or during an Islamic month]

Karva Chauth, lunar. 10/23/94, 10/12/95.

Hazrat Ali's Birthday, lunar. [on full moon in December or on Islamic calendar].

National holidays.
The primary festivals of India are Indian New Year (Mar. 21-22), Vaisakhi, Independence Day (Aug. 15), Gandhi Day, English New Year (Jan. 1), Republic Day (Jan. 26), Ramanavami, Buddha Purnima, Janmashtami, Dussera, Diwali, Guru Nanak's Birthday, Mahasivaratri, and two days of Holi.

Kartini Day, April 21. Honors Raden Adjeng Kartini [re: emancipation of Indonesian women].

Independence Day, August 17. Celebrates the proclaimed independence on this date in 1945. The country attained actual independence on December 28th[27?], 1949.

Balinese New Year, held every 210 days. Observed in Bali.

National holidays.
New Year's Day, Leilat al-Meiraj, Id al-Fitr, Good Friday, Ascension Day, Id al-Adha, Islamic New Year, Independence Day, Mouloud, Christmas.

Constitution Day, August 5. A public holiday commemorating the constitutional monarchy.

Revolution Day, February 11. Commemorates the overthrow in 1979 of the Shah in what is now the Islamic Republic of Iran.

No Ruz, March 21. Iran's new year.

National holidays.
Revolution Day, Oil Nationalization Day (Mar 20), No Ruz, Islamic Republic Day (Apr 1), Revolution Day (Apr 2), Martyrdom of Imam Ali (Jul 14), Leilat al-Meiraj, Id al-Fitr, Id al-Adha, Ashoura, Mouloud.

Army Day, January 6.

Republic Day, July 14. Anniversary of the coup d'etat in 1958 in which the army killed King Feisal II and Crown Prince Abdul Illah, seized Baghdad, and declared a republic.

14 Ramadan Revolution Day, February 8. Anniversary of the 1963 coup.

July Revolution Day, July 17. A public holiday celebrating the return to power in 1968 of the Ba'th Party, which advocates a single Arab Socialist nation.

National holidays.
New Year's Day, Army Day, 14 Ramadan Revolution Day, Republic Day, Leilat al-Meiraj, Id al-Fitr, Id al-Adha, Islamic New Year, Ashoura, Mouloud.

Sheelah's Day, March 18. Sheelah may have been the wife or mother of Saint Patrick. This day is observed with clovers left over from Saint Patrick's Day celebrations.

National holidays.
New Year's Day, St. Patrick's Day, Good Friday, Easter Monday, Christmas, St. Stephen's Day, and bank holidays on Mondays in June, August, and October.

Independence Day, Iyar 5. Occurs in April or May. "Yom Ha'atzma'ut". On May 14, 1948, Palestinian Jews declared independence from British rule. The Hebrew calendar date was Iyar 5, 5708.

National Day, occurs in May. Anniversary of the declaration of independence on May 14, 1948.

Jerusalem Reunification Day, May 12.

Hebrew University Day, occurs near April 1. Commemorates the opening of the university in Jerusalem in 1925.

Holocaust Memorial Day, Nisan 27. Occurs in April. "Yom Hashoah". This is a memorial day for the Jews who died in World War II. On April 10, 1945, Allied troops liberated the concentration camp at Buchenwald, Germany, where about 56,000 prinsoners had died. The date of liberation on the Hebrew calendar was Nisan 27, 5705.

Balfour Declaration Day, November 2. Commemorates the establishment of a Jewish national home on this day in 1917.

National holidays.
Passover (first and last days), Holocaust Memorial Day, Independence Day, Shavuot, Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Succot, Simhat Torah.

Anniversary of the Republic, June 2. Commemorates the establishment in 1946 of the Italian Republic. Also known as Republic Day or Constitution Day.

Day of Conciliation, February 11. Anniversary of the confirmation in 1929 of the treaty between the Holy See and Italy, which gave international status to the state of Vatican City. Translated from the Italian "Giorno della Conciliazione".

Liberation Day, April 25. [world war II]

Festa del Redentore, third Sunday in July.

Natale di Roma, April 21. Celebrates the founding of Rome in 753 BC by Romulus who supposedly began laying the foundations on this day.

Joust of the Quintana, First Sunday in August.

Palio Del Golfo, second Sunday in August.

Saint Mark's Day, occurs in April. Observed in Venice to honor Saint Mark.

Befana Day, January 6. Epiphany.

Christmas, December 25. The "Urn of Fate" has been used at Christmas since Roman times.

Santo Stefano, December 26. Boxing Day.

National holidays.
New Year's Day, Epiphany, Easter Monday, Liberation Day, Labor Day (May 1), Assumption, All Saints' Day, National Unity Day (Nov 5), Immaculate Conception, Christmas, and Santo Stefano. Many local towns also have a public holiday on the feast day of their patron saint.

Independence Day, December 7. The Ivory Coast became fully independent on August 7, 1960. Independence Day has since been moved to December 7.

National Holiday of the Ivory Coast, December 7.

National holidays.
New Year's Day, Id al-Fitr, Good Friday, Easter Monday, Labor Day (May 1), Ascension Day, Whit Monday, Id al-Adha, Assumption, All Saints' Day, Independence Day, Christmas.