Telangana Government Releases List Of Public Holidays For 2020

The Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) Government released the list of public and optional holidays for the year 2020.

Shailendra Kumar Joshi, the Chief Secretary of Telangana, on the 22nd of November, released a Government Order (GO) pertaining to the list of holidays.

There would be 23 public holidays and 17 optional holidays, excluding Saturdays and Sundays, under the Negotiable Instruments Act.

Public Holidays for 2020 are

New Year’s Day – the 1st of January

Bhogi - the 14th of January

Sankranti - the 15th of January

Maha Shivaratri - the 21st of February

Holi - the 9th of March

Ugadi - the 25th of March

Sri Rama Navami – the 2nd of April

Good Friday - the 10th of April

Ambedkar Jayanti - the 14th of April

Ramzan - the 25th of May

The day after Ramzan - the 26th of May

Bonalu - the 20th of July

Bakrid - the 1st of August

Janmashtami – the 11th of August

Independence Day - the 15th of August

Vinayaka Chavithi - the 22nd of August

Gandhi Jayanti - the 2nd of October

Bathukamma – the 17th of October

Durgashtami - the 24th of October

Eid Miladun Nabi – the 30th of October

Karthika Purnima/Gurunanak Jayanti - the 30th of November

Christmas - the 25th of December

Boxing Day - the 26th of December

Combined on second Saturdays and Sundays

Republic Day - the 26th of January

Babu Jagjeevan Ram Jayanti - the 5th of April

Muharram - the 30th of August

Vijayadashami - the 25th of October

Diwali - the 14th of November

Optional holidays

Juvanpuri birthday - the 10th of January

Kanuma - the 16th of January

Sri Panchami - the 30th of January

Shab-E-Meraj - the 23rd of March

Mahaveer Jayanti - the 6th of April

Shab-E-Barat - the 9th of April

Buddha Purnima - the 7th of May

Shahadat Hazrat Ali – the 14th of May

Juma-Atul-Wada - the 21st of May

Shab-E-Qadr - the 22nd of May

Ratha Yatra - the 23rd of June

Varalakshmi Vratham - the 7th of July

Rakshabandhan – the 3rd of August

Muharram - the 29th of August

Yaz Dahum Shareef - the 27th of November

Christmas Eve - the 24th of December