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
