Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
The following table is a list of countries by number of public holidays excluding non-regular special holidays. Nepal has the highest number of public holidays in the world with 35 annually. Also, Nepal has 6 day working schedule in a week. But in 2023 India has 365 holidays which 17 Gazetted holidays and more than 340 restricted holidays.
The decision to alternate between the two dates was a government decision to avoid increasing the number of unworked days after abolition of slavery (1 February) and Arrival of Indentured Labourers (2 November) were declared public holidays in the early 2000s.
Indian Arrival Day is a holiday celebrated on various days in the nations of the Caribbean, Fiji, South Africa and Mauritius, commemorating the arrival of people from the Indian subcontinent to their respective nations as indentured labours brought by European colonial authorities and their agents. In Guyana, Mauritius, Fiji and Trinidad and ...
Birthday of Mohammed VI of Morocco. 6 November. Green March Day. ʿīd lmasīra lẖadraʾ. Celebrating the March into the Western Sahara which unified the North with the South of Morocco. 18 November. Independence Day. ʿid lʾistiqlal. Moroccan Independence from the French and Spanish Protectorates.
Zürich City (and Zürich Metro Area) (only) Prayer Monday. Monday after Federal Day of Thanksgiving, Repentance and Prayer. Legally recognized only in VD. (Lundi du Jeûne) Also celebrated in NE and parts of BE. Bank holiday in VS . Mauritius Day.
The holiday also falls on the Vernal Equinox . May 6. Martyrs' Day. عيد الشهداء. Jour des martyrs. Syrian and Lebanese national holiday commemorating the Syrian and Lebanese nationalists executed in Damascus and Beirut on May 6, 1916 by Jamal Pasha. November 1. All Saints' Day. عيد جميع القديسين.
Labour Day. 3 June. Uganda Martyrs' Day. Honors 45 Christians who were martyred between 1885 and 1887. 9 June. National Heroes Day. Begun in 2001, this holiday honours people who fought on both sides of the Ugandan Bush War. The date recalls the assassination of Eddidian Babumba Mukiibi Luttamaguzi. [4]
Date: English Name: Description: January 1 New Year's Day: February 3 Heroes' Day: Honors the soldiers who fought for independence in 1975 Assassination of Eduardo Mondlane: April 7 Women's Day May 1 Workers' Day: June 25 Independence Day From Portugal, 1975: September 7 Victory Day: Lusaka Peace Agreement Day, 1974. September 25 Armed Forces Day