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September – October. Dussehra (Vijayadashami) Floating. Hindu festival that celebrates the victory of good over evil. It is celebrated on the tenth day of Ashvin, the seventh month in the Hindu Calendar [ 8] October – November. Diwali. Floating. Hindu festival of lights.
11 August: 1960 Effective date of the agreement with France signed on 12 July. [16] Chile: Independence Day (part of Fiestas Patrias) 18 September: 1810 Spanish Empire: Establishment of the Government Junta of Chile. [35] The following day, 19 September, is celebrated as the Army Day. [36] The two holidays collectively are known as Fiestas ...
In the Gregorian calendar, Ganesh Chaturthi falls between 22 August and 20 September every year. [7] [12] [13] Although the origin of Ganesh Chaturthi remains unknown, it became increasingly popular after a public celebration was initiated by the prominent Anti-Colonial Freedom Fighter, Lokamanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak, in Maharashtra in the year ...
August 16. August 16 is the 228th day of the year (229th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 137 days remain until the end of the year.
Bina Agarwal in A Field of One's Own: Gender and Land Rights in South Asia (1994), quoting Adrian C. Mayer, Caste and kinship in Central India (1960) Raksha Bandhan is a popular and traditionally Hindu annual rite or ceremony that is central to a festival of the same name celebrated in South Asia. It is also celebrated in other parts of the world significantly influenced by Hindu culture. On ...
First time. 26 January 1950 (74 years ago) ( 1950-01-26) Republic Day is a national holiday in India commemorating the adoption of the Constitution of India, and the country's transition to a republic which came into effect on 26 January 1950. The constitution replaced the Government of India Act 1935 as the governing document of India, thus ...
Calendars used by Hindus worldwide. A page from the Hindu calendar 1871-72. The Hindu calendar, also called Panchanga(Sanskrit: पञ्चाङ्ग), is one of various lunisolar calendarsthat are traditionally used in the Indian subcontinentand Southeast Asia, with further regional variations for social and Hindureligious purposes.
Champa Sashti festival is a six-day festival observed from the first to the sixth of the Hindu month of Margashirsha (November – early December). It is one of the most important festivals dedicated to Lord Khandoba .This festival celebrates the victory of Khandoba against the demons Mani-Malla. Prathamastami.