Holiday List of WBCHSE, 2021
Higher Secondary Education, Holiday
WEST BENGAL COUNCIL OF HIGHER SECONDARY EDUCATION
VIDYASAGAR BHAVAN
9/2, Block – DJ Sector II, Salt lake, Kolkata – 700091
No. Est/292/2020 Date: 11.12.2020
OFFICE ORDER
The President, Council is pleased to declare that the Council will observe the following holidays during the year, 2021.
| English New Year’s Day (2021 A.D.) | 1st January, Friday |
| Birth Day of Swami Vivekananda | 12th January, Tuesday |
| *Birthday of Netaji | 23rd January, Saturday |
| Republic Day | 26th January, Tuesday |
| *Birth Day of Thakur Panchanan Barma | 14th February, Sunday |
| Saraswati Puja (Sree Panchami) | 16th February, Tuesday |
| Additional Day (In connection with “Saraswati Puja”) | 17th February, Wednesday |
| Shivaratri | 11th March, Thursday |
| *Dol Jatra | 28th March, Sunday |
| Holi (Day after Dol Jatra) | 29th March, Monday |
| Sab-e-Barat (For Muslims only) | 30th March, Tuesday |
| Good Friday | 2nd April,, Friday |
| *Councils’ Foundation Day & ( Easter Saturday) | 3rd April, Saturday |
| Birthday of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar | 14th April, Wednesday |
| Bengali New Year’s Day | 15th April, Thursday |
| *Mahavir Jayanti | 25th April, Sunday |
| *May Day | 1st May, Saturday |
| *Birthday of Rabindra Nath Tagore | 09th May, Sunday |
| Id-UI-Fitar | 14th May, Friday |
| *Addifional day in connection with Id – UI – Fitrar | 15th May, Saturday |
| Buddha Purnima | 26th May, Wednesday |
| Hul Diwas (For Adibasi Santal only) | 30th June, Wednesday |
| Rathayatra | 12th July, Monday |
| Birthday of Poet Bhanu Bhakat (For Darjeeling & Kalimpong District only) | 13th July, Tuesday |
| Id-Ud-Zoha (Bakrid) | 21st July, Wednesday |
| *Independence Day | 15th August, Sunday |
| Muharram | 19th August, Thursday |
| Janmastami | 30th August, Monday |
| *Gandhi Birthday | 2nd October, Saturday |
| Mahalaya | 6th October, Wednesday |
| Durgapuja from Mahasasthi To Additional Day in connection with Lakshmi Puja (Including Fateha-Dwaz-Daham) | 11th October, Monday to 22nd October, Friday |
| Kali Puja | 04th November, Thursday |
| Additional Day in connection with Kali Puja | 05th November, Friday |
| *Bhatridwitia | 06th November, Saturday |
| Day before Chhat Puja | 09th November, Tuesday |
| Chhat Puja | 10th November, Wednesday |
| Birth Day of Birsa Munda | 15th November, Monday |
| Birthday of Gurunanak | 19th November, Friday |
| *Christmas Day | 25th December, Saturday |
1. No substitute holiday should be allowed if any of the festival holidays initially notified subsequently happen to fall on a weekly off or any other non-working day or in the event of more than one festival falling on the same day.
2. If there is any change in the date of Id-UI-Fitar, Id-Ud-Joha, Muharrum, Fateh-Duaz-Daham, Sab-E-Barat depending upon the sighting of the Moon, holiday will be declared by a separate order for the date on which the festival would be actually observed in lieu of the date originally notified as holiday for these festivals.
In such a situation, announcement of the State Govt. through T.V./A.I.R./ News paper will be followed.
3. Karam Puja: To be notified later on.
4. The Office of the Council will remain closed on all SATURDAY and SUNDAY of each month.
5. *Marked festivals/ Occasion fall on ‘SATURDAY’ or ‘SUNDAY’
Sd/- PRESIDENT