IIT KGP Holiday

I recently took admission in the IIT Kharagpur and looking for the Academic Calendar of IIT KGP. Can you please provide me the Academic Calendar of the IIT KGP so that I can get to know about the lists of holidays coming in the whole year at IIT Kharagpur?

Can you provide me the list of Holidays for the year 2020 for IIT KGP (Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur)?

[Arun Vats]

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Institute Holidays 2020

Name of Holidays Date(s) Day(s) of the week No. of Days
Republic Day 26.01.2020 Sunday 01
Basant Panchami 29.01.2020 Wednesday 01
Holi/Dolyatra 09.03.2020 Monday 01
Mahavir Jayanti 06.04.2020 Monday 01
Good Friday 10.04.2020 Friday 01
May Day 01.05.2020 Friday 01
Buddha Purnima 07.05.2020 Thursday 01
Id-ul-Fitr 25.05.2020 Monday 01
Id-ul-Zuha (BakriId) 01.08.2020 Saturday 01
Independence Day 15.08.2020 Saturday 01
Muharram 30.08.2020 Tuesday 01
Mahatma Gandhi's Birthday 02.10.2020 Friday 01
Dussehra (Maha Saptami) (Additional) 23.10.2020 Friday 01
Dussehra (Vijaya Dashami) 26.10.2020 Monday 01
An Additional day for Dussehra 27.10.2020 Tuesday 01
Prophet Mohammad' Birthday (Id-E-Milad) 30.10.2020 Friday 01
Diwali (Deepavali) 14.11.2020 Saturday 01
Guru Nanak's Birthday 30.11.2020 Monday 01
Christmas Day 25.12.2020 Friday 01
Total 19


Holidays for the year 2020 for IIT KGP (Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur)



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