The Uttar Pradesh government on Tuesday cancelled 15 public holidays marking the birth or death anniversary of eminent personalities.
The state cabinet decided in a meeting chaired by chief minister Yogi Adityanath.
“The cabinet has cancelled 15 public holidays marking the anniversaries of great personalities. Students will now be taught on these days about these figures through various programmes,” minister Shrikant Sharma said after the cabinet meeting.
SCRAPPED HOLIDAYS IN UTTAR PRADESH
| HOLIDAY | Date |
| Karpoori Thakur’s birth anniversary | Tuesday, January 24, 2017 |
| Cheti Chand | Wednesday, March 29, 2017 |
| Maharshi Kashyap and Maharaj Guha birth anniversary | Wednesday, April 05, 2017 |
| Hazrat Khwaja Muiuddin Chishti Ajmeri Garib Nawaj Urs | Friday, April 14, 2017 |
| Chandrashekhar’s birth anniversary | Monday, April 17, 2017 |
| Parshuram Jayanti | Friday, April 28, 2017 |
| Maharana Pratap Jayanti | Tuesday, May 09, 2017 |
| Jamat-ul-Alvida (Last Friday of Ramzan) | Friday, June 23, 2017 |
| Vishva Karma Puja | Sunday, September 17, 2017 |
| Maharaja Agrasen Jayanti | Thursday, September 21, 2017 |
| Maharshi Valmiki Jayanti | Thursday, October 05, 2017 |
| Chhath Puja | Thursday, October 26, 2017 |
| Sardar Ballabh Bhai Patel and Acharya Narendra Dev Jayanti | Tuesday, October 31, 2017 |
| Eid-e-Miladul Nabi | Saturday, December 02, 2017 |
| Chaudhary Charan Singh Jayanti | Saturday, December 23, 2017 |
Adityanath in his address on the occasion of Dr BR Ambedkar’s 126th birth anniversary expressed concern over the shrinking academic session due to increased holidays.
“There should be no holidays in schools on birth anniversaries of great personalities. Instead, a special two- hour programme should be held to teach students about them. The 220-day academic session has been reduced to only 120 days due to such holidays and if this tradition continues, there will be no day left for teaching in schools,” he said.
In Uttar Pradesh, there are 42 public holidays of which at least 17 are related to the birth anniversaries of eminent personalities.
The previous Samajwadi Party government had declared holidays on the birth anniversaries of former Prime Minister Chandrashekhar (April 17), Maharishi Kashyap and Maharshi Nishadraj Jayanti (April 5), Hazrat Ajmeri Garib Nawaj Urs (April 26), Maharana Pratap Jayanti (May 9) besides on the death anniversary of Ambedkar (December 6).
Sharma said the revised list of holidays will soon be made available.
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