Punjab government has also declared a holiday on 7 November keeping in mind the festival of Chhath. However, this holiday has been declared only for the employees of Punjab government, which will be a reserved holiday. Punjab government has declared this reserved holiday only for government employees. But this holiday will not be applicable to other institutions. Schools, colleges and other educational institutions will remain open as before. Offices will also remain open.
Leave for Chhath festival for the first time
According to the notification of Punjab government, government employees can take 2 reserved holidays in a year. Here it should also be specially mentioned that before today there has never been a holiday for Chhath Puja in Punjab. This time also there will be no gazetted holiday on Chhath Puja.
Announcement of government holiday on 15, 16 November
After this, there will be a holiday on 15, 16 November in Punjab. According to the list of holidays, 15 November is Guruparv of Shri Guru Nanak Dev Ji, on which there will be a holiday. After this, on November 16 (Saturday) there is the martyrdom day of Shaheed Sardar Kartar Singh Sarabha, due to which a holiday has been announced.
Nanak Jayanti is one of the most sacred festivals of the Sikh sect
Guru Nanak Guruparv is celebrated as the birth anniversary of the first Guru of the Sikhs, Shri Guru Nanak Dev Ji, this Guruparv festival is also known as Guru Nanak Jayanti and Guru Nanak Prakash Utsav. Nanak Jayanti is one of the most sacred festivals of the Sikh sect.
Kartar Singh Sarabha was born in Ludhiana
Kartar Singh Sarabha ji was born on 24 May 1896 in Sarabha village of Ludhiana district. He was a great revolutionary of the Indian freedom struggle, who fought for the independence of the country without caring for his