India Declares April 14 and 16 Regional Public Holidays

Sources: Press Trust of India (PTI) and Indian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Chief Minister of the government of India's Delhi state, Sheila Dikshit, has announced that Thursday, April 14, and Saturday, April 16, 2011, would be gazetted non-working public holidays to mark the birth anniversary of B R Ambedkar and Mahavir Jayanti respectively. [full story]