However, the move to cancel the holiday on Milad un-Nabi (Prophet Mohammad’s birthday) is likely to raise eyebrows. More so, since it is a holiday in most other states, including almost all BJP-ruled states, as is Ram Navmi and Janamashtami.
UP Muslim clerics took a dim view of the Yogi Adityanath government’s decision to cancel holidays on Eid-e-Milad-un-Nabi as well as on the occasion of ‘Alvida’ – the last Friday of the month of Ramzan before Eid.
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 |
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