Come 2020, there will be no public holiday on the occasion of birth anniversary of Sheikh Mohd Abdullah in the Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir.
According to the list of holidays, issued by the General Administration department of Jammu & Kashmir late Friday evening, “two public holidays -Martyrs' day observed on July 13 and birth anniversary of Sheikh Mohd
Abdullah- observed on December 5 have been deleted from the list of holidays observed so far in the erstwhile State of Jammu & Kashmir”.
Meanwhile, conceding long pending demand of people of Jammu region, the General Administration department has inserted October 26 in the list of public holidays for the year 2020.
Every year October 26 is celebrated as Accession Day, the day Maharaja Hari Singh had signed instrument of accession before acceding with the dominion of India.
In total, a list of 27 holidays has been released by the General Administration department to be observed throughout the Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir.