when is the diwali festival?
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 Another celebration involving fireworks , the five @-@ day Hindu festival of Diwali ( normally observed between mid @-@ October and November ) , in 2010 began on 5 November . This led The Independent to comment on the similarities between the two , its reporter Kevin Rawlinson wondering " which fireworks will burn brightest " . 

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 Like all Hindu Marathi people and to a varying degree with other Hindu Indians , Diwali is celebrated over five days by the Deshastha Brahmins . Deshastha Brahmins celebrate this by waking up early in the morning and having an Abhyangasnan . People light their houses with lamps and candles , and burst fire crackers over the course of the festival . Special sweets and savouries like Anarse , Karanjya , Chakli , Chiwda and Ladu are prepared for the festival . Colorful Rangoli drawings are made in front of the house . Marathi children make a replica mud fort in memory of Shivaji , the great Maratha king . 

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 Diwali ( celebrated between mid @-@ October and mid @-@ December ) and Rama Navami are popular festivals in Uttar Pradesh . Kumbh Mela , organised in the month of Maagha ( Feb @-@ March ) , is a major festival held every twelve years in rotation at Allahabad , Haridwar , Ujjain , on the river Ganges and Nasik on the Godavari river . Lath mar Holi is a local celebration of the Hindu festival of Holi . It takes place well before the actual Holi in the town of Barsana near Mathura . Taj Mahotsav , held annually at Agra , is a colourful display of the culture of the Braj area . Buddha Purnima , which marks the birth of Gautama Buddha , is a major Hindu and Buddhist festival , while Christmas is celebrated by the minority Christian population . Other festivals are Vijayadashami , Makar Sankranti , Vasant Panchami , Ayudha Puja , Ganga Mahotsava , Janmashtami , Sardhana Christian Fair , Maha Shivaratri , Mahavir Jayanti , Moharram , Bārah Wafāṭ , Eid , Bakreed , Chhath puja , Lucknow Mahotsav , Kabob and Hanuman Jayanti . 

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 Since the transfer of power took place on the midnight of 14 and 15 August , the Indian Independence Act 1947 recognised 15 August as the birthday of both Pakistan and India . The act states ; 

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 Independence Day ( Urdu : یوم آزادی ; Yaum @-@ e Āzādī ) , observed annually on 14 August , is a national holiday in Pakistan . It commemorates the day when Pakistan achieved independence and was declared a sovereign nation following the end of the British Raj in 1947 . Pakistan came into existence as a result of the Pakistan Movement which aimed for the creation of an independent Muslim state by division of the north @-@ western regions of South Asia . The movement was led by the All @-@ India Muslim League under the leadership of Muhammad Ali Jinnah . The event was brought forth by the Indian Independence Act 1947 under which the British Raj gave independence to the Dominion of Pakistan ( later the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ) which comprised West Pakistan ( present @-@ day Pakistan ) and East Pakistan ( now Bangladesh ) . In the Islamic calendar , the day of independence coincided with Ramadan 27 , the eve of which , being Laylat al @-@ Qadr , is regarded as sacred by Muslims . 
