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Observing Blackout Days During the Year 2020 by Tsps Observing Blackout Days during the year 2020 by TSPs Quadrant Tata Name of Circle Airtel BSNL Jio MTNL Vodafone Idea (Connect) Tele 23-03-2020 - Ugadi/Gudi Padwa 30-07-2020 – Friendship Day Andhra Pradesh N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 25-10-2020 – Dusshera 14-11-2020 – Diwali 31-12-2020 – New Year Eve. 14-04-2020 - Bihu/Basakhi/Tamil New Yr 30-07-2020 - Friendship Day Assam N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 25-10-2020 - Dusshera 14-11-2020 - Diwali 31-12-2020 - New Year Eve. 30-07-2020 - Friendship Day 25-10-2020 - Dusshera Bihar N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 14-11-2020 - Diwali 16-11-2020 - Bhai Dhooj 31-12-2020- New Year Eve 30-07-2020 - Friendship Day 25-10-2020 - Dusshera Delhi N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 14-11-2020 - Diwali 16-11-2020 - Bhai Dhooj 31-12-2020 - New Year Eve. 30-07-2020 - Friendship Day 14-11-2020 - Diwali Gujarat N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 15-11-2020 - Guj New Yr/Govardhan Puja 25-12-2020 - Xmas 31-12-2020 - New Year Eve 14-04-2020 – Bihu/Basakhi/Tamil New Yr 25-10-2020 – Dusshera Haryana N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 14-11-2020 – Diwali 16-11-2020 – Bhai Dhooj 31-12-2020 – New Year Eve. 25-10-2020 - Dusshera 14-11-2020 - Diwali Himachal Pradesh N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 16-11-2020 - Bhai Dhooj 25-12-2020 – Xmas 31-12-2020 - New Year Eve. 24-05-2020 - Ramzan/Eid-Ul-Fitar 31-07-2020 – Bakrid Jammu & Kashmir N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 14-11-2020 - Diwali 25-12-2020 - Xmas 31-12-2020 - New Year Eve. 25-03-2020 - Ugadi/Gudi Padwa 25-10-2020 - Dusshera Karnataka N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 14-11-2020 - Diwali 16-11-2020 – Bhai Dhooj 31-12-2020 - New Year Eve 15-04-2020 - Vishu/Bengali New Year 30-08-2020 - Uttaradam Kerala N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 31-08-2020 - Thiru Onam 25-12-2020 - Xmas 31-12-2020 - New Year Eve 15-04-2020 - Vishu/Bengali New Year 25-10-2020 - Dusshera Kolkata N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 14-11-2020 - Diwali 25-12-2020 - Xmas 31-12-2020 - New Year Eve. 30-07-2020 - Friendship Day 25-10-2020 - Dusshera Madhya Pradesh N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 14-11-2020 - Diwali 16-11-2020 - Bhai Dhooj 31-12-2020 - New Year Eve. 25-03-2020 - Ugadi/Gudi Padwa 22-08-2020 - Ganesh Chaturthi Maharashtra N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 25-10-2020 - Dusshera 14-11-2020 - Diwali 31-12-2020 - New Year Eve 15-01-2020 - Pongal 30-07-2020 - Friendship Day 25-03-2020 - Gudi Padwa 22-08-2020 - Ganesh Chaturthi Mumbai N/A N/A N/A 25-05-2020 - Id-ul-Fiter N/A N/A 14-11-2020 - Diwali 14-11-2020 – Diwali 16-11-2020 - Bhai Dhooj 31-12-2020 - New Yer Eve. 31-12-2020 - New Year Eve 30-07-2020 - Friendship Day 25-10-2020 - Dusshera North East N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 14-11-2020 - Diwali 25-12-2020 - Xmas 31-12-2020 - New Year Eve. 15-06-2020 - Rajo Sankanthi 23-06-2020 - Rath Yatra Odisha N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 25-10-2020 - Dusshera 14-11-2020 - Diwali 31-12-2020 - New Year Eve. 25-10-2020 - Dusshera 14-11-2020 - Diwali Punjab N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 16-11-2020 - Bhai Dhooj 25-12-2020 - Xmas 31-12-2020 - New Year Eve 30-07-2020 - Friendship Day 25-10-2020 - Dusshera Rajasthan N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 14-11-2020 - Diwali 16-11-2020 - Bhai Dhooj 31-12-2020 - New Year Eve 14-04-2020 - Bihu/Basakhi/Tamil New Yr. 22-08-2020 - Ganesh Chaturthi Tamil Nadu N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 14-11-2020 - Diwali 16-11-2020 - Bhai Dhooj 31-12-2020 - New Year Eve 24-05-2020 - Ramzan/Eid-Ul-Fitar 25-10-2020 – Dusshera UP East N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 14-11-2020 - Diwali 16-11-2020 - Bhai Dhooj 31-12-2020 - New Year Eve. 24-05-2020 - Ramzan/Eid-Ul-Fitar 14-11-2020 - Diwali UP West N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 16-11-2020 - Bhai Dhooj 25-12-2020 - Xmas 31-12-2020 - New Year Eve. 15-04-2020 - Vishu/Bengali New Year 25-10-2020 – Dusshera West Bengal N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 14-11-2020 - Diwali 25-12-2020 - Xmas 31-12-2020 - New Year Eve .
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