The time when Travancore said no to longer Onam holidays in Keralam
In 1930s, Travancore Sri Mulam Assembly faced demands to extend Onam public holidays to 10 days, contrasting with the 11-day Christmas-New Year break. But then Chief Secretary N. Kunjan Pillai rejected the proposal, citing sufficient annual holidays
In the 1930s, questions were raised in the Travancore Sri Mulam Assembly regarding extending the length of Onam public holidays from the already existing Christmas-New Year break of 9 to 11 days. The Chief Secretary to the government, Dr. N. Kunjan Pillai, defended the government's stance that there were already a "sufficiently large number of holidays in the year" and therefore did not think it necessary to increase them further.
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