New Delhi, Sept. 7 -- Milad-un-Nabi, also known by different names such as Eid-e Milad or Mawlid al-Nabi al-Sharif, was celebrated across the country on Friday, September 5.

Milad-un-Nabi was also listed as a holiday in the Gazetted holidays list, indicating that government and private schools and offices were to remain closed for the day.

However, in Mumbai and its suburbs, the public holiday was shifted to Monday, September 8, to avoid a clash with Ganesh Chaturthi processions across the state.

"While the holiday on September 5 will remain unchanged for other districts in the state, it has been shifted to September 8 in Mumbai city and suburbs," the General Administration Department (GAD) stated in a circular.

The September 5 holida...