The 529th marriage anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev, the founder of the Sikh religion, falls on that day.
Gurdaspur District Magistrate Pardeep Sabharwal has ordered closure of state government offices and government as well as private educational institutions, including polytechnics and ITIs, in Batala sub-division on September 8, an official release said here.
However, the examinations of Punjab School Education Board and the universities would be conducted as usual, it said.