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Anna
Id Mubarak and Ramzan are typically Indian transliterations. The words, I presume, are from the Arabic, but are probably used as Urdu words in India. Since the sound in Id is a long 'ee' and has a slight diphthongal quality, 'eid' might be slightly more accurately, but 'Id' is conventional in India.
I, too, have been confused by Ramzan/Ramadan and am never sure if they refer to the same thing! In India, for us, the national holiday was Bakri Id (bakri = goat), and our Muslim neighbour, having sacrificed the goat on the day would come round on the next day with a large pot full of the most deliciously cooked mutton for us! Happy days.
I've just looked it up on our office calendar, and the day at the end of Ramadan/Ramzan is Eid-ul fitr, and my Bakri Id is, apparently Eid-ul adha. So there.
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