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Yup, Chinese do a big celebration during CNY. When Malays and Indians have big celebrations for hari raya and deepavali, it's assumed those are their new years. Some older Chinese folks (especially those who didn't attend school much) simply refer to Raya and Deepavali as Malay people new year and Indian people new year.
I had that assumption maybe till schooling age.
Fyi there are multiple Indian new years based on the ethnic group. Tamils have Puthnandu, Punjab Sikhs have Vaisakhi and Malayalis have Vishu etc.