Bank Holidays in India 2021: List of National Bank Holidays by States wise in India.Listed below are the scheduled bank holidays for the year 2021. Bank employees need to check the holidays based on the state they reside in. Check Bank Holidays 2021 in India notified by RBI / IBA under Negotiable Instruments Act for the year 2021. Bank holidays in India by state wise, List of Bank Holidays India 2021 – State Wise List of Holiday.
Official RBI Holidays list 2021. Region-wise holidays for Reserve Bank of India (RBI) offices across all over India. Also find out holidays for HDFC Bank, Axis Bank, Bank of India, Canara Bank, State Bank of India, ICICI Bank, Bank of Baroda, United Bank of India, Bank of Maharashtra, Federal Bank, Indian Overseas Bank, Oriental Bank of Commerce, Punjab and Sind Bank, Dena Bank and many more banks in each Indian state. check the full list below.
India is a multi cultural and multi religious Country and celebrates holidays and festivals of various religions. This is the most comprehensive listing of bank holidays by state wise. This exclusive section provides bank holidays for all the twenty nine states and seven union territories (UTs). Please note that in addition to Sunday, Indian Banks & FIs are not operational on the second and fourth Saturdays.
Bank Holidays in October 2021
In the month of October, there are many occasions like Gandhi Jayanti, Valmiki Jayanti, Navratri, Dussehra, Eid-e-Milad, on which there will be a holiday in the banks. Some holidays/festivals falling this month are related to a particular state or region. There will be 5 Sunday holidays in this month. Apart from this, banks will also remain closed on the second and fourth Saturdays.
In this month, Gandhi Jayanti is on 2nd October, on which banks will be closed across the country. Banks will remain closed in some cities on October 6 on the occasion of Mahalaya Amavasya. Banks will remain closed in many cities on October 12 on the occasion of Durga Puja (Mahasaptami). Similarly, on October 15, banks will remain closed in most cities on the occasion of Durga Puja/Dussehra/Vijayadashmi. Banks will remain closed in many areas on October 19 on the occasion of Barawafat. Maharishi Valmiki’s birthday is on 20 October.
- October 1 – Work will be affected in Gangtok due to half-annual bank closing account
- October 2 – Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti (banks closed in all states)
- October 3 – Sunday
- 6 October – Mahalaya Amavasya – Banks closed in Agartala, Bengaluru and Kolkata
- October 7 – Mira Chaoren Houba of Liningthow Sanamhi- Imphal Bank closed on
- 9 October – 2nd Saturday of the month
- 10 October – Sunday
- 12 October – Durga Puja (Mahasaptami) – Agartala, Kolkata Bank closed
- 13 October – Durga Puja (Mahaashtami) – Agartala, Bhubaneshwar, Bank closed in Gangtok, Guwahati, Imphal, Kolkata, Patna and Ranchi
- October 14 – Durga Puja / Dussehra (Maha Navami) / Ayuth Puja – Agartala, Bengaluru, Chennai, Gangtok, Guwahati, Kanpur, Kochi, Kolkata, Lucknow, Patna, Ranchi Banks closed in Shillong and Thiruvananthapuram
- October 15- Durga Puja/Dussehra/Vijayadashmi- Banks closed in Imphal and other places except Shimla
- October 16-Durga Puja (Dashain)- Banks closed in Gangtok
- 17 October – Sunday
- 18 October – Kati Bihu – Bank closed in Guwahati
- 19 October – Eid-e-Milad/ Eid-e-Milad-ul-Nabi/ Milad-e-Sharif/ Barawafat – Ahmedabad, Belapur, Bhopal, Chennai, Dehradun Banks will remain closed in Hyderabad, Imphal, Jammu, Kanpur, Kochi, Lucknow, Mumbai, Nagpur, New Delhi, Raipur, Ranchi, Srinagar and Thiruvananthapuram.
- October 20 – Birthday of Maharishi Valmiki / Lakshmi Puja / Eid-e-Milad – Banks closed in Agartala, Bangalore, Chandigarh, Kolkata and Shimla
- October 22 – Friday after Eid-e-Milad-ul-Nabi – Jammu and Srinagar Banks closed in
- 23 October – Fourth Saturday of the month
- 24 October – Sunday
- 26 October – Merger Day – Bank closed in Jammu and Srinagar
- 31 October – Sunday
State Wise List for Bank Holidays in India
| Andaman and Nicobar | Andhra Pradesh | Arunachal Pradesh |
| Assam | Bihar | Chandigarh |
| Chhattisgarh | Dadra and Nagar Haveli | Daman and Diu |
| Delhi | Goa | Gujarat |
| Haryana | Himachal Pradesh | Jammu and Kashmir |
| Jharkhand | Karnataka | Kerala |
| Lakshadweep | Madhya Pradesh | Maharashtra |
| Manipur | Meghalaya | Mizoram |
| Nagaland | Odisha | Puducherry |
| Punjab | Rajasthan | Sikkim |
| Tamil Nadu | Telangana | Tripura |
| Uttar Pradesh | Uttarakhand | West Bengal |
List of National Bank Holidays 2021 in India
Here below you may find list of holidays are declared in most of the States. These are national holidays and on these days all banks are closed all over India…please find list of National Bank Holidays 2021 from below…
Note: The 2nd Saturday and 4th Saturday of every month as public holidays for banks in India.
| Date & Month | Day | Holiday |
|---|---|---|
| January 1 | Friday | New Year’s Day |
| January 14 | Thursday | Pongal |
| January 26 | Tuesday | Republic Day |
| February 16 | Tuesday | Vasant Panchami |
| March 11 | Thursday | Maha Shivaratri |
| March 29 | Monday | Holi |
| April 2 | Friday | Good Friday |
| April 13 | Tuesday | Ugadi |
| April 14 | Wednesday | Dr Ambedkar Jayanti |
| April 15 | Thursday | Bengali New Year |
| April 21 | Wednesday | Ram Navami |
| April 25 | Sunday | Mahavir Jayanti |
| May 1 | Saturday | May Day |
| May 13 | Thursday | Idul Fitr |
| May 14 | Friday | Maharshi Parasuram Jayanti |
| May 26 | Wednesday | Buddha Purnima |
| July 20 | Tuesday | Bakrid / Eid al Adha |
| August 15 | Sunday | Independence Day |
| August 19 | Thursday | Muharram |
| August 22 | Sunday | Raksha Bandhan |
| August 30 | Monday | Janmashtami |
| September 10 | Friday | Ganesh Chaturthi |
| October 2 | Saturday | Gandhi Jayanti |
| October 6 | Wednesday | Mahalaya Amavasye |
| October 13 | Wednesday | Maha Ashtami |
| October 14 | Thursday | Maha Navami |
| October 15 | Friday | Vijaya Dashami |
| October 19 | Tuesday | Eid e Milad |
| October 20 | Wednesday | Maharishi Valmiki Jayanti |
| November 4 | Thursday | Diwali |
| November 5 | Friday | Deepavali Holiday |
| November 6 | Saturday | Deepavali |
| November 19 | Friday | Guru Nanak Jayanti |
| December 25 | Saturday | Christmas Day |
Bank Holidays 2021
Here we also provide Month Wise bank holidays for all the States and Union Territory. You may find Progressive Calendar and yearly list of Bank Vacations (Holidays declared under Negotiable Instruments Act) in States / Union Territories of India from below…
The list of bank holidays in India 2021 include the national holidays and few of the compulsory bank vacations in India like Christmas, Diwali,MAHATMA GANDHI JAYANTI etc. Take a look at some of these, which are largely the national holidays list:
- Republic Day Holiday
- Independence Day Holiday
- Gandhi Jayanthi Holiday.