Bank Holidays India

 

Name of the Festival	Date	Weekday	Type of Holiday
New Year’s Day	January 01	Tuesday	Optional Holiday
Mannam Jayanthi	January 02	Wednesday	Optional Holiday
New Year’s Celebration	January 02	Wednesday	Optional Holiday
Missionary Day	January 11	Friday	Optional Holiday
Birthday of Swami Vivekananda	January 12	Saturday	Gazetted Holiday
Guru Gobind Singh Jayanti	January 13	Sunday	Optional Holiday
Bhogi	January 14	Monday	Optional Holiday
Makar Sankranti	January 14	Monday	Optional Holiday
Pongal	January 15	Tuesday	Optional Holiday
Sankranti	January 15	Tuesday	Optional Holiday
Thiruvalluvar Day	January 16	Wednesday	Optional Holiday
Tusu Puja	January 16	Wednesday	Optional Holiday
Kanumu	January 16	Wednesday	Optional Holiday
Uzhavar Tirunal	January 17	Thursday	Optional Holiday
Imoinu Iratpa	January 18	Friday	Optional Holiday
Gann-Ngai	January 19	Saturday	Optional Holiday
Public Holiday	January 22	Tuesday	Optional Holiday
Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Jayanti	January 23	Wednesday	Bank Holiday
Statehood Day	January 25	Friday	Gazetted Holiday
Republic Day	January 26	Saturday	Optional Holiday
Me-dam-me-phi	January 31	Thursday	Gazetted Holiday
Losar	February 05	Tuesday	Optional Holiday
Sir Chhotu Ram Jayanti	February 10	Sunday	Optional Holiday
Vasant Panchami	February 10	Sunday	Optional Holiday
Lui-Ngai-Ni	February 15	Friday	Gazetted Holiday
Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Jayanti	February 19	Tuesday	Optional Holiday
Guru Ravidas Birthday	February 19	Tuesday	Gazetted Holiday
Mizoram State Day	February 20	Wednesday	Optional Holiday
Statehood Day	February 20	Wednesday	Optional Holiday
Chapchar Kut	March 01	Friday	Optional Holiday
Maha Shivratri	March 04	Monday	Optional Holiday
Holika Dahan	March 20	Wednesday	Gazetted Holiday
Hazrat Alis Birthday	March 21	Thursday	Optional Holiday
Doljatra	March 21	Thursday	Optional Holiday
Holi	March 21	Thursday	Gazetted Holiday
Yaosang 2nd day	March 21	Thursday	Gazetted Holiday
Bihar Divas	March 22	Friday	Gazetted Holiday
Holi	March 22	Friday	Gazetted Holiday
Shaheedi Diwas of Bhagat Singh, Rajguru & Sukhdev	March 23	Saturday	Gazetted Holiday
Bank Holiday	April 01	Monday	Gazetted Holiday
Odisha Day	April 1	Monday	Optional Holiday
Babu Jagjivan Ram Birthday	April 05	Friday	Optional Holiday
Babu Jagjivan Ram Birthday	April 5	Friday	Optional Holiday
Ugadi	April 6	Saturday	Optional Holiday
Sajibu Nongmapanba	April 6	Saturday	Optional Holiday
1st Navratra	April 6	Saturday	Gazetted Holiday
Gudi Padwa	April 6	Saturday	Optional Holiday
Cheti Chand	April 6	Saturday	Optional Holiday
Sarhul	April 7	Sunday	Optional Holiday
Biju Festival	April 13	Saturday	Optional Holiday
Bohag Bihu Holiday	April 13	Saturday	Optional Holiday
Ram Navami	April 13	Saturday	Optional Holiday
Ashoka’s Birth Anniversary	April 14	Sunday	Optional Holiday
Bohag Bihu	April 14	Sunday	Optional Holiday
Dr Ambedkar Jayanti	April 14	Sunday	Gazetted Holiday
Maha Vishuba Sankranti	April 14	Sunday	Optional Holiday
Tamil New Year	April 14	Sunday	Optional Holiday
Vaisakhi	April 14	Sunday	Optional Holiday
Ram Navami	April 14	Sunday	Optional Holiday
Bengali New Year	April 15	Monday	Optional Holiday
Himachal Day	April 15	Monday	Optional Holiday
Vishu	April 15	Monday	Optional Holiday
Mahavir Jayanti	April 17	Wednesday	Gazetted Holiday
Maundy Thursday	April 18	Thursday	Optional Holiday
Good Friday	April 19	Friday	Gazetted Holiday
Shab e-Barat	April 21	Sunday	Optional Holiday
Easter Day	April 21	Sunday	Optional Holiday
Garia Puja	April 22	Monday	Optional Holiday
Veer Kunvar Singh Jayanti	April 23	Tuesday	Optional Holiday
Maharashtra Day	May 01	Wednesday	Optional Holiday
May Day	May 01	Wednesday	Gazetted Holiday
Basava Jayanthi	May 07	Tuesday	Optional Holiday
Parashurama Jayanti	May 07	Tuesday	Optional Holiday
Birthday of Rabindra Nath Tagore	May 09	Thursday	Optional Holiday
State Day	May 16	Thursday	Optional Holiday
Buddha Purnima	May 18	Saturday	Optional Holiday
Jumat-ul-Wida	May 31	Friday	Optional Holiday
Shab-I-Qadr	June 02	Sunday	Optional Holiday
Idul Fitr	June 05	Wednesday	Gazetted Holiday
Following Day of Ramazan	June 06	Thursday	Gazetted Holiday
Maharana Pratap Jayanti	June 06	Thursday	Optional Holiday
Guru Arjun Dev Martyrdom day	June 07	Friday	Optional Holiday
Pahili Raja	June 14	Friday	Optional Holiday
Raja Sankranti	June 15	Saturday	Optional Holiday
YMA Day	June 15	Saturday	Optional Holiday
Sant Guru Kabir Jayanti	June 17	Monday	Optional Holiday
Remna Ni	June 30	Sunday	Optional Holiday
Ratha Yatra	July 04	Thursday	Optional Holiday
Guru Hargobind Ji’s Birthday	July 05	Friday	Optional Holiday
MHIP Day	July 06	Saturday	Optional Holiday
Kharchi Puja	July 10	Wednesday	Optional Holiday
Martyr’s Day	July 13	Saturday	Optional Holiday
Behdienkhlam	July 14	Sunday	Optional Holiday
U Tirot Sing Day	July 17	Wednesday	Optional Holiday
Ker Puja	July 23	Tuesday	Optional Holiday
Bonalu	July 29	Monday	Optional Holiday
Martyrdom Day of Shaheed Udham Singh	July 31	Wednesday	Optional Holiday
Karkkadaka Vavu	July 31	Wednesday	Optional Holiday
Id-ul-Ad’ha	August 11	Sunday	Optional Holiday
Idul Juha	August 12	Monday	Optional Holiday
Patriot’s Day	August 13	Tuesday	Optional Holiday
Independence Day	August 15	Thursday	Gazetted Holiday
Raksha Bandhan	August 15	Thursday	Optional Holiday
De jure Transfer day	August 16	Friday	Optional Holiday
Parsi New Year	August 17	Saturday	Optional Holiday
Janmashtami	August 23	Friday	Gazetted Holiday
Sreekrishna Jayanthi	August 24	Saturday	Optional Holiday
Ayankali Jayanthi	August 28	Wednesday	Optional Holiday
Parkash Utsav Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji	August 31	Saturday	Optional Holiday
Muharram	September 01	Sunday	Gazetted Holiday
Ganesh Chaturthi	September 02	Monday	Gazetted Holiday
Nuakhai	September 03	Tuesday	Optional Holiday
Ganesh Chaturthi Holiday	September 03	Tuesday	Optional Holiday
Ramdev Jayanti and Teja Dashmi	September 08	Sunday	Gazetted Holiday
Muharram	September 09	Monday	Optional Holiday
First Onam	September 10	Tuesday	Optional Holiday
Muharram (10th Day)	September 10	Tuesday	Optional Holiday
Muharram (Ashoora)	September 11	Wednesday	Optional Holiday
Thiruvonam	September 11	Wednesday	Optional Holiday
Third Onam	September 12	Thursday	Optional Holiday
Fourth Onam	September 13	Friday	Optional Holiday
Sree Narayana Guru Samadhi	September 21	Saturday	Optional Holiday
Haryana’s Heroes’ Martyrdom Day	September 23	Monday	Optional Holiday
Mahalaya	September 28	Saturday	Optional Holiday
Bathukamma Starting day	September 28	Saturday	Optional Holiday
Maharaja Agrasen Jayanati	September 29	Sunday	Optional Holiday
Mahatma Gandhi Birthday	October 02	Wednesday	Gazetted Holiday
Maha Saptami	October 05	Saturday	Optional Holiday
Durgastami	October 06	Sunday	Gazetted Holiday
Mahanavami	October 07	Monday	Gazetted Holiday
Navami of Durga Puja	October 07	Monday	Gazetted Holiday
Ayudha Puja	October 07	Monday	Optional Holiday
Durga Puja	October 08	Tuesday	Gazetted Holiday
Dussehra	October 08	Tuesday	Gazetted Holiday
Maharishi Valmiki Birthday	October 13	Sunday	Optional Holiday
Lakshmi Puja	October 13	Sunday	Optional Holiday
Deepavali	October 27	Sunday	Gazetted Holiday
Deewali	October 27	Sunday	Gazetted Holiday
Kali Puja	October 27	Sunday	Optional Holiday
Narak Chaturdashi	October 27	Sunday	Optional Holiday
Vikram Samvat New Year	October 28	Monday	Optional Holiday
Vishvakarma Day	October 28	Monday	Optional Holiday
Deewali (Laxmi Puja)	October 28	Monday	Gazetted Holiday
Diwali	October 28	Monday	Gazetted Holiday
Govardhan Puja	October 28	Monday	Optional Holiday
Bhai Bij	October 29	Tuesday	Optional Holiday
Deewali	October 29	Tuesday	Gazetted Holiday
Balipadyami	October 29	Tuesday	Optional Holiday
Ningol Chakkouba	October 30	Wednesday	Optional Holiday
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel’s Birthday	October 31	Thursday	Optional Holiday
Haryana Day	November 01	Friday	Optional Holiday
Kannada Rajyothsava	November 01	Friday	Optional Holiday
Kut	November 01	Friday	Optional Holiday
Puducherry Liberation Day	November 01	Friday	Optional Holiday
Chhath Puja	November 02	Saturday	Optional Holiday
Chhath Puja	November 03	Sunday	Optional Holiday
Wangala Festival	November 08	Friday	Optional Holiday
Milad-i-Sherif	November 09	Saturday	Optional Holiday
Id-e-Milad	November 10	Sunday	Optional Holiday
Guru Nanak Birthday	November 11	Monday	Gazetted Holiday
Rasa Purnima	November 12	Tuesday	Optional Holiday
Guru Nanak Birthday	November 12	Tuesday	Gazetted Holiday
Kanakadasa Jayanthi	November 15	Friday	Optional Holiday
Friday after Eid e-Milad-un Nabi	November 15	Friday	Gazetted Holiday
Seng Kut Snem	November 23	Saturday	Optional Holiday
Martyrdom Day of Sri Guru Teg Bahadur Ji	December 01	Sunday	Optional Holiday
State Inauguration Day	December 01	Sunday	Optional Holiday
Indigenous faith day	December 01	Sunday	Optional Holiday
Asom Divas	December 02	Monday	Gazetted Holiday
Feast of St Francis Xavier	December 03	Tuesday	Optional Holiday
Birthday of Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah	December 05	Thursday	Optional Holiday
Pa Togan Nengminja Sangma	December 12	Thursday	Optional Holiday
Death Anniversary of U SoSo Tham	December 18	Wednesday	Optional Holiday
Guru Ghasidas Jayanti	December 18	Wednesday	Optional Holiday
Goa Liberation Day	December 19	Thursday	Optional Holiday
Christmas Festival	December 24	Tuesday	Gazetted Holiday
Christmas Day	December 25	Wednesday	Gazetted Holiday
Boxing Day	December 26	Thursday	Optional Holiday
Christmas Festival	December 27	Friday	Gazetted Holiday
U Kiang Nangbah	December 30	Monday	Optional Holiday
New Year’s Eve	December 31	Tuesday	Optional Holiday

 

Name of the Festival	Date	Weekday	Type of Holiday
New Year Day	Jan 1	Monday	Optional Holiday
Guru Govind Singh Jayanti	Jan 5	Friday	Optional Holiday
Pongal/Makar Sankranti	Jan 14	Sunday	Optional Holiday
Vasant Panchami	Jan 22	Monday	Optional Holiday
Republic Day	Jan 26	Friday	Gazetted Holiday
Chinese New Year	Jan 28	Sunday	Optional Holiday
Guru Ravidas Jayanti	Jan 31	Wednesday	Optional Holiday
Maha Shivaratri	Feb 14	Wednesday	Optional Holiday
Shivaji Jayanti	Feb 19	Monday	Optional Holiday
Maharishi Dayanand Saraswati Jayanti	Feb 21	Wednesday	Optional Holiday
Holika Dahana	Feb 28	Wednesday	Optional Holiday
Holi	Mar 1	Thursday	Optional Holiday
Ugadi	Mar 18	Sunday	Optional Holiday
Rama Navami	Mar 25	Monday	Optional Holiday
Mahavir Jayanti	Mar 29	Thursday	Optional Holiday
Hazarat Ali’s Birthday	Mar 21	Wednesday	Optional Holiday
Good Friday	Mar 30	Friday	Optional Holiday
Annual Closing of Bank Accounts	Apr 1	Sunday	Bank Holiday
Ambedkar Jayanti	Apr 14	Saturday	Gazetted Holiday
Buddha Purnima	Apl 30	Monday	Optional Holiday
May Day	May 1	Tuesday	Gazetted Holiday
Mother’s Day	May 14	Sunday	Optional Holiday
Father’s Day	Jun 18	Sunday	Optional Holiday
Jumat-Ul-Vida	Jun 8	Friday	Optional Holiday
Ramadan	Jun 26	Monday	Gazetted Holiday
Raksha Bandhan	Aug 26	Sunday	Optional Holiday
Independence Day	Aug 15	Wednesday	Gazetted Holiday
Parsi New Year	Aug 17	Friday	Optional Holiday
Onam	Aug 24	Friday	Optional Holiday
Vinayaka Chaturthi	Sep 13	Thursday	Optional Holiday
Muharram	Sep 21	Friday	Optional Holiday
Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti	Oct 2	Tuesday	Gazetted Holiday
Maha Saptami	Oct 16	Tuesday	Optional Holiday
Maha Navami	Oct 17	Wednesday	Optional Holiday
Dussehra	Oct 18	Thursday	Gazetted Holiday
Diwali	Nov 6	Tuesday	Gazetted Holiday
Guru Nanak Jayanti	Nov 4	Sunday	Gazetted Holiday
Id-e-Milad	Dec 2	Saturday	Gazetted Holiday
Christmas	Dec 25	Monday	Gazetted Holiday

 

 

Name of the Festival	Date	Weekday	Type of Holiday
New Year Day	Jan 1	Sunday	Optional Holiday
Guru Govind Singh Jayanti	Jan 5	Thursday	Optional Holiday
Pongal/Makar Sankranti	Jan 14	Saturday	Optional Holiday
Republic Day	Jan 26	Thursday	Gazetted Holiday
Chinese New Year	Jan 28	Saturday	Optional Holiday
Vasant Panchami	Feb 1	Wednesday	Optional Holiday
Guru Ravidas Jayanti	Feb 10	Friday	Optional Holiday
Shivaji Jayanti	Feb 19	Sunday	Optional Holiday
Maharishi Dayanand Saraswati Jayanti	February 21	Tuesday	Optional Holiday
Maha Shivaratri	Feb 24	Friday	Optional Holiday
Holika Dahana	Mar 12	Sunday	Optional Holiday
Holi	Mar 13	Monday	Optional Holiday
Shaheed Diwas	Mar 23	Thursday	Optional Holiday
Ugadi	Mar 28	Tuesday	Optional Holiday
Ugadi	Mar 29	Wednesday	Optional Holiday
Annual Closing of Bank Accounts	Apr 1	Saturday	Bank Holiday
Rama Navami	Apr 4	Tuesday	Gazetted Holiday
Mahavir Jayanti	Apr 9	Sunday	Gazetted Holiday
Hazarat Ali’s Birthday	Apr 11	Tuesday	Optional Holiday
Good Friday/Ambedkar Jayanti	Apr 14	Friday	Gazetted Holiday
Easter Day	Apr 16	Sunday	Optional Holiday
May Day	May 1	Monday	Gazetted Holiday
Buddha Purnima	May 10	Wednesday	Gazetted Holiday
Mother’s Day	May 14	Sunday	Optional Holiday
Father’s Day	Jun 18	Sunday	Optional Holiday
Jumat-Ul-Vida	Jun 23	Friday	Optional Holiday
Ramadan	Jun 26	Monday	Gazetted Holiday
Raksha Bandhan	Aug 7	Monday	Optional Holiday
Independence Day	Aug 15	Tuesday	Gazetted Holiday
Parsi New Year	Aug 17	Thursday	Optional Holiday
Vinayaka Chaturthi	Aug 25	Friday	Gazetted Holiday
Bakr Id/Eid ul-Adha	Sep 2	Saturday	Gazetted Holiday
Onam	Sep 4	Monday	Optional Holiday
Maha Saptami	Sep 27	Wednesday	Optional Holiday
Maha Navami	Sep 29	Friday	Optional Holiday
Dussehra	Sep 30	Saturday	Gazetted Holiday
Muharram	Oct 1	Sunday	Gazetted Holiday
Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti	Oct 2	Monday	Gazetted Holiday
Maharishi Valmiki Jayanti	Oct 5	Thursday	Optional Holiday
Karva Chauth	Oct 8	Sunday	Optional Holiday
Naraka Chaturdasi	Oct 18	Wednesday	Optional Holiday
Diwali	Oct 19	Thursday	Gazetted Holiday
Govardhan Puja	Oct 20	Friday	Optional Holiday
Bhai Duj	Oct 21	Saturday	Optional Holiday
Pratihar Sashthi	Oct 26	Thursday	Optional Holiday
Guru Nanak Jayanti	Nov 4	Saturday	Gazetted Holiday
Guru Tegh Bahadur’s Martyrdom Day	Nov 24	Friday	Optional Holiday
Id-e-Milad	Dec 2	Saturday	Gazetted Holiday
Christmas	Dec 25	Monday	Gazetted Holiday

Mahavir Jayanti

Mahavir Jayanthi is one of the 90 Public holidays in India on these days all the banks, Government offices, educational institutions and organizations in India will be closed.

Mahavir Jayanthi won’t come on the same date every year as this festival is celebrated as per their respective calendar. Mostly this day occurs in March or early April.

Mahavir Jayanti means the birth of Mahavira, a contemporary of the Buddha, and as per the history, he is the 24th and last Tirthankara.

Mahavira, birth year is unsure because The Digambar school of Jainism say that he was born in the year 615 BC, but the Swetambaras believe that He was born in 599 BC. He was famously known as Vardhamana. Mahavir is son of Devananda and Rishabhdeva.

Nearly 3.5 million people in India follow Jainism. They follow a path of non-violence towards all living beings. On Mahavir Jayanti his followers do prayers and fasting. Specially Mahavir Jayanti popular celebrated in Patna and Kolkata.In Kolkata, This festival is celebrated in a great manner at the Parasnatha Temple.

Good Friday

Good Friday is one of the bank holidays in India. On this day all the banks in India will be closed. This day is a gazetted holiday in India which means that government offices and banks are closed on this public holiday. Not only in India, Good Friday is National Holiday in India and a lot of countries.

In India and few other countries follow the Orthodox calendar in which Good Friday may occur on a different date every year.

Good Friday is one of the most important events in Christianity the death of Christ and later resurrection of Jesus Christ on Easter. This day is a day of mourning. On this day Christians mourn on Jesus’s suffering and death on the cross.

The reason behind this day specifically called Good Friday has a lot of different explanations, One of the explanation is “Good” is a synonym of holy so good is added as an adjective applied to the day.

This day is also called “Great and Holy Friday by Eastern Orthodox Christians. In other places such as Latin nations it’s known as ‘Holy Friday’ In Germany “Friday of Mourning” and In Norway “Long Friday.” This day is differently called in different places around the world. This day is a public holiday in many other places.

Bakrid

Bakrid is one of the Public holidays in India on this day all the banks, Government Offices, educational institutions in India will be closed. Not only in India Bakrid is National Holiday in a lot of countries.

Bakrid is Islamic Holiday celebrated in several countries apart from India and Bakrid is Known with different names such as Eid al-Adha, Id-ul-Azha, Id-ul-Zuha, Hari Raya Haji, Greater Eid or Bakr-id.

Bakrid is a festival of Sacrifice and one of the two most important festivals in Muslim calendar. It falls on the 10th day of Dhu-al-Hijjah, the last month in the Islamic calendar. As the exact day is based on the sighting of the moon, the date may vary between countries sometimes between states and cities as well.

40 days before this day Muslim pilgrims go to Mecca on this day concludes the Pilgrimage to Mecca. Bakrid lasts for three days and commemorates Ibrahim’s (Abraham) willingness to obey God by sacrificing his son.

According to the Islam, The reason for celebrating this day is. One of the prophet’s Ibrahim was about to sacrifice his son to obey Allah. Then a voice from heaven stopped him and allowed him to sacrifice a goat instead of his son. The feast re-enacts Ibrahim’s obedience by sacrificing a goat. The family eats about a third of the meal and donates the rest to the poor.

In the Philippines, Bakrid has been a public holiday since 2002, in Turkey, Bakrid is the most important religious festival of the year and is a four day holiday. In India, the festival is known as Bakrid, as ‘Goat’ is ‘Bakr’ in Urdu.

Dussehra

Dussehra is one of the bank holidays which all the banks in India will be closed, and it is a gazetted holiday which means that government offices, Educational Institutions, and banks will be closed on this public holiday in India.

Different names know Dussehra in the various regions. It is known in some parts as Vijayadashami, and in some regions, it is known as Dasara.

Dussehra is a ten day festival with many important days, and each region has a holiday on a different date. In most of the areas in India 10th day of dusshera is considered as a public holiday India. In a lot of places this the important mist day.

The festival of Dussehra is celebrated because according to Hindu mythology on this day good won over evil.The festival represents the legend of Ramayana.

On this Lord Rama won the battle against Ravana for his beloved Princess Sita. This fight happens because Ravana abducts Sita. In few parts of India On this day of Dussehra, giant statues of Ravana are constructed and brought into open fields and burnt for celebrating.

In few regions ninth day of Dussehra is celebrated as Ayudha Puja. These Celebrations involve many doing pujas to implements used in everyday life, such as computers, books, cars, or kitchen tools, etc. The real aim in doing that is to see the divine in everything. It is believed that this day is also a blessed one for starting the new venture, business.

In the southern India, this festival is called Navaratri which means nine nights and worship goddesses Lakshmi and Saraswati. People worship Lakshmi for good luck and wealth, and Saraswati for wisdom and fertility.

Buddha Purnima

Buddha Purnima is one of the bank holidays in India on this day banks in india will be closed. This day is a gazetted holiday which means that government offices and banks are closed on this public holiday in India. Not only in India Buddha Purnima is National Holiday in a lot of countries.

Buddha Purnima is the most important day for Buddhists and also the most important as per Buddhist calendar.

Buddha Purnima is the day on the day which Buddha is born and that too a full moon day. Not only this day every full day in the year is considered as a sacred day for Buddhists.

Gautam Buddha was born in India nearly 3,000 years ago. According to Buddhist, Buddha is born on April 8, 1029 BC and died on February 15, 949 BC, although few Buddhist scholars believes his birth five hundred years later. And there are various opinions about the exact date of his birth and death.

He was the son of the king of the Shakyas, a small kingdom which was located at the foot of the Himalayas. Buddha’s family name was Gautam, and his given name was Siddhartha.
Around the world apart from India Buddha Purnima is a public holiday in Singapore, Thailand.

In Singapore, This day is also called Vesak Day and is celebrated by Buddhist organizations and temples chanting and doing acts of generosity. The acts include the freeing of caged birds and animals, donating alms to the poor and needy, Doing meditations.

In Thailand, This day is known as Visakha Bucha Day. This day is a Dry day. All Government offices and many businesses will be closed as it is a Government holiday. Educational Institutions may hang out yellow Buddhist flags to mark the day.

Independence Day

Independence Day is one of the bank holidays which all the banks in India will be closed. This day is a gazetted holiday in India which means that government offices and banks Educational Institutions and other Businesses will be closed on this public holiday in India.

This day is celebrated as India got Independence on this day in 1947. India got Independence on August 14, 1947, at 11 pm. But as per Mahatma Gandhiji guidelines, Independence day is celebrated on August 15th.

The reason behind celebration is back in the year 1619 at Surat on the northwestern coast the British established their first outpost in India. By 1700, the Britishers had opened three permanent trading stations at Madras, Bombay, and Calcutta.

By 1900 Britishers took control over most of India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. In 1920, Mahatma Gandhi started a campaign against the British colonial rule and formed Indian National Congress political party. The party used parliamentary, nonviolent, non-cooperation to achieve independence.

Other Freedom Fighters such as Subhash Chandra Bose, adopted a military approach to the movement. Leaders such as Bhagat Singh and other leaders took violence way and few nonvoilence way. Later after a long struggle, India got Independence on August 15th, 1947.

Ramadan

Ramadan is one of the bank holidays which all the banks in India will be closed. This day is a gazetted holiday which means that government offices, Educational Institutions and banks will be closed on this public holiday in India. Not only in India Ramadan is National Holiday in a lot of other countries as well.

Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar According to Muslims it is a “month of blessing” marked by prayers, fastings, and charities. As per their belief, This is the month when Allah revealed the first verses of the their holy book Quran.

At many mosques during this month, one-thirtieths or two-thirtieth of the Qur’an is recited night in prayers known as Tarawih. So that to finish the complete Quran by 27 of the month. 27th day of this month is called ‘satami.’ So Muslims try to complete one full Quran by 27th every year during Ramadan.

Muslims do fasting during the entire month of Ramadan. Which means this entire month they don’t eat or drink including water while the sun shines. They woke up an hour before sunrise and eat which is called sehri (a meal is eaten before the sun rises). After the sun sets, they break their fast which is as known as iftar(meal after sunset).

Fasting serves many purposes such as during fasting while they are hungry and thirsty Muslims are reminded of the suffering of the poor. Fasting is also an opportunity for Muslims to give up bad habits such as smoking and gain self-control and to cleanse the body and mind. This is the most sacred month for Muslims. Fasting helps Muslims feel the peace that comes from spiritual devotion as well as associating with fellow believers.

The best way of using a Public Holiday in India is by traveling and exploring places. In India, there are many places which you must visit and here we are giving a list of places. If you are doing any getaway plans for upcoming bank holidays in India have a look at these options.

Coorg – Scotland of India, Coorg is one of the most beautiful places in India which you must visit during a public holiday in India. Coorg is one of the biggest coffee producers in India. It is a paradise for nature lovers. For the people who love nature and for the one who wants to explore the Western Ghats of India. Coorg is one of the best places to visit during a bank holiday in India.

Pondicherry – Commonly referred as Pondy was once the French colony. This is one of the seven Union Territories in India. In Pondicherry, there are many places you must see and enjoy during a Bank Holiday in India such as the Paradise Beach, Seaside Promenade, Auroville Ashram, Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, Sri Manakula Vinayagar Temple, etc.

Goa – For most of the youngsters this is a place which they want to visit at least once in their lifetime. It was a Portuguese colony before 1961. Goa is famous for its beaches. In Goa, excluding beaches, there are many places too explore such as Dudhsagar falls, Basillica of Born Jesus, Aguada Fort and many more. Planning to visit Goa on a bank holiday in India is one of the best things you can do to enjoy your holidays.

Shimla – One of the capital cities and the largest city of Madhya Pradesh. If you want to discover India. Shimla must be on your list. During the British rule Shimla is used called as the summer capital of India. There are few places you must visit on a public holiday in India such as Ridge, mall road, Jakhoo temple and etc. If you like to do some adventure then you can also try camping, trekking, paragliding, and rafting.

Jaipur – Jaipur, Pink City of India. Visiting here on a public holiday in India will also be a great option. If you are visiting Jaipur we recommend not to miss these places to visit. The first thing you should do is Neemrana Fort Palace, this mind-blowing fort has been modified into a lavish hotel with all world class conveniences. It is also recommended to visit Jaigarh Fort that is positioned on one of the peaks of Aravalli Hills from here the view of majestic Amber Fort is amusing to see. Here you can also see the Biggest cannon on the globe. The Museum and the Maze are also things to see. Here you can see and understand how the Maharajas of Jaipur used to live.