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Banks To Remain Closed For 21 Days In October, Here Is The Full Holiday List

Private and public banks will remain close for 21 days in the month of October as a number of national holidays and religious festivals fall in this month.

Sentinel Digital Desk

New Delhi: All private and public banks will be closed for 21 days in the month of October as several national holidays and religious festivals of India fall in this month. 

The celebration of religious festivals like Dussehra, Durga Puja and Eid-e-Miladunnabi take up most of the days of the month. In addition to Sundays, Gandhi Jayanti will also be observed on the 2nd of October. However, the holidays may vary across many states of the country.

Here is the full list of holidays for the month of October:

DateOccasion/Event/FestivalStates
1stHalf-yearly closing of bank accountsSikkim
2ndGandhi JayantiPan India
3rdSunday-
6thMahalya AmavasyeWest Bengal, Tripura, Karnataka
7thMera Chaoren Haouba of Lainingthau SanamahiTripura, West Bengal, Meghalaya
9thSecond Saturday-
10thSunday-
12thDurga Puja or Maha SaptamiWest Bengal, Tripura
13thDurga Puja or Maha AshtamiWest Bengal, Sikkim, Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha, Manipur, Tripura, Assam
14thDurga Puja, Dussehra or Maha Navami, Ayutha PoojaWest Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, Tripura, Tamil Nadu, Sikkim, Puducherry, Odisha, Nagaland, Meghalaya, Kerela, Karnataka, Jharkhand, Bihar and Assam
15thDurga Puja, Dasara, Dusshera or Vijaya DashmiPan India except for Manipur and Himachal Pradesh
16thDurga Puja or DasainSikkim
17thSunday-
18thKati BihuAssam
19thEid-e-Milad, Eid-e-Miladunnabi, Milad-i-Sharif or Prophet Mohammad's BirthdayPan India except for Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, Anshra Pradesh, Telangana, Jammu, Kashmir, Uttar Pradesh, Kerela, Delhi, Chattisgarh and Jharkhand
20thMaharishi Valmiki's Birthday, Lakshmi Puja, Id-e-MiladTripura, Punjab, West Bengal, Karnataka, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh
22ndFriday following Eid-e-Milad-un-NabiiJammu and Kashmir
23rdFourth Saturday-
24thSunday-
26thAccession DayJammu and Kashmir
31stSunday-

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