Bank Holidays List 2017 in India

Bank holidays in India depend on various festivals celebrated in India and many other important activities, which sometimes vary accordingly in different states. During the holidays, there are no bank transactions and the banks are closed for public. There are 17 national bank holidays in 2017 in India. These are observed by both government undertaking scheduled banks like SBI, Canara Bank, PNB, Corporation bank, Bank of Baroda, Allahabad Bank, Bank of India etc and scheduled private sector banks like ICICI bank, HDFC bank, Axis bank, IDBI bank, Kotak Mahindra bank to name a few. Some banks observe additional holidays in states and countrywide in addition to this as per state holidays. One or two holidays also vary from bank to Bank.

As per RBI guidelines, from September 1, 2015, all scheduled and non-scheduled banks: public, private, foreign, cooperative, regional rural and local area banks will observe public holiday on second and fourth saturday of the month. There will be full working day on Saturday’s other than second and fourth Saturdays.

Bank holidays in Delhi | Rajasthan | UP |  Gujarat | Maharashtra | Tamil Nadu | Karnataka | Madhya Pradesh | Andhra Pradesh | Telangana | West Bengal

List of main bank holidays in 2017 other than state holidays

S.No
Month in 2017
Date in 2017
Holiday Name
Day
1
January
26
Republic day
Thursday
2
April
9
Mahavir Jayanti
Tuesday
3
April
14
Good Friday
Friday
4
May
10
Buddha Purnima
Wednesday
5
June
26
Idu’l Fitr
Monday
6
August
15
Independence day
Tuesday
7
September
2
Id-ul-Zuha (Bakrid)
Saturday
8
September
30
Dussehra
Saturday
9
October
1
Muharram
Sunday
10
October
2
Mahatma Gandhi’s Birthday
Monday
11
October
19
Diwali (Deepavali)
Thursday
12
November
4
Guru Nanak’s Birthday
Saturday
13
December
2
Milad-Un-Nabi or Id-e-Milad (Birthday of prophet Mohammad)
Saturday
14
December
25
Christmas Day
Monday

In addition to the above banks will remain closed for public dealings on annual closing on 1st April 2017  Saturday

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