Is August 15 a bank holiday or not in India?
Banks will be closed across the country on August 15 in commemoration of the 78th Independence Day. This year, August 15 falls on a Thursday, so there won't be a long weekend that week.
Bank holidays in August: Festivals in the month of August
Banks are closed on the occasion of Ker Puja, Tendong Lho Rum Faat, Patriot's Day, Independence Day/Parsi New Year (Shahenshahi), Raksha Bandhan/Jhulana Purnima/Birthday of Bir Bikram Kishore Manikya Bahadur, Sree Narayana Guru Jayanthi, Janmashtami (Shravan Vad-8)/Krishna Jayanthi, depending on the state.
August Bank holidays 2024
August 13 (Tuesday)-Patriot's Day- Banks are closed in Manipur.
August 15 (Thursday_- Independence Day/Parsi New Year (Shahenshahi)- All banks in India are closed.
August 19- (Monday)- Raksha Bandhan/Jhulana Purnima/Birthday of Bir Bikram Kishore Manikya Bahadur- Banks are closed in Tripura, Gujarat, Orissa, Uttarakhand, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh.
August 20- (Tuesday)- Sree Narayana Guru Jayanthi -Banks are closed in Kerala.
August 26- (Monday)- Janmashtami (Shravan Vad-8)/Krishna Jayanthi- Banks are closed in Gujarat, Orissa, Chandigarh, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, Sikkim, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Rajasthan, Jammu, Uttar Pradesh, Bengal, Bihar, Chhattisgarh state, Jharkhand, Meghalaya, Himachal Pradesh and Srinagar.
