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Indian Bank Holidays In January 2021

The new year gets off to busy start with several bank holidays peppered through January. January also includes one of India’s small number of national public holidays, Republic Day on January 26th. As usual, all Sunday and the second and fourth Saturdays are also bank holidays.

In India, banks remain closed on public holidays. The public holidays may differ from one bank to another bank or one state to another.

In total, banking services in India will be affected in some manner on 15 out of the 31 days in January 2021.

Date	Day	Holiday	Celebrated in
January 1	Friday	New Year’s Day	Many states
January 2	Saturday	Mannam Jayanthi	Kerala
January 3	Sunday		Nationwide
January 9	Saturday	Second Saturday	Nationwide
January 10	Sunday		Nationwide
January 11	Monday	Missionary Day	Mizoram
January 14	Thursday	Makar Sankranti	Several states
January 15	Friday	Magh Bihu/ Tiruvalluvar Day/ Kanuma	Assam, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh
January 17	Sunday		Nationwide
January 20	Wednesday	Guru Gobind Singh Jayanti	Several states
January 23	Saturday	Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Jayanti	Several states
January 24	Sunday		Nationwide
January 25	Monday	Sonam Lhochar/Himachal Statehood Day	Sikkim, Himachal Pradesh
January 26	Tuesday	Republic Day	Nationwide
January 31	Sunday	Me-dam-me-phi	Assam

Public Holidays in India for 2021

Disclaimer: All precautions have been taken to gather the most accurate information about the Bank Holiday dates for the month of January 2021. However, readers are advised to verify with their local branches to corroborate the same.