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As per the holiday calendar released by the Reserve Bank of India, private and public sector lenders will be shut for 15 days in the month of April on account of various festivals and public holidays. These holidays may vary from state to state since only gazetted holidays are observed by all the banks across the country.
During these holidays, offline banking operations will affected. Here’s a list of bank holidays in April 2021:
01 April – To enable banks to close their yearly accounts
02 April – Good Friday
04 April – Sunday
05 April – Babu Jagjivan Ram’s Birthday
06 April – General Elections to the State Legislative Assembly 2021
10 April – Second Saturday
11 April – Sunday
13 April – Gudhi Padwa/Telugu New Year’s Day/Ugadi Festival/Sajibu Nongmapanba (Cheiraoba)/1st Navratra/Baisakhi
14 April – Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Jayanti/Tamil New Year’s Day/ Vishu/ Biju Festival/ Cheiraoba/ Bohag Bihu
15 April – Himachal Day/Bengali New Year’s Day/Bohag Bihu/Sarhul
16 April – Bohag Bihu
18 April – Sunday
21 April – Shree Ram Navmi (Chaite Dashain)/Garia Puja
24 April – Fourth Saturday
25 April – Sunday
Published: April 1, 2021, 13:21 IST
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