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Bank Holiday August 2020: Banks to remain closed for 12 days in August

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Bank Holiday list August 2020: In August, there are many national and local festivals including Bakrid, Rakshabandhan, Sri Krishna Janmashtami, Independence Day, Ganesh Chaturdashi, Muharram and Haritalika Teej. Due to this, banks will remain closed for several days in August. There are also five Sundays. Apart from this, on 8 and 29 August respectively, banks will remain closed due to the second and fourth Saturdays respectively. So if in August it is necessary to settle the work related to the bank, you know in advance how long the bank will be closed? See this list ..

The date day The holiday description
01 August Saturday Bakrid Gazetted holiday
2 August Sunday Weekly off Local holiday
03 August Monday Raksha Bandhan Local holiday
8 August Saturday Second Saturday Local holiday
9 August Sunday Weekly off Local holiday
11 August Tuesday Shree krishna janmashtami Local holiday
12 August Wednesday Shree krishna janmashtami Gazetted holiday
August 15 Saturday Independence day Gazetted holiday
16 August Sunday Weekly off Local holiday
21 August Friday Teej (Haritalika) Local holiday
22 August Saturday Ganesh Chaturthi Local holiday
30 August Sunday Muharram Gazetted holiday
31 August Monday Onam Local holiday

Source: RBI 

Bakrid will be on Saturday, August 1 and Raksha Bandhan on Monday, August 3. In such a situation, banks will remain closed for three days on August 1, 2 and 3. After this, Janmashtami will be a holiday on Wednesday, August 12. In the same week, there will be a holiday in banks on Saturday, August 15, on Independence Day. Moharram is falling on the last Sunday of the month. Due to Sunday, banks will remain closed on this day. Apart from this, there are five Sundays in the month of August. Banks have a holiday on the second and fourth Saturdays.

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According to the Reserve Bank of India’s Bank Holiday List, on August 1, banks will remain closed in almost all cities except Chandigarh, Panaji and Gangtok. Tell us that the festival of Eid ul-Azha Bakrid will be celebrated on 1 August. Maulana Khalid Rashid Farangi Mahli of Marakji Chand Committee and Maulana Saif Abbas, President of Shia Chand Committee, said that the moon of Eidul Azha has not been seen on Tuesday. Therefore, the festival of Bakrid will be celebrated on August 1, Saturday.

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