Bank Holiday: Only three days are left before the month of October ends. Banks will be closed on one of these three days. Banks will now be closed in Gujarat on October 31st. Banks will be closed on Friday, October 31st, to mark the birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. However, banks will not be closed in all states. They will be closed only in Gujarat.
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Jayanti
Every year, October 31st is celebrated as National Unity Day, the birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. He is known as the Iron Man of India because he played a key role in uniting the country’s 562 princely states after independence to form a unified India. This is why banks will be closed in Gujarat on October 31st. Banks will remain open in all other states.
Complete list of bank holidays in October 2025
October 28, 2025
There will be a bank holiday on Chhath Puja (morning Arghya) in Bihar and Jharkhand.
October 31, 2025
Banks will remain closed in Gujarat on the occasion of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel’s birth anniversary.
