Date & Month | Day | Holiday |
---|---|---|
January 9 | Saturday | Second Saturday Bank Holiday |
January 23 | Saturday | Fourth Saturday Bank Holiday |
January 26 | Tuesday | Republic Day |
February 13 | Saturday | Second Saturday Bank Holiday |
February 27 | Saturday | Fourth Saturday Bank Holiday |
March 7 | Monday | Maha Shivratri |
March 12 | Saturday | Second Saturday Bank Holiday |
March 23 | Wednesday | Holi |
March 26 | Saturday | Fourth Saturday Bank Holiday |
April 1 | Friday | Annual Closing of Bank Accounts Day |
April 9 | Saturday | Second Saturday Bank Holiday |
April 15 | Friday | Ram Navami |
April 19 | Tuesday | Mahaveer Jayanti |
April 23 | Saturday | Fourth Saturday Bank Holiday |
May 14 | Saturday | Second Saturday Bank Holiday |
May 21 | Saturday | Buddha Pournima |
May 28 | Saturday | Fourth Saturday Bank Holiday |
June 11 | Saturday | Second Saturday Bank Holiday |
June 25 | Saturday | Fourth Saturday Bank Holiday |
July 6 | Wednesday | Id-ul-Fitr |
July 9 | Saturday | Second Saturday Bank Holiday |
July 23 | Saturday | Fourth Saturday Bank Holiday |
August 13 | Saturday | Second Saturday Bank Holiday |
August 15 | Monday | Independence Day |
August 18 | Thursday | Raksha Bandhan |
August 25 | Thursday | Janma Ashtami |
August 27 | Saturday | Fourth Saturday Bank Holiday |
September 10 | Saturday | Second Saturday Bank Holiday |
September 12 | Monday | Id-ul-Zuha |
September 24 | Saturday | Fourth Saturday Bank Holiday |
October 2 | Sunday | Mahatma Gandhi Jayanthi |
October 8 | Saturday | Second Saturday Bank Holiday |
October 11 | Tuesday | Vijaya Dasami (Dussehra) |
October 12 | Wednesday | Moharrum |
October 22 | Saturday | Fourth Saturday Bank Holiday |
October 30 | Sunday | Diwali |
November 12 | Saturday | Second Saturday Bank Holiday |
November 14 | Monday | Gurunanak Jayanti |
November 26 | Saturday | Fourth Saturday Bank Holiday |
December 10 | Saturday | Second Saturday Bank Holiday |
December 13 | Tuesday | Milad-Un-Nabi |
December 24 | Saturday | Fourth Saturday Bank Holiday |
December 25 | Sunday | Christmas |
There will be a bank holiday in Madhya Pradesh majorly because of three reasons one is on a national holiday or gazetted holiday, festival holiday or a public holiday.
National holidays are holidays which are declared by the central government. There are such holidays which are given by the central government those are
1) Republic Day
2) Independence day
3) Gandhi Jayanthi
1) Republic day - Republic day is a National holiday in Madhya Pradesh and the reason for this is India's constitution came into effect on Republic Day, January 26, 1950. This date was chosen as it was the anniversary of Purna Swaraj Day. So on this day all the bank's government offices and educational institutions will be closed on this day.
2) Independence day - Independence day is a public holiday in Madhya Pradesh and the reason for this gazetted holiday is this is the day when India got Independence after struggling for 200 years.
3) Gandhi Jayanthi - Gandhi Jayanti is also a national holiday and a bank holiday in Madhya Pradesh. This day is a holiday in the memorial of mahatma Gandhi. He is one of the big contributors in Indian Independence. He is referred as the father of our nation.
Even few festivals are national holidays in India such as Holi, Christmas, Ramzan etc., which resembles the Unity of Indians though they belong diverse religions.
Many top writers in India are from Madhya Pradesh, and you can plan to read a book written by them on a bank Holiday in Madhya Pradesh. Of the top writers of Madhya Pradesh Atal Bihari Vajpayee is one of them.
Atal Bihari Vajpayee was the 10th Prime Minister of India. first for 13 days in 1996 and then from 1998 to 2004. He is the first Prime Minister of India from outside the Indian National Congress party to serve for a full five-year term. He is not only the Prime Minister but also he is a great writer. He is known more for his love for literature and his skills in the art. He wrote many books on social and political issues. There are nearly seven books of poetry by Vajpayee, You can plan to read his poems as well during a bank holiday in Uttar Pradesh.
Here is a list of books which you can try. Bindu, Decisive Days, Heal the Wounds: Vajpayee’s Appeal on Assam Tragedy to the Parliament.
India’s foreign policy: New dimensions, Assam problem: Repression no solution, Atal Bihari Vaj mem tina dasaka, Pradhanamantri Atala Bihari Vajapeyi, chune hue bhashana, and Values, vision & verses of Vajpayee: India’s man of destiny.