Bank Holiday: All banks will be closed tomorrow on Wednesday. According to RBI, banks will remain closed in Meghalaya on Wednesday but bank branches will remain open in all other states of the country. Bank branches will work normally in all the states of Delhi, UP, Rajasthan, Punjab, Haryana and all branches will remain open. Know here why RBI has given holiday to banks in the state of Meghalaya.
Banks will remain closed on Wednesday 18 December
Wednesday 18 December is the death anniversary of U Soso Tham in Meghalaya. U Soso Tham is known as the father of Khasi literature and culture. On his death anniversary, the Khasi community and literature lovers pay emotional tribute to him. Tham gave literary and cultural identity to the Khasi language. There is a public holiday on 18 December in Meghalaya. This is a state holiday, due to which all banks and government offices in Meghalaya will remain closed. However, it is limited to the state of Meghalaya only and is not a national holiday. Therefore, banks and offices will remain open in other states.
Full List of Bank Holidays in December 2024
- December 18 (Wednesday): Banks will remain closed in Shillong due to the death anniversary of U Soso Tham.
- December 19 (Thursday): Banks will remain closed only in Goa due to Goa Liberation Day.
- December 22 (Sunday): Weekly Holiday
- December 24 (Tuesday): Banks will remain closed in Kohima, Aizawl on Christmas Eve.
- December 25 (Wednesday): Banks will remain closed in all states due to the National Holiday of Christmas.
- December 26 (Thursday): Banks will remain closed in some states due to Christmas celebrations.
- December 27 (Friday): Banks will remain closed in some states due to Christmas celebrations.
- December 28 (Saturday): Fourth Saturday
- December 29 (Sunday): Weekly Holiday
- December 30 (Monday): Banks will remain closed in Shillong due to U Kiang Nangbah.
- December 31 (Tuesday): New Year’s Eve (banks will be closed in some states due to local holiday)
RBI list
| December 2024 | 3 | 12 | 18 | 19 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 30 | 31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agartala | • | |||||||||
| Ahmedabad | • | |||||||||
| aizawl | • | • | • | • | ||||||
| Imphal | • | |||||||||
| Itanagar | • | |||||||||
| Kanpur | • | |||||||||
| Kochi | • | |||||||||
| Kolkata | • | |||||||||
| Kohima | • | • | • | • | ||||||
| Gangtok | • | • | ||||||||
| Guwahati | • | |||||||||
| Chandigarh | • | |||||||||
| chennai | • | |||||||||
| Jammu | • | |||||||||
| Jaipur | • | |||||||||
| Thiruvananthapuram | • | |||||||||
| Dehradun | • | |||||||||
| New Delhi | • | |||||||||
| Nagpur | • | |||||||||
| Patna | • | |||||||||
| Panaji | • | • | • | |||||||
| Bangalore | • | |||||||||
| Belapur | • | |||||||||
| Bhubaneswar | • | |||||||||
| Bhopal | • | |||||||||
| Mumbai | • | |||||||||
| Ranchi | • | |||||||||
| Raipur | • | |||||||||
| Lucknow | • | |||||||||
| Srinagar | • | |||||||||
| Shimla | • | |||||||||
| Shillong | • | • | • | • | • | • | ||||
| Hyderabad – Andhra Pradesh | • | |||||||||
| Hyderabad – Telangana | • |
RBI told the reason for the holiday
| Reason for the holiday | Day |
|---|---|
| Feast of St. Francis Xavier | 3 |
| Pa-Togan Nengminja Sangma | 12 |
| Death anniversary of U Soso Tham | 18 |
| goa liberation day | 19 |
| Christmas Eve | 24 |
| Christmas | 25 |
| Christmas Celebration | 26 |
| Christmas Celebration | 27 |
| U Kiang Nangbah | 30 |
| New Year’s Eve/Loosung/Namsung | 31 |