Public holidays in Tamil Nadu

The Indian state of Tamil Nadu has 23 public holidays for staff working in government offices and banks. ^[1] They are declared under the Negotiable Instruments Act of 1881. ^{[2] [3]} Three of them are national holidays: Republic Day, Independence Day and Gandhi Jayanthi. ^[4] State-specific holidays include Pongal, Thiruvalluvar Day, and Tamil New Year. ^[5]

Table

Holiday	2021
New Years Day	1 January
Pongal	15 January
Thiruvalluvar Day	16 January
Uzhavar Thirunal	17 January
Republic Day	26 January
Telugu New Years Day	23 March
Annual closing of accounts for commercial & co-operative banks	1 April
Mahaveer Jayanthi	6 April
Good Friday	10 April
Tamil New Year Day, B R Ambedkar’s birthday	14 April
May Day (Labour's day)	1 May
Ramzan	5 May
Bakrid	1 August
Krishna Jayanthi	11 August
Independence day	15 August
Ganesh Chaturthi	22 August
Muharram	30 August
Gandhi Jayanthi (Mahatma Gandhi's birthday)	2 October
Ayutha Pooja	14 October
Vijayadasami	15 October
Milad-un-Nabi	30 October
Deepavali (Diwali)	14 November
Christmas	25 December

Other days of importance

These are major festivals or observances that are not declared a holiday by government.^{[ citation needed ]}

• Aadi Perukku
• Karthikai Deepam
• Mahamaham
• Thaipusam

References

1. "Public Holidays for the year 2020 | Tamil Nadu Government Portal". www.tn.gov.in. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
2. "Tamil Nadu government releases public holidays list for 2020". The Indian Express. 23 October 2019. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
3. "State Government Holidays 2020 for offices in Tamil Nadu". GConnect.in. 15 February 2020. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
4. "Public Holidays in India in 2020". Office Holidays. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
5. "Tamil Nadu Bank Holidays in April 2020 | List of Tamil Nadu Bank Holidays in April". The Economic Times. Retrieved 21 April 2020.