Indian Public Holidays

Bank holidays are generally public holidays. These are the days when banks shut down and don't operate. On these days no business takes place. Bank holidays vary from country to country. In USA banks are usually closed on federal holidays. Bank Holidays implies to the emergency bank closures that are mandatory.

There are have been several Banking Acts till date and the foremost had been, the 1871 Act that designated four holidays in England, Wales and Ireland. Prior to this Act, Bank of England observed about thirty-three Saint's Day and all the religious holidays. Later things changes and from 1834 onwards four Bank holidays were given: 1May, 1 November, Good Friday, Christmas.

Sir Lubbock introduced the first bank holiday legislation, when he put forth Bank of Holidays Act 1871. Then in 1903, Saint Patrick's Day, was added as a Ireland Bank Holiday.

In the present scenario there are total 8 permanent Bank holidays in England, Wales and Scotland and 10 in Northern Ireland.

Every country has their own set of Banking holidays. On these holidays banker go out on mini breaks and outings with family, and enjoy a great time. There's a provision, if employees work on Bank Holidays, they are paid extra money- “time-and-a-half” or even “double time.”

2009 Bank Holiday dates are already available on several sites online. Just click your mouse and get the whole year's list of Bank holidays. Every country has there own set of Bank Holidays. These holidays differ and their dates also keep on changing. Some holidays have fixed date like New Year on 1st of January as per the Gregorian Calendar and Christmas on 25th December. Then there are other changing dates.

The Indian Bank Holidays for a specefic year are displayed in this site in the registerd user section. Details on Indian bank Holidays can be found here.