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Tamil Nadu Government Holiday List for 2017
Under the 'Explanation' to section 25 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 (Central Act XXVI of
1881) read with Notification of the Government of India, Ministry of Home
Affairs, No.20-25-26, Public-1, dated the 8th June, 1957, the
Government of Tamil Nadu hereby declares, that in addition to 'Sundays'
expressly defined as Public Holidays in the said 'Explanation' the following
days shall be Public Holidays for the year 2017.
SL.NO. | FESTIVAL | DATE | DAY |
1 | New Year's Day | 1-1-2017 | Sunday |
2 | Pongal | 14-1-2017 | Saturday |
3 | Thiruvalluvar Day | 15-1-2017 | Sunday |
4 | Uzhavar Thirunal | 16-1-2017 | Monday |
5 | Republic Day | 26-1-2017 | Thursday |
6 | Telugu New Year's Day | 29-3-2017 | Wednesday |
7 | Annual Closing of Accounts for Commercial Banks # | 1-4-2017 | Saturday |
8 | Mahaveer Jayanthi | 9-4-2017 | Sunday |
9 | Good Friday And Tamil New Year's Day And Dr.B.R.Ambedhkar's Birthday | 14-4-2017 | Friday |
10 | May Day | 1-5-2017 | Monday |
11 | Ramzan | 26-6-2017 | Monday |
12 | Krishna Jayanthi | 14-8-2017 | Monday |
13 | Independence Day | 15-8-2017 | Tuesday |
14 | Vinayakar Chathurthi | 25-8-2017 | Friday |
15 | Bakrid | 2-9-2017 | Saturday |
16 | Ayuda Pooja | 29-9-2017 | Friday |
17 | Vijaya Dasami | 30-9-2017 | Saturday |
18 | Muharram | 1-10-2017 | Sunday |
19 | Gandhi Jayanthi | 2-10-2017 | Monday |
20 | Deepavali Diwali | 18-10-2017 | Wednesday |
21 | Milad-un-Nabi | 1-12-2017 | Friday |
22 | Christmas | 25-12-2017 | Monday |
Some holidays which fall on Saturdays and Sundays, are included in the above list for easy reference.
# Applicable only to Commercial Banks Including Co-operative Banks in Tamil Nadu.