14 April 2025 (Punjab Khabarnama Bureau): Ambedkar Jayanti is a national holiday held on April 14 every year to commemorate the birth anniversary of D BR Ambedkar, known as the chief architect of the Indian Constitution.
This means that banks will be closed in Gujarat, Mizoram, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, New Delhi, Chhattisgarh, and Jharkhand, according to the calendar of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).
Ambedkar Jayanti is widely celebrated across India, especially in states such as Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, and so on, with large public gatherings, processions, and community events organised to honour his contributions.
It is among the several other bank holidays scheduled in April 2025, including Good Friday, Bohag Bihu, Basava Jayanti, and Akshaya Tritiya.
List of bank holidays in April 2025
| April 2025 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 18 | 21 | 29 | 30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agartala | • | • | • | • | |||||||
| Ahmedabad | • | • | • | • | |||||||
| Aizawl | • | • | • | ||||||||
| Belapur | • | • | • | • | |||||||
| Bengaluru | • | • | • | • | • | ||||||
| Bhopal | • | • | • | ||||||||
| Bhubaneswar | • | • | • | ||||||||
| Chandigarh | • | • | |||||||||
| Chennai | • | • | • | • | |||||||
| Dehradun | • | • | • | ||||||||
| Gangtok | • | • | • | ||||||||
| Guwahati | • | • | • | • | |||||||
| Hyderabad – Andhra Pradesh | • | • | • | ||||||||
| Hyderabad – Telangana | • | • | • | • | |||||||
| Imphal | • | • | • | ||||||||
| Itanagar | • | • | • | • | |||||||
| Jaipur | • | • | • | ||||||||
| Jammu | • | • | |||||||||
| Kanpur | • | • | • | • | |||||||
| Kochi | • | • | • | ||||||||
| Kohima | • | • | |||||||||
| Kolkata | • | • | • | • | • | ||||||
| Lucknow | • | • | • | • | |||||||
| Mumbai | • | • | • | • | |||||||
| Nagpur | • | • | • | • | |||||||
| New Delhi | • | • | • | ||||||||
| Panaji | • | • | • | ||||||||
| Patna | • | • | • | ||||||||
| Raipur | • | • | |||||||||
| Ranchi | •• | • | • | • | |||||||
| Shillong | • | • | |||||||||
| Shimla | • | • | |||||||||
| Srinagar | • | • | |||||||||
| Thiruvananthapuram | • | • |
Summary: Banks will be closed on April 14, 2025, in observance of Ambedkar Jayanti and regional holidays in several states, but some branches may remain open depending on the location.