The following is a list of Public Holidays under the Negotiable Instruments Act 1881, for the State Government offices and all Commercial Banks including Co-operative Banks in Tamilnadu for the year 2011:-01st January/Saturday/ New Year’s Day
15th January/Saturday/Tamil New Year’s Day&Pongal
16th January/Sunday/Thiruvalluvar’s Day
17th January/Monday/Uzhavar Thirunaal
26th January/Wednesday/Republic Day
16th February/Wednesday/Meelad-Un-Nabi01st April/Friday/Annual Closing of Accounts for
Commercial Banks & Co-operative Banks
(Only For Commercial Banks & Co-operative
Banks)
04th April/Monday/ Telugu New Year’s Day
14th April/Thursday/Dr.B.R.Ambedkar’s Birthday
16th April/Saturday/Mahaveer Jayanthi
22nd April/Friday/Good Friday
01st May/Sunday/May Day
15th August/Monday/Independence Day
21st August/Sunday/Krishna Jayanthi
31st August/Wednesday/Ramzan
01st September/Thursday/Vinayakar Chathurthi
30th September/Friday/Half-yearly Closing of
Accounts for Commercial & Co-operative Banks
(Only for Commercial & Co-operative Banks)
02nd October/Sunday/Gandhi Jayanthi
05th October/Wednesday/Ayutha Pooja
06th October/Thursday/Vijaya Dasami
26th October/Wednesday/Deepavali
07th November/Monday/Bakrid
06th December/Tuesday/Muharram
25th December/Sunday/ChristmasThe Tamilnadu Government offices will be closed:-

• in all the Holidays in the above list(except 01st April 2011-Annual Closing of Bank Accounts & 30th September 2011-Half-yearly Closing of Bank Accounts)

• and on all Saturdays and Sundays.

The above Holidays are applicable to all:-

• State Government Undertakings,
• Corporations &
• Boards etc.

In the above List, 'Holidays' falling on Saturdays and Sundays are also shown for reference and Offices/Banks, normally working on Saturdays and Sundays will be having Holidays, on those days.