School Holidays in July 2024: This time Muharram will be celebrated on July 17. This day will be a public holiday across the country. Factories and government offices will not open on this day. Non-working orders have also been issued in lieu of public holidays. However, government can issue notification for Muharram holidays based on information about moon sighting.
The festival of Muharram is celebrated in mourning for the martyrs of Karbala. For this reason, all men and women of the Shia community wear black clothes and attend mourning majlis at home, mosques and imambars.
It commemorates the Battle of Karbala and the martyrdom of Hazrat Imam Hussain and his 72 companions. Schools and offices will not open in UP, Uttarakhand, Haryana, Kerala, Manipur, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Pondicherry, Punjab, Sikkim, West Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu and Govt. . However, no instructions have been issued yet.
At the same time, RBI has also announced a public holiday in banks. In July there will be a six day weekly holiday on the second Saturday and fourth Saturday of the month. According to RBI, banks will remain closed for a total of 12 days this month.
