Festivals, Bank Holidays, Cricket Matches & More; Here’s Your Day-to-day Guide to the Month Ahead

By Alice Ruby On Aug 1, 2021

Here’s a look at all the important events in August 2021. (Image: Shutterstock)

Important event includes Independence Day, Rakshabandhan, Muharram, Janmashtmi, Friendship Day, World Breastfeeding Week and others. In Sports, the curtain will fall on Olympics, while in Cricket, India will play 3 of the 5 Test matches against England

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Last Updated:August 01, 2021, 07:54 IST
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The month of August is full of important days including festivals, sporting events and bank holiday. The day with see India celebrating its 75th Independence Day. Balaram Jayanti, Hariyali Teej, Nag Panchami, Sankashti Chaturthi, Onam, Raksha Bandhan and Janmashtmi are some of the festivals to be celebrated in August.

The Hiroshima and Nagasaki Day will remind us what horror Nuclear weapons can cause. Some of the important celebrated by the United Nations and its specialized agencies this month includes World Breastfeeding Week, International Youth Day, World Humanitarian Day and also the International Day against Nuclear Tests on August 29. The World Water Week will be celebrated from August 25.

Banks across India this month will be shut for 15 days. From this list of 15 holidays, 7 days are the usual weekends off, while the other eight stands as the RBI-listed holidays.

On Sports front, there is closing ceremony of world’s biggest sporting event: Tokyo Olympics 2020. In Cricket, India will start their tour of England and play three Test this month on August 4, August 12 and August 25.