List of Bank Holidays

Visa Application Centres, as well as the Embassy of India observe the following French and Indian Bank Holidays. Please take these into account when calculating the processing time of your application.

1. Please see below the complete list of Bank Holidays to be observed in 2010:

Date	Official Bank Holidays
Friday 1st January 2010	New Year
Tuesday 26th January 2010	Republic Day
Saturday 27th February 2010	Milad-Un-Nabi / Id-E-Milad
Monday 1st March 2010	Holi
Wednesday 24th March 2010	Ram Navami
Sunday 28th March 2010	Mahavir Jayanti
Monday 5th April 2010	Easter Monday
Thursday 27th May 2010	Buddha Purnima
Wednesday 14th July 2010	Bastille Day
Sunday 15th August 2010	Independence Day
Saturday 11th September 2010	Idu’l Fitr
Saturday 2nd October 2010	Mahatma Gandhi's Birthday
Sunday 17th October 2010	Dussehra
Friday 5th November 2010	Deepavali
Sunday 21st November 2010	Guru Nanak's Birthday
Friday 17th December 2010	Muharram
Saturday 25th December 2010	Christmas Day

2. Please see below the complete list of Bank Holidays to be observed in 2009:

Date	Day	Official Bank Holidays
1st January 2009	Thursday	New Year
26th January 2009	Monday	Republic Day
23rd February 2009	Monday	Maha Shivaratri
3rd April 2009	Friday	Ram Navami
13th April 2009	Monday	Easter Monday
1st May 2009	Friday	Labour Day
9th May 2009	Saturday	Buddha Purnima
14th July 2009	Monday	Bastille Day
14th August 2009	Friday	Janamashtami
15th August 2009	Saturday	Independence Day
21st September 2009	Monday	Idu'l Fitr
28th September 2009	Monday	Dussehra
2nd October 2009	Friday	Mahatma Gandhi's Birthday
17th October 2009	Saturday	Deewali
2nd November 2009	Monday	Guru Nanak's Birthday
28th November 2009	Saturday	Idu'l Zuha (Bakrid)
25th December 2009	Friday	Christmas Day