Holidays to be observed by the High Commission of India, Abuja & Office of the High Commission, Lagos during the year 2008
	Holiday	Date	Day
1.	New Year Day	January 11	Tuesday
2.	Muharram	January 19	Saturday
3.	Republic Day	January 26	Saturday
4.	Maha Shivaratri	March 6	Thursday
5.	Prophet Mohammad B'day & Good Friday	March 21	Friday
6.	Ram Navmi	April 14	Monday
7.	Mahavir Jayanti	April 18	Friday
8.	Budha Purnima	May 20	Tuesday
9.	Independence Day	August 15	Friday
10.	Ganesh Chaturthi	September 3	Wednesday
11.	Nigerian National Day	October 1	Wednesday
12.	Mahatma Gandhi's Birthday & Idu'l Fitr	October 2	Thursday
13.	Dussehra	October 9	Thursday
14.	Diwali (Deepavali)	October 28	Tuesday
15.	Guru Nanak's Birthday	November 13	Thursday
16.	Idu'l Zuha (Bakrid)	December 9	Tuesday
17.	Christmas Day	December 25	Thursday