diff --git a/ql/time/calendars/india.cpp b/ql/time/calendars/india.cpp
index 9b7126225d4..93d3bb7ce2f 100644
--- a/ql/time/calendars/india.cpp
+++ b/ql/time/calendars/india.cpp
@@ -442,15 +442,19 @@ namespace QuantLib {
|| (d == 9 && m == April)
// Id-Ul-Fitr (Ramadan Eid)
|| (d == 11 && m == April)
- // Ram Navamiz
+ // Ram Navami
|| (d == 17 && m == April)
// Mahavir Jayanti
|| (d == 21 && m == April)
+ // General Parliamentary Elections
+ || (d == 20 && m == May)
// Buddha Pournima
|| (d == 23 && m == May)
- // Bakri Id (estimated Sunday 16th or Monday 17th)
+ // Bakri Eid
|| (d == 17 && m == June)
- // Id-E-Milad (estimated Sunday 15th or Monday 16th)
+ // Moharram
+ || (d == 17 && m == July)
+ // Eid-E-Milad (estimated Sunday 15th or Monday 16th)
|| (d == 16 && m == September)
// Diwali-Laxmi Pujan
|| (d == 1 && m == November)
diff --git a/ql/time/calendars/india.hpp b/ql/time/calendars/india.hpp
index 45c7eb0fd89..3604f055baf 100644
--- a/ql/time/calendars/india.hpp
+++ b/ql/time/calendars/india.hpp
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
namespace QuantLib {
//! Indian calendars
- /*! Holidays for the National Stock Exchange
+ /*! Clearing holidays for the National Stock Exchange
(data from