diff --git a/kholidays/holidays/CMakeLists.txt b/kholidays/holidays/CMakeLists.txt
index 5c0e63adf..42c5eceda 100644
--- a/kholidays/holidays/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/kholidays/holidays/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,56 +1,57 @@
 
 install( FILES
          holiday_ar
          holiday_at
          holiday_au
          holiday_bavarian
          holiday_BelgiumDutch
          holiday_BelgiumFrench
          holiday_BelgiumWalloon
          holiday_bg
          holiday_br
          holiday_ca
          holiday_catalan
          holiday_ch
          holiday_cl
          holiday_co
          holiday_cz
          holiday_de
          holiday_dk
          holiday_ee
          holiday_es
          holiday_fi
          holiday_fr
          holiday_frswiss
          holiday_gb
          holiday_gr
          holiday_gt
          holiday_hu
          holiday_ie
          holiday_il
+         holiday_in
          holiday_is
          holiday_it
          holiday_jm
          holiday_jp
          holiday_lt
          holiday_mx
          holiday_nl
          holiday_no
          holiday_nz
          holiday_pl
          holiday_pt
          holiday_py
          holiday_quebec
          holiday_ro
          holiday_ru
          holiday_se
          holiday_si
          holiday_sk
          holiday_Suedtirol
          holiday_th
          holiday_ua
          holiday_us
          holiday_uy
          holiday_za
          DESTINATION ${DATA_INSTALL_DIR}/libkholidays)
 
diff --git a/kholidays/holidays/holiday_in b/kholidays/holidays/holiday_in
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..89c867cee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kholidays/holidays/holiday_in
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+:
+: IN holiday file. Copy to ~/.holiday
+: These were taken from supremecourtofindia webpage, 
+: and Indian Embassy london page
+: Since different states have small changes it is very difficult to 
+: be accurate and cover everything.
+:
+: Author: Karthik. If you need any clarification please contact me
+:         molecularbiophysics@yahoo.com
+:
+: Most of these are Federal holidays
+: Note: Only the fixed holidays are available. Some celebrations depend on
+: special events, eg: Eid al-Fitr which depend on the ramadan end date,
+: Holi, Divali and  Raksh Bandan which depend on the moon phase (not handled
+: in kholidays)
+
+small "New Year holiday" on january 1
+small "Muharram" on january 10
+small "Republic Day" on january 26
+: small "Milad-un-Nabi" on march 9
+: small "Holi -Festival of Colours" on march 14
+: small "Ram navami" on april 3
+: small "Mahavir Jayanthi" on april 7
+: small "Good Friday" on april 10
+: small "Buddha Purnima" on may 9
+: small "Raksha Bandhan" on august 5
+: small "Janmashtami" on august 14
+small "Independence Day" on august 15
+: small "Idu'l Fitr" on september 21
+: small "Dussehra(Vijaya Dashami)" on september 28
+small "Mahatma Gandhi's Birthday" on october 2
+: small "Diwali" on October 17
+: small "Guru Nanak's Birthday" November 2
+: small "Bakrid" November 28
+small "Christmas" December 25
+: small "Muharram" December 28