Hi,
Both times I applied (at VFS in London) in the last two years I had to write a letter to the High Commissioner of India to accompany my application saying that I would like a visa which allowed me to visit Nepal/Bhutan/Bangladesh (as appropriate) for a few days each. In both cases I had to invent some itinerary for my visits. In the one case they sent me over the road to a travel agents for an "official" itinerary -- bizarrely involving flights despite me being on a motorbike -- to supplement the application. A £10 scam.
When they grant you this your visa is stamped "RE-ENTRY FROM BANGLADESH, NEPAL, BHUTAN" (as appropriate). This "re-entry" allows you to side-step the two months nonsense.
In neither case were the dates for the other countries mentioned on the visa, it was a blanket re-entry allowance.
I was stymied in the first case because I put down a request to visit Nepal, Bhutan and Bangladesh but then they noticed I'd be coming from Pakistan which meant four entries into India which was, apparently, one too many. Go figure.
Cheers,
Ian
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