Vaisakhi (English Wikipedia)

Brown, Alan (1992). Festivals in World Religions. Longman. p. 120. ISBN 9780582361966. In some north Indian states, including the Jammu Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab and Haryana, the solar New Year, which occurs at the spring equinox, is celebrated as a festival known as Vaisakhi.
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