Happy Baisakhi !

      Usually, every year Baisakhi falls on 13th April, 2010, but this year Baisakhi comes on 14th April, India being land of agriculture, Baisakhi is related to harvesting of crop,farmers seeing their crop ready for harvesting and result of their hard work going to give financial returns, all it make them happy, and thus they celebrates the day with music and dance. Although Baisakhi is celebrate in northern India but in other part of country day is celebrate with different name festivals like in West Bengal day is celebrate as New Year, in Kerala it is celebrated as Vihu festival. Other then festivals, the day has historic importance also, which happened in the past, on that day –

• Tenth Guru of Sikhs, Guru Govind Singh Ji, lay down foundation of Khalsa Panth, on 13th April, 1699, at Anandpur Sahib.
• 13th April, 1699 was the day when Sant Swami Dayanand Saraswati, founded Arya Samaj.
• After victory on Lahore, Sher-e-Punjab Maharaja Ranjit Singh, accession on that day.
• 13th April, 1919 was the day when General Dyer, order of shooting on innocent scores of people at Jalianwala Bagh, Amritsar.

So, day has both, historical and festival importance, wishing everybody HAPPY BAISAKHI.