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David Cameron wishes people on Vaisakhi

| | Apr 15, 2016, at 02:03 am
London, Apr 14 (IBNS): British PM David Cameron has wished people in his country and across the globe on the occasion of Vaisakhi.

In his tweet, the PM greeted the people and wrote: "I want to send my best wishes to everyone in Britain and around the world celebrating Vaisakhi."

Vaisakhi, which is also known as Baisakhi, Vaishakhi, or Vasakhi, refers to the harvest festival of the Indian state of Punjab.

The Punjabi new year falling on the first day of Vaisakh which is the first solar month of the Punjabi calendar, Khalsa Sirjana Divas which marks the birth of the Khalsa in the year 1699 and the Mesha Sankranti festival. It is celebrated on either Apr 13 or 14.

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