Vaisakhi ਵੈਸਾਖੀ
vaisākhī · noun
The spring harvest festival of the Punjab, and the date Guru Gobind Singh founded the Khalsa in 1699. It is the most widely observed date in the Sikh year, marked in April.
See also: Khalsa, Panj Pyare
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- Khushwant Singh. A History of the Sikhs, Volume 1: 1469–1839. Oxford University Press (2004). no page given yet
- Eleanor Nesbitt. Sikhism: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford University Press (2005). no page given yet