Baisakhi

/ baɪˈsækiː /

noun

1. an annual Sikh festival commemorating the founding (1699) of the Order of the Khalsa by Gobind Singh

Word History and Origins

Origin of Baisakhi¹

from Sanskrit Baisakh (month of the year)

Example Sentences

A pivotal moment in Nair's career as a statesman was the massacre in Jallianwala Bagh, when hundreds of unarmed Indians were shot dead in a public garden on the day of the Baisakhi festival.

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"We were called by the police and asked to come," said Baisakhi Dhar from West Bengal state, searching for her husband Nikhil Dhar.

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Others were celebrating the city's Sikh Baisakhi festival and found themselves mixed up with the demonstrators.

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In the southern state of Kerala, the festival of Vishu was celebrated on Wednesday, and the main harvest celebration in parts of north India, Baisakhi, was celebrated on Tuesday.

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Sobbing, Baisakhi told me: "I am so happy to see her. If only she had come a few days earlier, she would have been able to see her sister before she died."

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