Day Guide for Sunday April 14th 2019

This is our day guide for Sunday April 14th 2019 which shows you at a glance what's happening around the world on day 104 of 2019.

Holidays on April 14th 2019

International: Sinhala and Tamil New Year. Puthandu also known as Tamil New Year, is the celebration of the first day of the Tamil new year
Bangladesh: Bengali New Year. Mughal Emperor Akbar introduced the Bengali calendar in 1556 (Gregorian calendar) to make the collection of land tax easier in 'Subah Bangla', much of which is now in Bangladesh.
Bhutan: Death Anniversary of Zhabdrung. Honours a 17th century Tibetan Buddhist lama who first united Bhutan as a nation-state.
Cambodia: Khmer New Year. First day of Cambodian New Year. Known as Maha Songkran, it is a day to welcome the new year
Honduras: Panamerican Day. Commemorates the First International Conference of American States which ended on 14 April 1890

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India (regional): Bohag Bihu Holiday. First day of holidays for the Assamese New Year

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India (regional): Ashoka's Birth Anniversary. Bihar commemorates the birth date of the a famous Indian emperor of the Maurya Dynasty

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India (regional): Dr Ambedkar Jayanti. Celebrated to mark the birthday of Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar, an Indian jurist, politician, philosopher, anthropologist, historian and economist

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India (regional): Mahabishuba Sankranti. Odisha. Marks the beginning of the New Year in the traditional Odia calendar

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India (regional): Vaisakhi. The beginning of the harvest season and birth of the Khalsa ☬

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India (regional): Ram Navami. Celebrates the birth of Lord Rama to King Dasharatha of Ayodhya celebrated on the ninth day of Chaitra

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India (regional): Cheiraoba. Cheiraoba is the Manipur New Year and is celebrated during the month of April.
Lao: Lao New Year. Celebrated for three days, this is the most important festival in Laos
Myanmar: Thingyan Holiday. Second day of the Water Festival before Burmese New Year
Nepal: Nepali New Year. Bikram Sambat is the official calendar of Nepal. New Year in this calendar usually falls on 14th April.
Thailand: Songkran. Festivities continue on the second day of the holidays to celebrate traditional Thai New Year

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