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PREFACE
 Another
year is going to say goodbye
to us forever. As we get
ready to embrace the New
Year with lots of hope,
seldom we pay attention
to, �Oh! How the years
go by!� The thought is
supposed to be a preserve
of retired pensioners, who
have nothing but their past
to ponder over. In an age
of emphasis on youth, everybody
just wants to attend rave
parties to usher in another
new dawn. Just try to think,
how all this system of counting
hours, days, weeks, months,
years and ages began? One
would say nobody has time
to think of trivial things.
But trivia can be more often
than not very interesting.
Human mind�s innate curiosity
makes him to thin and ponder
over these trivia. We, at
hotgurgaon, have tried to
compile some interesting
known and unknown trivia
about New Year celebrations
in different civilizations,
about facts and fictions
behind origin of month�s
names, that of day�s names.
This is our endeavour to
salute the undying zeal
by which human civilization
has survived and grown through
ages. Following are the
Famous New Year trivia.
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Assyrian New Year
The Assyrian New Year, called Rish Nissanu, occurs on 1 April ....
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Punjabi
The Punjabi new year Vaisakhi is celebrated on 13 April and celebrates the harvest. ....
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Nepali
The Nepali new year is celebrated in spring, on the first day of the lunar month Baisakh. In the Eng....
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Thai and Lao
The Thai and Lao New Year are celebrated from 13 April to 15 April by splashing water. ....
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Cambodian
The Cambodian New Year and Lao New Year are celebrated from 13 April to 15 April. ....
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Bengali
The Bengali New Year Pohela Baisakh is celebrated on 14 April or 15 April in a festive manner in bot....
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Sinhalese
The Sinhalese New Year falls In April (the month of Bak) when the sun moves from the Meena Rashiya (....
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Tamil New Year
In India, the Tamil New Year and Vishu are celebrated on the same day respectively in the Southern I....
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Iranian New Year
The Iranian New Year, called Norouz, is the day containing the exact moment of the vernal equinox, c....
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Zoroastrian New Year
The Zoroastrian New Year coincides with the Iranian New Year of Norouz. It is celebrated by the Pars....
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