Q: New Year

[soumitra at ix.netcom.com]

You wrote: 
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>Q: New Year
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>In Tamil Nadu & Kerala, New Year day was celebrated on April 13, 1996.
>This is following Solar calendar (When Sun enters Mesha Rasi.)
>In Andhra & Karnataka, it was 20 days earlier (Yugadhi following
>lunar calendar)
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>Does Bengal follow Solar calendar too? Sinhala New Year was on
>Apri 13, 1996 (solar). Thais and Khmer also follow solar calendar,
>I heard. Is it true? Any other people following Indic calendars??
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>N. Ganesan
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We in Bengal have the Solar Calendar, Bangladesh is trying to implemetn 
a lunar calendar. We had our new Year on 14th April