The word ' Baisakhi ' is a derivative of Vaishakha . After harvesting the winter crop, the farmers of the northern states of Punjab and Haryana celebrate the beginning of another year. The day coincides with the solar equinox on the 13th of April. There is boisterous dancing and loud joyous singing, as the traditional folk dances of Punjab, called the gidda and bhangra , are performed. It is also the anniversary of the creation of the Khalsa Panth .
People collect around a bonfire in the evening to celebrate the harvest.
It is served to everyone, to symbolize the sharing of a new crop. History has recorded the execution of Guru Teg Bahadur, the ninth guru of the Sikhs , by the Mughals, on November 11, 1675. In revolt against this injustice, his son Guru Govind Singh, who was also the tenth guru , was compelled to take up arms. He selected the auspicious day of Baisakhi to initiate this important task, by forming the order of the Khalsa . On the 13th of April in 1699, at a meeting in a town named Anandpur in Punjab, the guru called upon his people to come forward to sacrifice themselves for the good of the clan.