Van Mahotsav

**Van Mahothsav**. 'Bikin gandun daji', bikin shuka bishiyoyi ne na shekara-shekara na mako guda a Indiya wanda ake bikin a makon farko na Yuli. Babban bikin gargajiya ne na Indiya wanda ke nuna al'adun Indiya da al'adun gargajiya don girmamawa da ƙaunar uwa ƙasa ta hanyar dasa bishiyoyi, ta hanyar wayar da kan jama'a game da kyawawan yanayi, da kuma inganta yanayin don inganta manufar ragewa, sake amfani, da sake amfani. Kalmomin "Van" da "Mahotsav" an samo su ne daga harshen Sanskrit. "Van" wanda kuma za'a iya rubuta shi a matsayin "Vana" yana nufin "Forest", kuma "Mahotsav" haɗuwa ce ta "Maha" ma'anar babba da "Utsav" ma'ana bikin. Don haka ana iya cire ma'anar "Van Mahotsav" a zahiri zuwa "A Great Forest-Festival", wani taron da al'ummar Indiya ke yi bikin a duk duniya tare da babban jigon dasa bishiyoyi.

## Asalin da Tarihi
Mohinder Singh Randhawa ne ya shirya makon dasa bishiyoyi na ƙasar Indiya daga 20 zuwa 27 ga Yuli 1947. Randhawa ya samo asali ne daga ra'ayoyin mako na gandun daji, bikin bishiyoyi, ko kwanakin bishiyoyi a kasashe daban-daban. An kaddamar da taron farko na 20 ga Yulin 1947 tare da dasa shuke-shuke na *Bauhinia* ta Khurshid Ahmad Khan, kwamishinan Delhi da safe da rana, an gudanar da wani bikin a Purana Qila karkashin jagorancin Mataimakin Shugaban Gwamnatin wucin gadi, Nehru. Wata rana an kira ta Ladies Day kuma ta haɗa da dasa a Qutub Minar tare da mahalarta ciki har da Lady Mountbatten . Nehru ya ce abin mamaki ne a gare shi cewa ya zuwa yanzu ba a da sha'awar dasa bishiyoyi. Manyan yankuna na kasar sun zama hamada saboda sakaci na mutanen da suka sare bishiyoyi ba tare da sanin darajarsu ba. Ya kamata a sami doka cewa babu wanda ya kamata ya sare itace sai dai idan ya fara dasa sabon a madadinsa. Gandhi yana cikin Delhi a lokacin kuma ya lura da shi a cikin jawabinsa na addu'a "Mai aikin da ya samo asali daga ra'ayin dasa bishiyoyi bai yi shi ba don kyawawan halaye kuma ba ma nufin kawai ga maza masu arziki ba. Ya fara da su don wasu su kwafe su kuma ta haka ne su kara da wadata da ruwan sama na Indiya. Rage gandun daji ya haifar da raguwar ruwan sama. Bugu da ƙari, itatuwa suna kula sai dai a farkon matakan. Wani acre na ƙasar da aka yi amfani da shi don shuka itatuwan 'ya' ya fi amfanin gona na 1950 da shi ya ci gaba da alkama a wannan yankin.

### Motsi ya zama Bikin
Van Mahotsav ya zo da tsawo tun lokacin da aka kafa shi na farko - ya fara ne a matsayin motsi, ya samo asali ne zuwa yaƙi don ceton uwa duniya, an gane shi azaman bikin rayuwa a jihohi da yawa a Indiya, kuma a ƙarshe zuwa bikin wanda yanzu jihohi da dama suka amince da shi a matsayin hutun ƙasa. Wasu sun ce KM Munshi ya fara motsi na Van Mahotsav a 1950 wanda ke aiki a matsayin Ministan Noma da Abinci na Tarayyar. Wasu sun ce tarihin wannan motsi ya samo asali ne daga shekara ta 1947 lokacin da MS Randhawa, masanin ilimin shuke-shuke na Punjabi, ya shirya mako na shuka bishiyoyi daga 20 zuwa 27 ga Yuli. Khurshid Ahmad Khan, wanda shine Kwamishinan 'Yan sanda na Delhi a lokacin, ya shiga cikin rantsar da wannan taron a ranar 20 ga Yuli 1947.
Fayil:Nehru_planting_2.jpg|Nehru planting a tree at the Purana Qila on 20 July 1947
Fayil:Mountbatten_planting.jpg|Lady Mountbatten planting a tree at Qutb Minar
Fayil:Randhawa_planting.jpg|M.S. Randhawa planting a tree at Delhi.


### Lokaci da Tsawon Lokaci
A Indiya ruwan sama yawanci yakan fara ne a cikin makon farko na Yuli. Yawancin tsire-tsire da aka dasa a wannan lokacin suna da yawan rayuwa fiye da waɗanda aka dasa a wasu watanni. Wannan yana daya daga cikin dalilan da ya sa ake yin bikin Van Mahotsav a kowace shekara tsakanin 1 ga Yuli da 7 ga Yuli.

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