Bandi Chhorh Divas is a Sikh

Sikhism

Sikhism is a monotheistic religion founded during the 15th century in the Punjab region, by Guru Nanak Dev and continued to progress with ten successive Sikh Gurus . It is the fifth-largest organized religion in the world and one of the fastest-growing...

 festival which occurs during the month of Ashvin

Ashvin

Ashvin , also known as Aswayuja, is the seventh month of the lunisolar Hindu calendar, the Tamil solar calendar where it is known as Aipassi and the solar India's national civil calendar. It is the sixth month of the solar Bengali calendar. It falls in the season of Shôrot, or Autumn...

 in the Indian lunisolar calendar, around the new moon day (Amavasya

Amavasya

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). This usually falls in October/November. It coincides with third day of the Hindu festival of Diwali

Diwali

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Bandi Chhorh Divas celebrates the release from prison of of the Sixth Guru, Guru Hargobind Ji, and 52 other princes with him, in October 1619. Following their release, Guru Hargobind Ji arrived in Amritsar

Amritsar

Amritsar is a city in the northern part of India and is the administrative headquarters of Amritsar district in the state of Punjab, India. The 2001 Indian census reported the population of the city to be over 1,500,000, with that of the entire district numbering 3,695,077...

in the midst of the Diwali festival, and the day was henceforth associated with his liberation.