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GK QUESTION#80

Magh (Bhogali) Bihu in Assam is celebrated to mark:

  1. AThe winter solstice
  2. BThe new harvestCorrect answer
  3. CThe victory of good over evil
  4. DThe end of the monsoon
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B. The new harvest

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The new harvest. Assam Tourism identifies Magh Bihu as the harvest festival. Bohag (Rongali) Bihu instead marks the arrival of spring and the Assamese New Year.

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