Fasli calendar

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Not to be confused with Zoroastrian_calendar § Fasli_calendar.

Fasli calendar or Fasli era (Fasli;

Arabic: فصلى; lit. 'Harvest') is a harvest-based calendar system that was used across South Asia, but today is mainly used in Deccan.[1]
It was the official calendar of Hyderabad Deccan.

The Deccani Fasli calendar begins in October, marking the first of Azur.

Fasli year means the period of 12 months from July to June. Adding 590 to Fasli year comes to Gregorian calendar, corresponding Gregorian year for Fasli year 1410 was from July 2000-June 2001.[2]

Formation

a document with fasli reference from Kerala, india

The calendar formation year is considered as 963 Hijra (A. H.) in the

Months are the same as Islamic calendar. The first day of the year is 7 or 8 June.[3]

The Fasli calendar dated from the accession year of

calendars.[1]

History

another document of fasliyear 1343 ic. AD 1933

Fasli Calendar is a chronological system introduced by the

lunar calendar because of moon sighting have led him to introduce an alternate calendar which follows simultaneously with Islamic Lunar calendar and Hindu Samavat solar Calendar. Which can give the fixed dating system.[1]

Akbar insistence to equalize the Fasli calendar according to Islamic calendar accordingly with Hindu calendar, thus he took 649 years from the Hindu calendar year to make the Fasli year 963. Since then, the Fasli calendar proceeded according to the Hindu calendar.[citation needed]

Introduction in Deccan

Nizam, Mir Osman Ali Khan acceded the Hyderabad State to the Indian Union.[citation needed
]

Current status

After the accession of the Hyderabad State, the Nizam continued as the

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References

  1. ^ a b c "Faṣlī era". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 21 August 2011.
  2. ^ a b "LAND REVENUE" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 March 2012. Retrieved 21 August 2011.
  3. ^ L.D.S. Pillai (1996). Panchang and Horoscope: Or the Indian Calendar and Indian Astrology. Asian Educational Services. p. 11.
    ISBN 81-206-0258-7
    . Retrieved 22 August 2011.
  4. ^ Kavasji Sorabji Patel (1866). Cowasjee Patell's Chronology. Trubner. p. 52.
  5. ^ "Season and Crop Report 2005–06: Wholesale Price Trend". Archived from the original on 18 April 2018.

External links

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