The fact is, baisakh 12th has always been a lucky day in my family and I should like to date my endorsement then."
"Tales of Bengal"
S. B. Banerjea
Your Lordships are not so ill acquainted with the geography of India as not to know that there is such a place as Patna, nor so ill acquainted with the chronology of it as not to know that there are three months called baisakh, Asin, Chait.
"The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. X. (of 12)"
Edmund Burke