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First day of Passover in India

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During Passover Jewish people remember the liberation of the Israelites from slavery, their exodus from Egypt, and that their first-born children were spared during the 10th plague, as told in the Haggadah.

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First day of Passover

First day of Passover 2013

Tuesday, March 26, 2013
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Passover begins on the 15th day of Nisan, the first month in the ecclesiastical year of the Hebrew calendar and lasts for seven or eight days. It usually falls in April of the Gregorian calendar.

During Passover, Jewish people commemorate the liberation from slavery and the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt, as told in the Haggadah (or Haggada). These events took place around 3000 years ago.

Unleavened bread (Matzoh) commemorates the Israelites' hasty departure from Egypt.

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First day of Passover Observances

Weekday	Date	Year	Name	Holiday type
Sun	Apr 24	2005	First day of Passover	Observance
Thu	Apr 13	2006	First day of Passover	Observance
Tue	Apr 3	2007	First day of Passover	Observance
Sun	Apr 20	2008	First day of Passover	Observance
Thu	Apr 9	2009	First day of Passover	Observance
Tue	Mar 30	2010	First day of Passover	Observance
Tue	Apr 19	2011	First day of Passover	Observance
Sat	Apr 7	2012	First day of Passover	Observance
Tue	Mar 26	2013	First day of Passover	Observance

Other holidays in March 2013 in India

Maha Shivaratri/Shivaratri ―Sunday, March 10, 2013
Dolyatra ―Tuesday, March 26, 2013
Holi ―Wednesday, March 27, 2013
Maundy Thursday ―Thursday, March 28, 2013
Good Friday ―Friday, March 29, 2013
Easter Day ―Sunday, March 31, 2013

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