Vikram Samvat

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Vikram Samvat (IAST: Vikrama Saṁvat; abbr. VS; Sanskrit: विक्रमसंवत्) known as the Vikrami or Bikrami calendar, is a Hindu calendar historically used in the Indian subcontinent and still used in several Indian states and Nepal.

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