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The government has adopted Nepal Sambat as a national calendar, bringing it into practice in official works along with Bikram Sambat.
A meeting of the Council of Ministers held Tuesday morning took the decision to this effect, Deputy Prime Minister and government spokesperson Narayan Kaji Shrestha informed.
Nepal Sambat is a lunar calendar practiced in Nepal. It was started in 880 AD during the reign of King Raghav Dev to commemorate the payment of all the debts of common people by a philanthropist merchant Sankhadhar Sakhwa.
Nepal Sambat is one of the very few calendars native to Nepal.
The cabinet also decided to establish Sankhadhar Sakhwa National Academy. nepalnews.com
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