Around 2,320 years after Ashoka was conceived the Bihar
government has 'found' the immense Mauryan's birthday. It has proclaimed that the
Ashoka was born on April 14, a date that accommodatingly corresponds with the birth
commemoration and will be an official occasion in the state....
Buddha's Birthday or "'Buddha Day"' is a primarily Buddhist
festival that is celebrated in most of South, Southeast and East Asia, commemorating
the birth of the prince Siddhartha Gautama, who became the Gautama Buddha and
founded Buddhism....
