With respect to the seasons in India, the term ‘Kaal Baisakhi’ is related to which of the following states in India?

The correct answer is Option 1. 

Key Points

• In West Bengal is the localised thunderstorms associated with violent gust and heavy rain known as ‘Kaal Baisakhi’.
• Kaal Baisakhi
  • ​It is a local rainfall and thunderstorm occur in Assam and West Bengal and in India or Bangladesh.
    • It occurs in the summer season.
  • It harms life and money and generally occurs in the month of Baisakh (April-May), hence it is known as 'Kaal Baisakhi'.
  • It originated from Chota Nagpur Plateau.
  • Since It is caused by winds coming from the north-west direction, they are also called 'norwesters'.​​

Additional Information

• During the summer season, strong humid winds start blowing in many places in India, which are known by different names in different places of the country:
  • Norwesters in East India
  • Cherry Blossoms/Coffee Showers
    • It is the local humid wind of Karnataka that is helpful for the coffee plantation and flows in the hot weather season.
  • Mango- shower
    • It is pre-monsoon rainfall and occurs especially in parts of Kerala, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.
    • It helps in the early ripening of mangoes and hence it is called 'Mango rain' or Mango-shower.