পহেলা বৈশাখ - Pahela Baishakh
Pahela Baishakh (Bengali: পহেলা বৈশাখ : Pahela Boishakh) or Bengali Nabobarsha (Bengali: বাংলা নববর্ষ) is the first day of the Bengali Calendar which is the official Calendar of Bangladesh. This festival is celebrated on 14 April in Bangladesh and on 14 or 15 April in the Indian states of West Bengal, Tripura, and Assam (Barak Valley) by people of Bengali origin heritage.
Celebration of Pahela Baishakh traces its roots back to Mughal role in the region with the proclamation of tax collection reforms by Emperor Akbar. The festival date is set according to the lunisolar Bengali calendar as the first day of its first month Boishakh. It therefore almost always falls on or about 14 April every year on the Gregorian calendar. The festival is celebrated with processions, fairs and family time. The traditional greeting for Bengalis in the new year is শুভ নববর্ষ "Shubho Noboborsho" which is literally "Happy New Year". The festive Mangal Shobhajatra is organized in Bangladesh. In 2016, the UNESCO declared this festivity organized by the Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Dhaka as a cultural heritage of humanity.
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