Today is the Bengali New Year, known in Bangla as Poila Boishakh. A number of Indian calendars, of course, have their new year around now: the Punjabi, Assamese and Tamil, to name a few.

I said, “The history of Bengali New Year and calendar is somehow unclear and it is difficult to say exactly when it came about, but some assumptions can be made based on circumstantial evidence.

For a Bengali, an ideal Poila Baisakh — or the Bengali New Year — means new clothes, a ritual feast along with a box of sweets and a new calendar in hand. Calendars being sorted ahead of Poila ...

Let’s greet the new year with renewed spirits and lots of cheer. Let’s welcome the year 1432 (Bengali calendar) with open arms and kind hearts.

Bengali New Year celebrated in India’s Tripura Thousands of Hindu Bengalis have thronged temples for offering prayers on the occasion of Pahela Baishakh, the first day of the Bengali calendar ...

That is the calendar that ushers in the Bengali New Year. Now the question is how did we get the year 1422 BS on the 14th of April 2015 AD? The following consideration would show how it is done.

Pohela Baisakh, the Bengali New Year, falls on April 15. Celebrations occur in Bengal, Tripura, and Bangladesh. The day marks the start of the Bengali calendar. Festivities include dance, music ...

Bengali New Year 2025: The day is celebrated with joy, cultural pride and enthusiasm by Bengalis worldwide. ... April 15, as the start of the new year of the Bengali calendar.

I said, “The history of Bengali New Year and calendar is somehow unclear and it is difficult to say exactly when it came about, but some assumptions can be made based on circumstantial evidence.