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customs</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Holiday_customs-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Holiday customs subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Holiday_customs-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Visiting_family_and_friends" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Visiting_family_and_friends"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.1</span> <span>Visiting family and friends</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Visiting_family_and_friends-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-New_year_salutation" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#New_year_salutation"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.2</span> <span>New year salutation</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-New_year_salutation-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Haal_Khata" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Haal_Khata"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.3</span> <span>Haal Khata</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Haal_Khata-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Red-white_attire" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Red-white_attire"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.4</span> <span>Red-white attire</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Red-white_attire-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Baishakhi_meal" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Baishakhi_meal"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.5</span> <span>Baishakhi meal</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Baishakhi_meal-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Mangal_shobhajatra" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Mangal_shobhajatra"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.6</span> <span>Mangal shobhajatra</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Mangal_shobhajatra-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Baishakhi_Rural_Fair" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Baishakhi_Rural_Fair"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.7</span> <span>Baishakhi Rural Fair</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Baishakhi_Rural_Fair-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Locality" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Locality"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>Locality</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Locality-sublist" class="cdx-button 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class="vector-toc-numb">3.1.2</span> <span>In Chittagong</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-In_Chittagong-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-India" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#India"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.2</span> <span>India</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-India-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-West_Bengal" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#West_Bengal"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.2.1</span> <span>West Bengal</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-West_Bengal-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Tripura_and_Northeast_India" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Tripura_and_Northeast_India"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.2.2</span> <span>Tripura and Northeast India</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Tripura_and_Northeast_India-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Celebration_in_other_countries" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Celebration_in_other_countries"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.3</span> <span>Celebration in other countries</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Celebration_in_other_countries-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Gallery" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Gallery"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>Gallery</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Gallery-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Notelist" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Notelist"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>Notelist</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Notelist-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> 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mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%B9%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE_%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%88%E0%A6%B6%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%96" title="পহেলা বৈশাখ – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="পহেলা বৈশাখ" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A0%CE%B1%CF%87%CE%AD%CE%BB%CE%B1_%CE%9C%CF%80%CE%B1%CF%8A%CF%83%CE%AC%CF%87" title="Παχέλα Μπαϊσάχ – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Παχέλα Μπαϊσάχ" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pohela_Boishakh" title="Pohela Boishakh – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Pohela Boishakh" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pohela_Bai%C5%9Da%C4%A5" title="Pohela Baiŝaĥ – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Pohela Baiŝaĥ" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pohela_Boishakh" title="Pohela Boishakh – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Pohela Boishakh" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hif mw-list-item"><a href="https://hif.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pahila_Baishakh" title="Pahila Baishakh – Fiji Hindi" lang="hif" hreflang="hif" data-title="Pahila Baishakh" data-language-autonym="Fiji Hindi" data-language-local-name="Fiji Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Fiji Hindi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B2%D5%A5%D5%B6%D5%A3%D5%A1%D5%AC%D5%A1%D5%AF%D5%A1%D5%B6_%D5%B6%D5%B8%D6%80_%D5%BF%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%AB" title="Բենգալական նոր տարի – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Բենգալական նոր տարի" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%B5%E0%A5%88%E0%A4%B6%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%96" title="पहेला वैशाख – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="पहेला वैशाख" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pohela_Boishakh" title="Pohela Boishakh – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Pohela Boishakh" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pahela_Baishakh" title="Pahela Baishakh – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Pahela Baishakh" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%B5%E0%A5%88%E0%A4%B6%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%96" title="पहेला वैशाख – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="पहेला वैशाख" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tahun_Baru_Bengali" title="Tahun Baru Bengali – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Tahun Baru Bengali" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pohela_Boishakh" title="Pohela Boishakh – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Pohela Boishakh" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengalsk_nytt%C3%A5r" title="Bengalsk nyttår – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Bengalsk nyttår" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pohela_Boishakh" title="Pohela Boishakh – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Pohela Boishakh" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pohela_Boishakh" title="Pohela Boishakh – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Pohela Boishakh" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pahela_Baishakh" title="Pahela Baishakh – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Pahela Baishakh" 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class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pohela_Boishakh" title="Pohela Boishakh – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Pohela Boishakh" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%87%E0%AE%B2%E0%AE%BE_%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%88%E0%AE%9A%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8D" title="பகேலா பைசாக் – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="பகேலா பைசாக்" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>தமிழ்</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pohela_Boishakh" title="Pohela Boishakh – Turkish" lang="tr" 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title="Bengali-language text"><span lang="bn">পহেলা বৈশাখ</span></span></span></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Mangal_Shobhajatra_in_Dhaka.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Mangal_Shobhajatra_in_Dhaka.jpg/240px-Mangal_Shobhajatra_in_Dhaka.jpg" decoding="async" width="240" height="159" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Mangal_Shobhajatra_in_Dhaka.jpg/360px-Mangal_Shobhajatra_in_Dhaka.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Mangal_Shobhajatra_in_Dhaka.jpg/480px-Mangal_Shobhajatra_in_Dhaka.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="2161" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption" style="caption">Pohela Baishakh celebration in <a href="/wiki/Dhaka" title="Dhaka">Dhaka</a>, Bangladesh</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Official name</th><td class="infobox-data">Pohela Boishakh<sup id="cite_ref-samayeen159_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-samayeen159-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Also called</th><td class="infobox-data">Pahela Baishak, Pahela Boishak, Poila Boishak (<span title="Bengali-language text"><span lang="bn">পহেলা বৈশাখ</span></span>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Observed by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Bengalis" title="Bengalis">Bengalis</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Type</th><td class="infobox-data">Social, cultural and national festival</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Celebrations</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Boishakhi_Mela" title="Boishakhi Mela">Boishakhi Mela</a> (fair), gift-giving, visiting relatives and friends, songs, dance</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" 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title="Bengalis">People</a></div></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bangal" title="Bangal">Bangal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bengali_Muslims" title="Bengali Muslims">Bengali Muslims</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bengali_Hindus" title="Bengali Hindus">Bengali Hindus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bengali_Buddhists" title="Bengali Buddhists">Bengali Buddhists</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bengali_Christians" title="Bengali Christians">Bengali Christians</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhadralok" title="Bhadralok">Bhadralok</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dhakaiyas" title="Dhakaiyas">Dhakaiyas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ghoti_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Ghoti people">Ghoti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahimal" title="Mahimal">Mahimal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sylhetis" title="Sylhetis">Sylhetis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Bengalis" title="List of Bengalis">List of Bengalis</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td 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title="Tripura">Tripura</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jharkhand" title="Jharkhand">Jharkhand</a> and <a href="/wiki/Assam" title="Assam">Assam</a> (<a href="/wiki/Goalpara_region" title="Goalpara region">Goalpara</a> and <a href="/wiki/Barak_Valley" title="Barak Valley">Barak Valley</a>). It is a festival based on the spring <a href="/wiki/Harvest" title="Harvest">harvest</a>—which marks the first day of the new year in the <a href="/wiki/Bangladeshi_calendar" class="mw-redirect" title="Bangladeshi calendar">official calendar of Bangladesh</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Sinha2016p159_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sinha2016p159-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-BBC_Hinduism_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC_Hinduism-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Pohela Boishakh has its origins in the <a href="/wiki/Mughal_Empire" title="Mughal Empire">Mughal Empire</a>, representing the proclamation of tax collection reforms under <a href="/wiki/Akbar" title="Akbar">Akbar</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Chakrabarti_2013_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Chakrabarti_2013-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Its celebration is rooted in the traditions of the <a href="/wiki/Mahifarash" title="Mahifarash">Mahifarash</a> community of <a href="/wiki/Old_Dhaka" title="Old Dhaka">Old Dhaka</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Presently, it is largely a secular holiday for most celebrants and enjoyed by people of several different faiths and backgrounds. </p><p>The festival is celebrated with processions, fairs and family time. The traditional greeting for Bengalis in the new year is <span title="Bengali-language text"><span lang="bn">শুভ নববর্ষ</span></span> "<i>Shubho Noboborsho</i>" which is literally "Happy New Year". The festive <i><a href="/wiki/Mangal_Shobhajatra" title="Mangal Shobhajatra">Mangal Shobhajatra</a></i> is organised in Bangladesh. In 2016, the <a href="/wiki/UNESCO" title="UNESCO">UNESCO</a> declared this festivity organised by the <a href="/wiki/Faculty_of_Fine_Arts,_University_of_Dhaka" title="Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Dhaka">Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Dhaka</a> as a cultural heritage of humanity.<sup id="cite_ref-unescopb_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-unescopb-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History_and_origin">History and origin</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pohela_Boishakh&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History and origin"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Nomenclature">Nomenclature</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pohela_Boishakh&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Nomenclature"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In <a href="/wiki/Bengali_language" title="Bengali language">Bengali</a>, the word <i>Pohela</i> (or <i>Pahela</i> <a href="/wiki/Bengali_language" title="Bengali language">Bengali</a>: <span lang="bn">পহেলা</span>), alternatively <i>Poila</i> (<a href="/wiki/Bengali_language" title="Bengali language">Bengali</a>: <span lang="bn">পয়লা</span>), means 'first' and <i>Boishakh</i> (or <i>Baishak</i> <a href="/wiki/Bengali_language" title="Bengali language">Bengali</a>: <span lang="bn">বৈশাখ</span>) is the first month of the Bengali calendar (<a href="/wiki/Bengali_language" title="Bengali language">Bengali</a>: <span lang="bn">পহেলা বৈশাখ</span> <i>Pohela Boishakh</i>, <i>Pahela Boishakh</i>, <i>Pahale Baishak</i> or <a href="/wiki/Bengali_language" title="Bengali language">Bengali</a>: <span lang="bn">পয়লা বৈশাখ</span> <i>Poila Boishakh</i>). <sup id="cite_ref-Alternative_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Alternative-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>n 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-sinha161_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sinha161-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Bengali New Year is referred to in Bengali as <i>Nobo Borsho</i> (<a href="/wiki/Bengali_language" title="Bengali language">Bengali</a>: <span lang="bn">নববর্ষ</span>), where 'Nobo' means new and 'Borsho' means year.<sup id="cite_ref-crump114q_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-crump114q-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Emperor_Akbar.png" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Emperor_Akbar.png/220px-Emperor_Akbar.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="334" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Emperor_Akbar.png/330px-Emperor_Akbar.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/42/Emperor_Akbar.png 2x" data-file-width="403" data-file-height="612" /></a><figcaption>Mughal Emperor <a href="/wiki/Akbar" title="Akbar">Akbar</a> began the celebration of Bengali New Year and officialised the Bengali <a href="/wiki/Calendar" title="Calendar">calendar</a> to ease the tax collection process.</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Traditional_roots">Traditional roots</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pohela_Boishakh&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Traditional roots"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Muslim_origin_theory">Muslim origin theory</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pohela_Boishakh&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Muslim origin theory"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During Mughal rule, land taxes were collected from <a href="/wiki/Bengalis" title="Bengalis">Bengali</a> people according to the Islamic <a href="/wiki/Islamic_calendar" title="Islamic calendar">Hijri</a> calendar. This calendar was a <a href="/wiki/Lunar_calendar" title="Lunar calendar">lunar calendar</a>, and its new year did not coincide with the solar <a href="/wiki/Agricultural_cycle" title="Agricultural cycle">agricultural cycles</a>. According to some sources, the festival was a tradition introduced in <a href="/wiki/Bengal" title="Bengal">Bengal</a> during the rule of Mughal Emperor <a href="/wiki/Akbar" title="Akbar">Akbar</a> to time the tax year to the harvest, and the Bangla year was therewith called <a href="/wiki/Bengali_calendars" title="Bengali calendars">Bangabda</a>. Akbar asked the royal <a href="/wiki/Astronomer" title="Astronomer">astronomer</a> <a href="/wiki/Fathullah_Shirazi" title="Fathullah Shirazi">Fathullah Shirazi</a> to create a new calendar by combining the lunar <a href="/wiki/Islamic_calendar" title="Islamic calendar">Islamic calendar</a> and solar <a href="/wiki/Hindu_calendar" title="Hindu calendar">Hindu calendar</a> already in use, and this was known as Fasholi shan (harvest calendar). According to some historians, this started the <a href="/wiki/Bengali_calendars" title="Bengali calendars">Bengali calendar</a>. According to <a href="/wiki/Shamsuzzaman_Khan" title="Shamsuzzaman Khan">Shamsuzzaman Khan</a>, it could be Nawab <a href="/wiki/Murshid_Quli_Khan" title="Murshid Quli Khan">Murshid Quli Khan</a>, a Mughal governor, who first used the tradition of Punyaho as "a day for ceremonial land tax collection", and used Akbar's fiscal policy to start the <a href="/wiki/Bengali_calendars" title="Bengali calendars">Bangla calendar</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Chakrabarti_2013_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Chakrabarti_2013-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-banglapedia_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-banglapedia-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to Shamsuzzaman Khan,<sup id="cite_ref-meghna_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-meghna-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Nitish_Sengupta" title="Nitish Sengupta">Nitish Sengupta</a>, the origin of the Bengali calendar is unclear.<sup id="cite_ref-Sengupta2011_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sengupta2011-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to Shamsuzzaman, it is called Bangla shon or shaal, which are <a href="/wiki/Arabic" title="Arabic">Arabic</a> (سن) and <a href="/wiki/Farsi" class="mw-redirect" title="Farsi">Persian</a> (سال) words respectively, suggests that it was introduced by a Muslim king or sultan."<sup id="cite_ref-meghna_27-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-meghna-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In contrast, according to Sengupta, its traditional name is <i>Bangabda</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-Sengupta2011_28-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sengupta2011-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is also unclear, whether it was adopted by <a href="/wiki/Alauddin_Husain_Shah" title="Alauddin Husain Shah">Alauddin Husain Shah</a> or Akbar. The tradition to use the Bengali calendar may have been started by Husain Shah before Akbar.<sup id="cite_ref-Sengupta2011_28-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sengupta2011-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Regardless of who adopted the Bengali calendar and the new year, states Sengupta, it helped collect land taxes after the spring harvest based on traditional Bengali calendar, because the Islamic Hijri calendar created administrative difficulties in setting the collection date.<sup id="cite_ref-Sengupta2011_28-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sengupta2011-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some say that the current Bengali Calendar begins from the year of <a href="/wiki/Hijrah" title="Hijrah">Hijrah</a>, i.e., migration of <a href="/wiki/Prophet_Muhammad" class="mw-redirect" title="Prophet Muhammad">Prophet Muhammad</a>, the last messenger in <a href="/wiki/Islam" title="Islam">Islam</a>, from <a href="/wiki/Makkah" class="mw-redirect" title="Makkah">Makkah</a> to <a href="/wiki/Madinah" class="mw-redirect" title="Madinah">Madinah</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Vikramaditya_origin_theory">Vikramaditya origin theory</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pohela_Boishakh&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Vikramaditya origin theory"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Some historians attribute the Bengali calendar to the 7th-century Indian king <a href="/wiki/Shashanka" title="Shashanka">Shashanka</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-meghna_27-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-meghna-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Sengupta2011_28-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sengupta2011-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The term <i>Bangabda</i> (Bangla year) is found too in two <a href="/wiki/Shiva" title="Shiva">Shiva</a> temples many centuries older than <a href="/wiki/Akbar" title="Akbar">Akbar</a> era, suggesting that Bengali calendar existed before Akbar's time.<sup id="cite_ref-Sengupta2011_28-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sengupta2011-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Various dynasties whose territories extended into <a href="/wiki/Bengal" title="Bengal">Bengal</a>, prior to the 13th-century, used the <a href="/wiki/Vikram_Samvat" title="Vikram Samvat">Vikrami</a> calendar. <a href="/wiki/Buddhism" title="Buddhism">Buddhist</a> texts and inscriptions created in the <a href="/wiki/Pala_Empire" title="Pala Empire">Pala Empire</a> era mention "Vikrama" and the months such as <a href="/wiki/Ashvin_(month)" title="Ashvin (month)">Ashvin</a>, a system found in <a href="/wiki/Sanskrit" title="Sanskrit">Sanskrit</a> texts elsewhere in ancient and medieval Indian subcontinent.<sup id="cite_ref-crump114q_24-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-crump114q-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-dalal135_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dalal135-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In rural Bengali communities of India, the Bengali calendar is credited to "Bikromaditto", like many other parts of India and <a href="/wiki/Nepal" title="Nepal">Nepal</a>. However, unlike these regions where it starts in 57 BCE, the Bengali calendar starts from 593 CE suggesting that the starting reference year was adjusted at some point.<sup id="cite_ref-Klass1978p166_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Klass1978p166-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Nicholas2003p13_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Nicholas2003p13-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Contemporary_usage">Contemporary usage</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pohela_Boishakh&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Contemporary usage"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In Bangladesh however, the old Bengali calendar was modified in 1966 by a committee headed by <a href="/wiki/Muhammad_Shahidullah" title="Muhammad Shahidullah">Muhammad Shahidullah</a>, making the first five months 31 days long, rest 30 days each, with the month of Falgun adjusted to 31 days in every leap year.<sup id="cite_ref-Chakrabarti114_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Chakrabarti114-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This was officially adopted by Bangladesh in 1987. Since then, the national calendar starts with and the new year festival always falls on 14 April in Bangladesh.<sup id="cite_ref-Chakrabarti114_38-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Chakrabarti114-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2018–19, the calendar was amended again, with Falgun now lasting 29 days in regular years and to 30 days in leap ones, in an effort to more align with Western use of the Gregorian calendar. However, the date of the celebration, 14 April, was retained. </p><p>The Bengali calendar in India remains tied to the Hindu calendar system and is used to set the various Bengali Hindu festivals. For Bengalis of West Bengal and other Indian states, the festival falls either on 14 or 15 April every year. The current Bengali calendar in use in the Indian states is based on the Sanskrit text <i><a href="/wiki/Surya_Siddhanta" title="Surya Siddhanta">Surya Siddhanta</a></i>. 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Pohela Boishakh is also known for uniting friends and family after a long time. It is a time for unity and reuniting, and spending enjoyable time with friends and family, while putting the past behind. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="New_year_salutation">New year salutation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pohela_Boishakh&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: New year salutation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Chhayanaut" title="Chhayanaut">Chhayanaut</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:%E0%A6%9B%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%9F%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0_%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B7%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%A3,_%E0%A7%A7%E0%A7%AA%E0%A7%A8%E0%A7%AA_%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%99%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%97%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A6.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/%E0%A6%9B%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%9F%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0_%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B7%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%A3%2C_%E0%A7%A7%E0%A7%AA%E0%A7%A8%E0%A7%AA_%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%99%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%97%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A6.jpg/220px-%E0%A6%9B%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%9F%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0_%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B7%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%A3%2C_%E0%A7%A7%E0%A7%AA%E0%A7%A8%E0%A7%AA_%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%99%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%97%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A6.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/%E0%A6%9B%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%9F%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0_%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B7%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%A3%2C_%E0%A7%A7%E0%A7%AA%E0%A7%A8%E0%A7%AA_%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%99%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%97%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A6.jpg/330px-%E0%A6%9B%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%9F%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0_%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B7%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%A3%2C_%E0%A7%A7%E0%A7%AA%E0%A7%A8%E0%A7%AA_%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%99%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%97%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A6.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/%E0%A6%9B%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%9F%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0_%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B7%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%A3%2C_%E0%A7%A7%E0%A7%AA%E0%A7%A8%E0%A7%AA_%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%99%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%97%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A6.jpg/440px-%E0%A6%9B%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%9F%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0_%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B7%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%A3%2C_%E0%A7%A7%E0%A7%AA%E0%A7%A8%E0%A7%AA_%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%99%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%97%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A6.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4096" data-file-height="3072" /></a><figcaption>The new year salutation at <a href="/wiki/Ramna_Park" title="Ramna Park">Ramna Park</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The celebration of Bengali new year <a href="/wiki/Pahela_Baishakh" class="mw-redirect" title="Pahela Baishakh">Pahela Baishakh</a> begins at dawn arranges by the cultural organisation <a href="/wiki/Chhayanaut" title="Chhayanaut">Chhayanaut</a> welcoming the year at Ramna Batamul under the banyan tree in the Ramna Park in Bangladesh.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Haal_Khata">Haal Khata</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pohela_Boishakh&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Haal Khata"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Haal_Khata" title="Haal Khata">Haal Khata</a></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Haal_Khata" title="Haal Khata">Haal Khata</a> is a festival celebrated on the occasion of Pohela Boishakh in order to complete all the account reckonings of the last year and open a new <a href="/wiki/Ledger" title="Ledger">ledger</a>. It is observed by the Bengali businessmen, shopkeepers and traders. It signifies that every year starts with a new beginning. It ignores all the due debts of customers and shopkeepers alike, and instead opens a new page for a new year of shopkeeping. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Red-white_attire">Red-white attire</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pohela_Boishakh&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Red-white attire"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On this occasion, males are seen wearing red or white <a href="/wiki/Kurta" title="Kurta">Kurta</a> with traditional designs on them, imprinted or embroidered. Women and young ladies wear red and white <a href="/wiki/Sari" title="Sari">saree</a> with blouses and put on flower crowns on their heads. Girls also dress in <a href="/wiki/Shalwar_kameez" title="Shalwar kameez">salwar kameez</a>. They are seen wearing traditional ornaments and accessories along with their dresses. It is thought that it is because the traditional ledgers used in Haal Khata had a red cover with white pages. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Baishakhi_meal">Baishakhi meal</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pohela_Boishakh&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Baishakhi meal"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In recent times, claiming it to be traditional, Bengalis eat <a href="/wiki/Panta_bhat" title="Panta bhat">Panta Bhat</a> or <a href="/wiki/Panta_bhat" title="Panta bhat">poitabhat</a>, which is a rice-based dish prepared by soaking rice, generally leftovers, in water overnight. It is popularly eaten with <a href="/wiki/Ilish" title="Ilish">Hilsa</a> Fish and other curries.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> But many argue that it is not an age-old tradition and merely a trend.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> To stop overfishing and to repopulate the dwindling Hilsa population, around this time, fishing is banned. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Mangal_shobhajatra">Mangal shobhajatra</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pohela_Boishakh&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Mangal shobhajatra"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Mangal_Shobhajatra" title="Mangal Shobhajatra">Mangal Shobhajatra</a></div><p>Mangal Shobhajatra or Mongol Shovajatra (Bengali: মঙ্গল শোভাযাত্রা) is a mass procession that takes place at dawn on the first day of the Bengali New Year in Bangladesh. The procession is organised by the teachers and students of the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Dhaka. The festival is considered an expression of the secular identity of the Bangladeshi people and as a way to promote unity. It was declared an intangible cultural heritage by UNESCO in 2016, categorised on the representative list as a heritage of humanity.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Baishakhi_Rural_Fair">Baishakhi Rural Fair</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pohela_Boishakh&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Baishakhi Rural Fair"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>It is a fair held by the locals of that area where many different things ranging from books to special dishes are sold. Traditionally, the fair was held under huge <a href="/wiki/Banyan" title="Banyan">Banyan</a> trees and traders from far across the areas would gather with their goods and toys in the fair. Some rides such as Nagordola (wooden <a href="/wiki/Ferris_wheel" title="Ferris wheel">Ferris wheel</a>), are set for kids. Different types of traditional foods are sold out in the stalls such as <a href="/wiki/Jalebi" title="Jalebi">Jilipi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sandesh_(confectionery)" title="Sandesh (confectionery)">Sandesh</a>, <a href="/wiki/Soan_papdi" title="Soan papdi">Soan papdi</a>, Batasha (a candy made of sugar or jaggery),<sup class="noprint Inline-Template noprint Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability#Wikipedia_and_sources_that_mirror_or_use_it" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability"><span title="This claim cites another Wikipedia article. Articles need references to reliable third-party sources. (April 2022)">circular reference</span></a></i>]</sup> Khoi (popped rice), Kadma (a candy made of sugar), and so forth. 'Bioscope', a form of the old movie projector, was also a part of the attraction for the younglings back in the days.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Locality">Locality</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pohela_Boishakh&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Locality"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Bangladesh">Bangladesh</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pohela_Boishakh&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Bangladesh"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bengali_New_Year_1422_01.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Bengali_New_Year_1422_01.jpg/220px-Bengali_New_Year_1422_01.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="151" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Bengali_New_Year_1422_01.jpg/330px-Bengali_New_Year_1422_01.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Bengali_New_Year_1422_01.jpg/440px-Bengali_New_Year_1422_01.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3579" data-file-height="2463" /></a><figcaption>Mangal Shobhajatra at Pohela Boishakh in Bangladesh. <a href="/wiki/UNESCO" title="UNESCO">UNESCO</a> recognises Mangal Shobhajatra as cultural heritage.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <p>The Bengali New Year is observed as a public holiday in Bangladesh. It is celebrated across religious boundaries by its Muslim majority and Hindu minority.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to <a href="/w/index.php?title=Willem_van_Schendel_(historian)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Willem van Schendel (historian) (page does not exist)">Willem van Schendel</a> and <a href="/wiki/Henk_Schulte_Nordholt" title="Henk Schulte Nordholt">Henk Schulte Nordholt</a>, the festival became a popular means of expressing cultural pride and heritage among the Bangladeshi as they resisted Pakistani rule in the 1950s and 1960s.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The day is marked with singing, processions, and fairs. Traditionally, businesses start this day with a new ledger, clearing out the old which often involves inviting loyal customers and offering sweetmeats to them. This festival is called <a href="/wiki/Haal_Khata" title="Haal Khata">Haal Khata</a>. Singers perform traditional songs welcoming the new year. People enjoy classical <a href="/wiki/Jatra_(theatre)" title="Jatra (theatre)">Jatra plays</a>. People wear festive dress with women desking their hair with flowers. White-red color combinations are particularly popular.<sup id="cite_ref-Schendel2013p17_46-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Schendel2013p17-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Bangladeshis prepare and enjoy a variety of traditional festive foods on Pohela Boishakh. These include <i><a href="/wiki/Panta_bhat" title="Panta bhat">panta bhat</a></i> (watered rice), <i><a href="/wiki/Ilish" title="Ilish">ilish</a> bhaji</i> (fried hilsa fish) and many special <i><a href="/wiki/Bhurta" title="Bhurta">bhartas</a></i> (pastes).<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Schendel2013p17_46-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Schendel2013p17-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="In_Dhaka">In Dhaka</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pohela_Boishakh&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: In Dhaka"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:PreparationsForPohelaBoishakh1417.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/PreparationsForPohelaBoishakh1417.jpg/220px-PreparationsForPohelaBoishakh1417.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/PreparationsForPohelaBoishakh1417.jpg/330px-PreparationsForPohelaBoishakh1417.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/PreparationsForPohelaBoishakh1417.jpg/440px-PreparationsForPohelaBoishakh1417.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="686" /></a><figcaption>Students of Charukala (Fine Arts) Institute, <a href="/wiki/Dhaka_University" class="mw-redirect" title="Dhaka University">Dhaka University</a> preparing masks for Pohela Boishakh</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Colors_of_Celebration!-4.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Colors_of_Celebration%21-4.JPG/220px-Colors_of_Celebration%21-4.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Colors_of_Celebration%21-4.JPG/330px-Colors_of_Celebration%21-4.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Colors_of_Celebration%21-4.JPG/440px-Colors_of_Celebration%21-4.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="960" /></a><figcaption>Colorful celebration of Pohela Boishakh in Dhaka</figcaption></figure> <p>The celebrations start in Dhaka at dawn with a rendition of <a href="/wiki/Rabindranath_Tagore" title="Rabindranath Tagore">Rabindranath Tagore</a>'s song "<i>Esho he Boishakh</i>" by <a href="/wiki/Chhayanaut" title="Chhayanaut">Chhayanaut</a> under the banyan tree at <a href="/wiki/Ramna_Thana" title="Ramna Thana">Ramna</a> (the Ramna Batamul). An integral part of the festivities is the <a href="/wiki/Mangal_Shobhajatra" title="Mangal Shobhajatra">Mangal Shobhajatra</a>, a traditional colourful procession organised by the students of the <a href="/wiki/Faculty_of_Fine_Arts,_University_of_Dhaka" title="Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Dhaka">Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Dhaka</a> (Charukala). According to the history, the rudimentary step of Mangal Shobhjatra was started in Jessore by Charupith, a community organisation, in 1985. Later in 1989 the Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Dhaka arranged this Mangal Shobhajatra with different motifs and themes. Now, the Mangal Shobhajatra is celebrated by different organisation in all over the country.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Dhaka University <a href="/wiki/Mangal_Shobhajatra" title="Mangal Shobhajatra">Mangal Shobhajatra</a> tradition started in 1989 when students used the procession to overcome their frustration with the military rule. They organised the festival to create masks and floats with at least three theme, one highlighting evil, another courage, and a third about peace.<sup id="cite_ref-unescopb_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-unescopb-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It also highlighted the pride of Bangladeshi people for their folk heritage irrespective of religion, creed, caste, gender or age.<sup id="cite_ref-unescopb_11-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-unescopb-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In recent years, the procession has a different theme relevant to the country's culture and politics every year. Different cultural organisations and bands also perform on this occasion and fairs celebrating <a href="/wiki/Culture_of_Bengal" title="Culture of Bengal">Bengali culture</a> are organised throughout the country. Other traditional events held to celebrate Pohela Boishakh include bull racing in Munshiganj, <a href="/wiki/Jobbarer_Boli_Khela" title="Jobbarer Boli Khela">Boli Khela</a> (wrestling) in Chittagong, <a href="/wiki/Nouka_Baich" title="Nouka Baich">Nouka Baich</a> (boat racing), cockfights, pigeon racing.<sup id="cite_ref-history_49-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-history-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="In_Chittagong">In Chittagong</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pohela_Boishakh&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: In Chittagong"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Pohela Boishakh celebrations in Chittagong involves similar traditions of that in Dhaka. The students of the fine arts institute of <a href="/wiki/Chittagong_University" class="mw-redirect" title="Chittagong University">Chittagong University</a> brings the Mangal Shobhajatra procession in the city, followed by daylong cultural activities.<sup id="cite_ref-Chakraborty1_50-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Chakraborty1-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At DC hill & CRB, a range of cultural programmes are held by different socio-cultural and educational organisations of the city. The Shammilito Pohela Boishakh Udjapon Parishad holds a two-day function at the hill premises to observe the festival, starting with Rabindra Sangeet recitations in the morning. In the late afternoon, through evening, Chaitra Sangkranti programme is held to bid farewell to the previous year.<sup id="cite_ref-Chakraborty1_50-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Chakraborty1-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At the Chittagong Shilpakala Academy, different folk cultures, music, dances, puppet shows are displayed.<sup id="cite_ref-Chakraborty1_50-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Chakraborty1-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="India">India</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pohela_Boishakh&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: India"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Poila_Baisakh_food_Main_lead_image.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Poila_Baisakh_food_Main_lead_image.jpg/220px-Poila_Baisakh_food_Main_lead_image.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Poila_Baisakh_food_Main_lead_image.jpg/330px-Poila_Baisakh_food_Main_lead_image.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Poila_Baisakh_food_Main_lead_image.jpg/440px-Poila_Baisakh_food_Main_lead_image.jpg 2x" data-file-width="550" data-file-height="300" /></a><figcaption>Pohela Boishakh Festive Meal</figcaption></figure> <p>Bengalis of India have historically celebrated Pohela Boishakh, and it is an official regional holiday in its states of West Bengal and Tripura. The day is also called Nabo Barsho.<sup id="cite_ref-crump114_51-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-crump114-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="West_Bengal">West Bengal</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pohela_Boishakh&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: West Bengal"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Pohela Boisakh has been the traditional New Year festival in the state, with the new year referred to as the <i>Noboborsho</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-crump114q_24-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-crump114q-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The festival falls on 14 or 15 April, as West Bengal follows its traditional Bengali calendar, which adjusts for solar cycle differently than the one used in Bangladesh where the festival falls on 14 April.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Notable events of West Bengal include the early morning cultural processions called <i>Prabhat Pheri</i>. These processions see dance troupes and children dressed up with floats, displaying their performance arts to songs of <a href="/wiki/Rabindranath_Tagore" title="Rabindranath Tagore">Rabindranath Tagore</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Tripura_and_Northeast_India">Tripura and Northeast India</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pohela_Boishakh&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Tripura and Northeast India"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Pohela Boishakh is a state holiday in Tripura. People wear new clothes and start the day by praying at the temples for a prosperous year. The day marks the traditional accounting new year for merchants.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-tfepahela_55-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tfepahela-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Festive foods such as <a href="/wiki/South_Asian_sweets" class="mw-redirect" title="South Asian sweets">confectionery and sweets</a> are purchased and distributed as gifts to friends and family members.<sup id="cite_ref-tfepahela_55-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tfepahela-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The festival is also observed by the Bengali communities in other eastern states such as <a href="/wiki/Assam" title="Assam">Assam</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Celebration_in_other_countries">Celebration in other countries</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pohela_Boishakh&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Celebration in other countries"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Boishakhi_Mela" title="Boishakhi Mela">Boishakhi Mela</a></div> <p>Bangladesh Heritage and Ethnic Society of <a href="/wiki/Alberta" title="Alberta">Alberta</a> in Canada celebrates its Heritage Festival (Bengali New Year) in a colourful manner along with other organisations. Bengali people in <a href="/wiki/Calgary" title="Calgary">Calgary</a> celebrate the day with traditional food, dress, and with Bengali culture.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Bangabandhu Council of Australia also hosts a Pohela Boishakh event at the <a href="/wiki/Sydney_Olympic_Park" title="Sydney Olympic Park">Sydney Olympic Park</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pohela_Boishakh&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bengali_Renaissance" class="mw-redirect" title="Bengali Renaissance">Bengali Renaissance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_festivals_in_Bangladesh" title="List of festivals in Bangladesh">List of festivals in Bangladesh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Festivals_of_West_Bengal" class="mw-redirect" title="Festivals of West Bengal">Festivals of West Bengal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pahela_Falgun" class="mw-redirect" title="Pahela Falgun">Pohela Falgun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haal_Khata" title="Haal Khata">Haal Khata</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bangal" title="Bangal">Bangal</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Gallery">Gallery</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pohela_Boishakh&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Gallery"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bangladeshi_girls_celebrating_Pohela_Boishakh_(17152686985).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Children in Bangladesh carrying placards in Pohela Boishakh's rally"><img alt="Children in Bangladesh carrying placards in Pohela Boishakh's rally" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Bangladeshi_girls_celebrating_Pohela_Boishakh_%2817152686985%29.jpg/120px-Bangladeshi_girls_celebrating_Pohela_Boishakh_%2817152686985%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="68" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Bangladeshi_girls_celebrating_Pohela_Boishakh_%2817152686985%29.jpg/180px-Bangladeshi_girls_celebrating_Pohela_Boishakh_%2817152686985%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Bangladeshi_girls_celebrating_Pohela_Boishakh_%2817152686985%29.jpg/240px-Bangladeshi_girls_celebrating_Pohela_Boishakh_%2817152686985%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="720" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Children in Bangladesh carrying placards in Pohela Boishakh's rally</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bangladeshi_children_with_Pohela_Boishakh_placard_at_Pohela_Boishakh_celebration_(02).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Children in Bangladesh carrying colourful placards in Pohela Boishakh's rally"><img alt="Children in Bangladesh carrying colourful placards in Pohela Boishakh's rally" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Bangladeshi_children_with_Pohela_Boishakh_placard_at_Pohela_Boishakh_celebration_%2802%29.jpg/120px-Bangladeshi_children_with_Pohela_Boishakh_placard_at_Pohela_Boishakh_celebration_%2802%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Bangladeshi_children_with_Pohela_Boishakh_placard_at_Pohela_Boishakh_celebration_%2802%29.jpg/180px-Bangladeshi_children_with_Pohela_Boishakh_placard_at_Pohela_Boishakh_celebration_%2802%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Bangladeshi_children_with_Pohela_Boishakh_placard_at_Pohela_Boishakh_celebration_%2802%29.jpg/240px-Bangladeshi_children_with_Pohela_Boishakh_placard_at_Pohela_Boishakh_celebration_%2802%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4600" data-file-height="3059" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Children in Bangladesh carrying colourful placards in Pohela Boishakh's rally</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bangladeshi_girls_wearing_traditional_sari_with_flower_crown_at_Pohela_Boishakh_celebration_2016_(01).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Girls in Bangladesh wearing traditional saris and flower crowns at Pohela Boishakh celebration in Chittagong"><img alt="Girls in Bangladesh wearing traditional saris and flower crowns at Pohela Boishakh celebration in Chittagong" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Bangladeshi_girls_wearing_traditional_sari_with_flower_crown_at_Pohela_Boishakh_celebration_2016_%2801%29.jpg/120px-Bangladeshi_girls_wearing_traditional_sari_with_flower_crown_at_Pohela_Boishakh_celebration_2016_%2801%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Bangladeshi_girls_wearing_traditional_sari_with_flower_crown_at_Pohela_Boishakh_celebration_2016_%2801%29.jpg/180px-Bangladeshi_girls_wearing_traditional_sari_with_flower_crown_at_Pohela_Boishakh_celebration_2016_%2801%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Bangladeshi_girls_wearing_traditional_sari_with_flower_crown_at_Pohela_Boishakh_celebration_2016_%2801%29.jpg/240px-Bangladeshi_girls_wearing_traditional_sari_with_flower_crown_at_Pohela_Boishakh_celebration_2016_%2801%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4272" data-file-height="2848" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Girls in Bangladesh wearing traditional saris and flower crowns at Pohela Boishakh celebration in <a href="/wiki/Chittagong" title="Chittagong">Chittagong</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Art_competition_at_Pohela_Boishakh_celebration_2016_(04).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Art competition at Pohela Boishakh celebration in Chittagong"><img alt="Art competition at Pohela Boishakh celebration in Chittagong" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Art_competition_at_Pohela_Boishakh_celebration_2016_%2804%29.jpg/80px-Art_competition_at_Pohela_Boishakh_celebration_2016_%2804%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Art_competition_at_Pohela_Boishakh_celebration_2016_%2804%29.jpg/120px-Art_competition_at_Pohela_Boishakh_celebration_2016_%2804%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Art_competition_at_Pohela_Boishakh_celebration_2016_%2804%29.jpg/160px-Art_competition_at_Pohela_Boishakh_celebration_2016_%2804%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2848" data-file-height="4272" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Art competition at Pohela Boishakh celebration in <a href="/wiki/Chittagong" title="Chittagong">Chittagong</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:%E0%A6%90%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B9%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B9%E0%A7%80_%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%88%E0%A6%B6%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%96%E0%A7%80_%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0_%E0%A6%8F%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%BF_%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%B2.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Colorful show pieces in a Boishakhi fair stall"><img alt="Colorful show pieces in a Boishakhi fair stall" 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/%E0%A6%90%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B9%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B9%E0%A7%80_%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%88%E0%A6%B6%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%96%E0%A7%80_%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0_%E0%A6%8F%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%BF_%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%B2.jpg/180px-%E0%A6%90%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B9%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B9%E0%A7%80_%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%88%E0%A6%B6%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%96%E0%A7%80_%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0_%E0%A6%8F%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%BF_%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%B2.jpg 1.5x, 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href="/wiki/File:Bengali_New_Year_1422_07.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="A motif of sun at Mangal Shobhajatra procession in Pohela Boishakh celebration at Dhaka"><img alt="A motif of sun at Mangal Shobhajatra procession in Pohela Boishakh celebration at Dhaka" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Bengali_New_Year_1422_07.jpg/120px-Bengali_New_Year_1422_07.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Bengali_New_Year_1422_07.jpg/180px-Bengali_New_Year_1422_07.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Bengali_New_Year_1422_07.jpg/240px-Bengali_New_Year_1422_07.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3872" data-file-height="2592" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">A motif of sun at <a href="/wiki/Mangal_Shobhajatra" title="Mangal Shobhajatra">Mangal Shobhajatra</a> procession in Pohela Boishakh celebration at <a href="/wiki/Dhaka" title="Dhaka">Dhaka</a></div> 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href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "Pahela Boishak"<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and "Poila Boishak".<sup id="cite_ref-Cambridge_Vijay_Varman_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cambridge_Vijay_Varman-20"><span 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Springer Nature. p. 63. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-3-030-95564-9" title="Special:BookSources/978-3-030-95564-9"><bdi>978-3-030-95564-9</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Conservation+of+Architectural+Heritage+%28CAH%29%3A+Embodiment+of+Identity&rft.pages=63&rft.pub=Springer+Nature&rft.date=2022-04-27&rft.isbn=978-3-030-95564-9&rft.aulast=Versaci&rft.aufirst=Antonella&rft.au=Cennamo%2C+Claudia&rft.au=Akagawa%2C+Natsuko&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DcjNtEAAAQBAJ%26dq%3D%2522Pahela%2Bbaishakh%2522%26pg%3DPA63&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APohela+Boishakh" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFUddin2006" class="citation book cs1">Uddin, Sufia M. 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Cambridge University Press. p. 89. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-108-42217-8" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-108-42217-8"><bdi>978-1-108-42217-8</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Alternative+Organisations+in+India%3A+Undoing+Boundaries&rft.pages=89&rft.pub=Cambridge+University+Press&rft.date=2018-02&rft.isbn=978-1-108-42217-8&rft.aulast=Vijay&rft.aufirst=Devi&rft.au=Varman%2C+Rohit&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3Dm-ZNDwAAQBAJ%26dq%3D%2522poila%2Bboishakh%2522%2Bcambridge%26pg%3DPA89&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APohela+Boishakh" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-21">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFKhokan2023" class="citation magazine cs1">Khokan, Sahidul Hasan (14 April 2023). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.indiatoday.in/world/story/bangladesh-celebrates-bengali-new-year-poila-boishakh-2360164-2023-04-14">"Bangladesh celebrates Bengali New Year Poila Boishakh"</a>. <i>India Today</i>. Dhaka<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">14 November</span> 2023</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=India+Today&rft.atitle=Bangladesh+celebrates+Bengali+New+Year+Poila+Boishakh&rft.date=2023-04-14&rft.aulast=Khokan&rft.aufirst=Sahidul+Hasan&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.indiatoday.in%2Fworld%2Fstory%2Fbangladesh-celebrates-bengali-new-year-poila-boishakh-2360164-2023-04-14&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APohela+Boishakh" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-DH_Sep2023-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-DH_Sep2023_22-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFShamsi2023" class="citation news cs1">Shamsi, Mohammed Safi (7 September 2023). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.deccanherald.com/india/west-bengal/west-bengal-assembly-passes-resolution-to-observe-bengali-new-year-poila-baisakh-as-bengal-day-2676748">"West Bengal Assembly picks Poila Boishakh as state's foundation day, BJP against decision"</a>. <i>Deccan Herald</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">13 November</span> 2023</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Deccan+Herald&rft.atitle=West+Bengal+Assembly+picks+Poila+Boishakh+as+state%27s+foundation+day%2C+BJP+against+decision&rft.date=2023-09-07&rft.aulast=Shamsi&rft.aufirst=Mohammed+Safi&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.deccanherald.com%2Findia%2Fwest-bengal%2Fwest-bengal-assembly-passes-resolution-to-observe-bengali-new-year-poila-baisakh-as-bengal-day-2676748&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APohela+Boishakh" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-sinha161-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-sinha161_23-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFKapila_D._SilvaAmita_Sinha2016" class="citation book cs1">Kapila D. Silva; Amita Sinha (2016). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=Tc1CDQAAQBAJ"><i>Cultural Landscapes of South Asia: Studies in Heritage Conservation and Management</i></a>. Taylor & Francis. pp. 161–168. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-317-36592-1" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-317-36592-1"><bdi>978-1-317-36592-1</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Cultural+Landscapes+of+South+Asia%3A+Studies+in+Heritage+Conservation+and+Management&rft.pages=161-168&rft.pub=Taylor+%26+Francis&rft.date=2016&rft.isbn=978-1-317-36592-1&rft.au=Kapila+D.+Silva&rft.au=Amita+Sinha&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DTc1CDQAAQBAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APohela+Boishakh" class="Z3988"></span>, Quote: "Pohela Boishakh is celebrated on the first day of Boishakh, the first month of the Bengali calendar. It falls on 14 April in the Gregorian calendar, and it coincides with similar Vedic calendar-based New Year celebrations (...)"</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-crump114q-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-crump114q_24-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-crump114q_24-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-crump114q_24-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWilliam_D._Crump2014" class="citation book cs1">William D. Crump (2014). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=cDTfCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA114"><i>Encyclopedia of New Year's Holidays Worldwide</i></a>. McFarland. p. 113114. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-7864-9545-0" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-7864-9545-0"><bdi>978-0-7864-9545-0</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Encyclopedia+of+New+Year%27s+Holidays+Worldwide&rft.pages=113114&rft.pub=McFarland&rft.date=2014&rft.isbn=978-0-7864-9545-0&rft.au=William+D.+Crump&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DcDTfCwAAQBAJ%26pg%3DPA114&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APohela+Boishakh" class="Z3988"></span>, Quote: "<i>Naba Barsha</i> ("New Year"). Hindu New Year festival in West Bengal State, observed on the first day of the month of Vaisakha or Baisakh (corresponds to mid-April). New Year's Day is known as <i>Pahela Baisakh</i> (First of Baisakh)."</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-25"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-25">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.banglalovestory.in/2021/04/subho-poila-baisakh-wishes-in-bengali.html">"Subho Poila Baisakh"</a>. Bangla Love Story<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Routledge. pp. 48–49. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-415-44851-2" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-415-44851-2"><bdi>978-0-415-44851-2</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=South+Asian+Religions%3A+Tradition+and+Today&rft.pages=48-49&rft.pub=Routledge&rft.date=2013&rft.isbn=978-0-415-44851-2&rft.au=Karen+Pechilis&rft.au=Selva+J.+Raj&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DkaubzRxh-U0C%26pg%3DPA48&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APohela+Boishakh" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-dalal135-32"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-dalal135_32-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRoshen_Dalal2010" class="citation book cs1">Roshen Dalal (2010). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=DH0vmD8ghdMC"><i>Hinduism: An Alphabetical Guide</i></a>. Penguin Books. pp. 135–137. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-14-341421-6" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-14-341421-6"><bdi>978-0-14-341421-6</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Hinduism%3A+An+Alphabetical+Guide&rft.pages=135-137&rft.pub=Penguin+Books&rft.date=2010&rft.isbn=978-0-14-341421-6&rft.au=Roshen+Dalal&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DDH0vmD8ghdMC&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APohela+Boishakh" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-33"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-33">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFD._C._Sircar1965" class="citation book cs1">D. C. 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VU University\n\t" Press. p. 41. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-90-5383-745-0" title="Special:BookSources/978-90-5383-745-0"><bdi>978-90-5383-745-0</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Time+Matters%3A+Global+and+Local+Time+in+Asian+Societies&rft.pages=41&rft.pub=VU+University%5Cn%5Ct%22+Press&rft.date=2001&rft.isbn=978-90-5383-745-0&rft.au=Willem+van+Schendel&rft.au=Henk+Schulte+Nordholt&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DwQp-AAAAMAAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APohela+Boishakh" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Schendel2013p17-46"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Schendel2013p17_46-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Schendel2013p17_46-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMeghna_GuhathakurtaWillem_van_Schendel2013" class="citation book cs1">Meghna Guhathakurta; Willem van Schendel (2013). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=QES2AgAAQBAJ&pg=PA17"><i>The Bangladesh Reader: History, Culture, Politics</i></a>. 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style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Enkutatash" title="Enkutatash">Enkutatash</a> (Ethiopian, Eritrean)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fandroana" title="Fandroana">Fandroana</a> (Malagasy)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islamic_New_Year" title="Islamic New Year">Islamic New Year</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nayrouz" title="Nayrouz">Nayrouz</a> (Coptic)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yennayer" title="Yennayer">Yennayer</a> (Berber)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Americas</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">North</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aztec_New_Year" title="Aztec New Year">Yancuic Xīhuitl</a> (Aztec)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quviasukvik" title="Quviasukvik">Quviasukvik</a> (Inuit)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hobiyee" title="Hobiyee">Hobiyee</a> (Nisg̱a'a)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">South</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Inti_Raymi" title="Inti Raymi">Inti Raymi</a> (Incan)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Willkakuti" title="Willkakuti">Willkakuti</a> (Aymara)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/We_Tripantu" title="We Tripantu">We Tripantu</a> (Mapuche)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Asia</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">East</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chinese_New_Year" title="Chinese New Year">Chinese New Year</a> (Chinese)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_New_Year" title="Japanese New Year">Shōgatsu</a> (Japanese)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Korean_New_Year" title="Korean New Year">Seollal</a> (Korean)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Inner</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tsagaan_Sar" title="Tsagaan Sar">Tsagaan Sar</a> (Mongolian)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Losar" title="Losar">Losar</a> (Tibetan)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Southeast</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Thingyan" title="Thingyan">Thingyan</a> (Burmese)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cambodian_New_Year" title="Cambodian New Year">Choul Chnam Thmey</a> (Cambodian)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lao_New_Year" title="Lao New Year">Pi Mai</a> (Lao)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Songkran_(Thailand)" title="Songkran (Thailand)">Songkran</a> (Thai)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Water-Splashing_Festival" class="mw-redirect" title="Water-Splashing Festival">Water-Splashing Festival</a> (Dai)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nyepi" title="Nyepi">Nyepi</a> (Balinese)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Satu_Suro" title="Satu Suro">Satu Suro</a> (Javanese)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/T%E1%BA%BFt" title="Tết">Tết</a> (Vietnamese)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">South</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nauruz_in_Afghanistan" class="mw-redirect" title="Nauruz in Afghanistan">Nauruz</a> (Afghan)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vaisakhi" title="Vaisakhi">Vaisakhi</a> (North & Central India (Solar), Nepali)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Navaratri#Chaitra_Navaratri" title="Navaratri">Chaitra Navaratri</a> (North & Central India (Lunar))</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Navreh" title="Navreh">Navreh</a> (Kashmiri)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cheti_Chand" title="Cheti Chand">Cheti Chand</a> (Sindhi)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Balipratipada" title="Balipratipada">Balipratipada</a> (Gujarati, Rajasthani)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bohag_Bihu" title="Bohag Bihu">Bohag Bihu</a> (Assamese)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pahela_Baishakh" class="mw-redirect" title="Pahela Baishakh">Pahela Baishakh</a> (Bengali)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pana_Sankranti" title="Pana Sankranti">Pana Sankranti</a> (Odia)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jur_Sital" title="Jur Sital">Jur Sital</a> (Maithili)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mha_Puja" title="Mha Puja">Mha Puja</a> (Newari)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Losoong_Festival" title="Losoong Festival">Losoong</a> (Sikkimese)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Losar" title="Losar">Losar</a> (Ladakhi, Monpa)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gyalpo_Lhosar" title="Gyalpo Lhosar">Gyalpo Lhosar</a> (Sherpa)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tamu_Lhosar" title="Tamu Lhosar">Tamu Lhosar</a> (Gurung)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sonam_Lhosar" title="Sonam Lhosar">Sonam Lhosar</a> (Tamang)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Makar_Sankranti" title="Makar Sankranti">Maghe Sankranti</a> (Rai, Tharu, Magar)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bwisagu" title="Bwisagu">Bwisagu</a> (Bodo)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sajibu_Nongma_Panba" title="Sajibu Nongma Panba">Sajibu Cheiraoba</a> (Meitei)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buisu" title="Buisu">Buisu</a> (Tripuri)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sangken" title="Sangken">Sangken</a> (Tai)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bizhu" title="Bizhu">Bizhu</a> (Chakma)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gudi_Padwa" title="Gudi Padwa">Gudi Padwa</a> (Marathi, Konkani)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ugadi" title="Ugadi">Ugadi</a> (Telugu, Kannada)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bisu_Parba" title="Bisu Parba">Bisu Parba</a> (Tulu)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Puthandu" title="Puthandu">Puthandu</a> (Tamil)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vishu" title="Vishu">Vishu</a> (Malayali)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sinhalese_New_Year" title="Sinhalese New Year">Aluth Avurudda</a> (Sinhala)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">West<br />and Central</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Islamic_New_Year" title="Islamic New Year">Islamic New Year</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kha_b-Nisan" title="Kha b-Nisan">Kha b-Nisan</a> (Assyrian)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Navruz_in_Uzbekistan" title="Navruz in Uzbekistan">Navruz</a> (Uzbek)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bah%C3%A1%CA%BC%C3%AD_Naw-R%C3%BAz" title="Baháʼí Naw-Rúz">Naw-Rúz</a> (Baháʼí)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newroz_as_celebrated_by_Kurds" title="Newroz as celebrated by Kurds">Newroz</a> (Kurd)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yazidi_New_Year" title="Yazidi New Year">Yazidi New Year</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Novruz_in_Azerbaijan" title="Novruz in Azerbaijan">Novruz</a> (Azeri)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nowruz" title="Nowruz">Nowruz</a> (Iranian)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nowruz_Eve_among_Mazandarani_people" title="Nowruz Eve among Mazandarani people">Nowruz</a> (Mazandarani)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rosh_Hashanah" title="Rosh Hashanah">Rosh Hashanah</a> (Hebrew)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dehwa_Rabba" title="Dehwa Rabba">Dehwa Rabba</a> (Mandaean)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nogbon" title="Nogbon">Nogbon</a> (Ossetian)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">North</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Yhyakh" title="Yhyakh">Yhyakh</a> (Sakha)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Europe</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/New_Year%27s_Day" title="New Year's Day">New Year's Day</a> (Gregorian, Julian)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Old_New_Year" title="Old New Year">Old New Year</a> (traditional Julian)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lady_Day#Non-religious_significance" title="Lady Day">Lady Day</a> (England, historical)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Oceania</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Makahiki" title="Makahiki">Makahiki</a> (Hawaii)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matariki" title="Matariki">Matariki</a> (Māori)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">See Also</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lunar_New_Year" title="Lunar New Year">Lunar New Year</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Solar_New_Year" title="Solar New Year">Solar New Year</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_and_Southeast_Asian_solar_New_Year" title="South and Southeast Asian solar New Year">South and Southeast Asian solar New Year</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mesha_Sankranti" title="Mesha Sankranti">Mesha Sankranti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Songkran" class="mw-redirect" title="Songkran">Songkran</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_New_Year%27s_days" title="Indian New Year's days">Indian New Year's days</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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class="mw-redirect" title="List of Indian state anthems">Anthem</a>: <a href="/wiki/Banglar_Mati_Banglar_Jol" title="Banglar Mati Banglar Jol">Banglar Mati Banglar Jol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Indian_state_animals" title="List of Indian state animals">Animal</a>: <a href="/wiki/Fishing_cat" title="Fishing cat">Fishing cat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Indian_state_birds" title="List of Indian state birds">Bird</a>: <a href="/wiki/White-throated_kingfisher" title="White-throated kingfisher">White-throated kingfisher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Indian_state_flowers" title="List of Indian state flowers">Flower</a>: <a href="/wiki/Nyctanthes_arbor-tristis" title="Nyctanthes arbor-tristis">Night-flowering jasmine (Shiuli)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Indian_state_trees" title="List of Indian state trees">Tree</a>: <a href="/wiki/Alstonia_scholaris" title="Alstonia scholaris">Devil's tree (Saptaparni)</a></li> <li>Fish: <a href="/wiki/Ilish" title="Ilish">Ilish</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/History_of_Bengal" title="History of Bengal">History</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gauda_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Gauda Kingdom">Gauda Kingdom</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Shashanka" title="Shashanka">Shashanka</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pala_Empire" title="Pala Empire">Pala Empire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sena_dynasty" title="Sena dynasty">Sena dynasty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mallabhum_kingdom" title="Mallabhum kingdom">Mallabhum kingdom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cooch_Behar_State" title="Cooch Behar State">Cooch Behar State</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sher_Shah_Suri" title="Sher Shah Suri">Sher Shah Suri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mughal_Empire" title="Mughal Empire">Mughal Empire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nawabs_of_Bengal" title="Nawabs of Bengal">Nawabs of Bengal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_India_Company" title="East India Company">East India Company</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Plassey" title="Battle of Plassey">Battle of Plassey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bengal_Presidency" title="Bengal Presidency">Bengal Presidency</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_Bengal_famine_of_1770" title="Great Bengal famine of 1770">Great Bengal famine of 1770</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_Rebellion_of_1857" title="Indian Rebellion of 1857">Indian Rebellion of 1857</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bengal_Renaissance" title="Bengal Renaissance">Bengal Renaissance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bardhaman_Raj" title="Bardhaman Raj">Bardhaman Raj</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nadia_Raj" title="Nadia Raj">Nadia Raj</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jhargram_Raj" title="Jhargram Raj">Jhargram Raj</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sovabazar_Raj" title="Sovabazar Raj">Sovabazar Raj</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Partition_of_Bengal_(1905)" title="Partition of Bengal (1905)">Partition of Bengal (1905)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Revolutionary_movement_for_Indian_independence" title="Revolutionary movement for Indian independence">Revolutionary movement for Indian independence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anushilan_Samiti" title="Anushilan Samiti">Anushilan Samiti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jugantar" title="Jugantar">Jugantar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bengal_famine_of_1943" title="Bengal famine of 1943">Bengal famine of 1943</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Direct_Action_Day" title="Direct Action Day">Direct Action Day</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Noakhali_riots" title="Noakhali riots">Noakhali riots</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Partition_of_Bengal_(1947)" title="Partition of Bengal (1947)">Partition of Bengal (1947)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bengali_Language_Movement_(Manbhum)" title="Bengali Language Movement (Manbhum)">Bengali Language Movement (Manbhum)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bangladesh_Liberation_War" title="Bangladesh Liberation War">Bangladesh Liberation War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naxalite%E2%80%93Maoist_insurgency" title="Naxalite–Maoist insurgency">Naxalite–Maoist insurgency</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Geography_of_West_Bengal" title="Geography of West Bengal">Geography</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bengal_Basin" title="Bengal Basin">Bengal Basin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darjeeling_Himalayan_hill_region" title="Darjeeling Himalayan hill region">Darjeeling Himalayan hill region</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Terai" title="Terai">Terai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Bengal_plains" title="North Bengal plains">North Bengal plains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dooars" title="Dooars">Dooars</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rarh_region" title="Rarh region">Rarh region</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sundarbans" title="Sundarbans">Sundarbans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vajjabhumi" title="Vajjabhumi">Western plateau and high lands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ganges_Delta" title="Ganges Delta">Ganges Delta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Climate_of_West_Bengal" title="Climate of West Bengal">Climate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sandakphu" title="Sandakphu">Sandakphu (Highest point)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_protected_areas_of_West_Bengal" title="List of protected areas of West Bengal">Protected areas of West Bengal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Rivers_of_West_Bengal" title="Category:Rivers of West Bengal">Rivers of West Bengal</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ganges" title="Ganges">Ganga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Damodar_River" title="Damodar River">Damodar River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brahmaputra_River" title="Brahmaputra River">Brahmaputra River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Teesta_River" title="Teesta River">Teesta River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hooghly_River" title="Hooghly River">Hooghly River</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khoai" title="Khoai">Khoai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tiger_Hill,_Darjeeling" title="Tiger Hill, Darjeeling">Tiger Hill, Darjeeling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siliguri_Corridor" title="Siliguri Corridor">Siliguri Corridor</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Government_of_West_Bengal" title="Government of West Bengal">Governance</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_chief_ministers_of_West_Bengal" title="List of chief ministers of West Bengal">Chief Ministers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_West_Bengal" title="List of governors of West Bengal">Governor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Bengal_Legislative_Assembly" title="West Bengal Legislative Assembly">Legislative Assembly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Bengal_Human_Rights_Commission" title="West Bengal Human Rights Commission">Human Rights Commission</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Political_parties_in_West_Bengal" title="Category:Political parties in West Bengal">Political parties</a> (<a href="/wiki/Trinamool_Congress" title="Trinamool Congress">All India Trinamool Congress</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India_(Marxist)" title="Communist Party of India (Marxist)">Communist Party (Marxist)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Bengal_Pradesh_Congress_Committee" title="West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee">Indian National Congress</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party,_West_Bengal" title="Bharatiya Janata Party, West Bengal">Bharatiya Janata Party</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Lok_Sabha_constituencies_of_West_Bengal" title="Template:Lok Sabha constituencies of West Bengal">Parliamentary constituencies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_constituencies_of_the_West_Bengal_Legislative_Assembly" title="List of constituencies of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly">Assembly constituencies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CID_West_Bengal" title="CID West Bengal">CID West Bengal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kolkata_Police" title="Kolkata Police">Kolkata Police</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Advocacy_group" title="Advocacy group">Rights groups</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Matua_Mahasangha" title="Matua Mahasangha">Matua Mahasangha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bangla_Pokkho" title="Bangla Pokkho">Bangla Pokkho</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Administrative_divisions_of_West_Bengal" title="Administrative divisions of West Bengal">Divisions</a> and <br /><a href="/wiki/List_of_districts_of_West_Bengal" title="List of districts of West Bengal">districts</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Burdwan_division" title="Burdwan division">Burdwan division</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Birbhum_district" title="Birbhum district">Birbhum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hooghly_district" title="Hooghly district">Hooghly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paschim_Bardhaman_district" title="Paschim Bardhaman district">Paschim Bardhaman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Purba_Bardhaman_district" title="Purba Bardhaman district">Purba Bardhaman</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Jalpaiguri_division" title="Jalpaiguri division">Jalpaiguri division</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alipurduar_district" title="Alipurduar district">Alipurduar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cooch_Behar_district" title="Cooch Behar district">Cooch Behar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darjeeling_district" title="Darjeeling district">Darjeeling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jalpaiguri_district" title="Jalpaiguri district">Jalpaiguri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalimpong_district" title="Kalimpong district">Kalimpong</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Malda_division" title="Malda division">Malda division</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Berhampore_district" title="Berhampore district">Berhampore</a> (declared)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dakshin_Dinajpur_district" title="Dakshin Dinajpur district">Dakshin Dinajpur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jangipur_district" title="Jangipur district">Jangipur</a> (declared)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malda_district" title="Malda district">Malda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Murshidabad_district" title="Murshidabad district">Murshidabad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uttar_Dinajpur_district" title="Uttar Dinajpur district">Uttar Dinajpur</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Medinipur_division" title="Medinipur division">Medinipur division</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bankura_district" title="Bankura district">Bankura</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bishnupur_district,_West_Bengal" title="Bishnupur district, West Bengal">Bishnupur</a> (declared)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jhargram_district" title="Jhargram district">Jhargram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paschim_Medinipur_district" title="Paschim Medinipur district">Paschim Medinipur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Purba_Medinipur_district" title="Purba Medinipur district">Purba Medinipur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Purulia_district" title="Purulia district">Purulia</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Presidency_division" title="Presidency division">Presidency division</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Basirhat_district" title="Basirhat district">Basirhat</a> (declared)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Howrah_district" title="Howrah district">Howrah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ichamati_district" title="Ichamati district">Ichamati</a> (declared)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kolkata_district" title="Kolkata district">Kolkata</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nadia_district" title="Nadia district">Nadia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_24_Parganas_district" title="North 24 Parganas district">North 24 Parganas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ranaghat_district" title="Ranaghat district">Ranaghat</a> (declared)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_24_Parganas" title="South 24 Parganas">South 24 Parganas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sundarbans_district" title="Sundarbans district">Sundarbans</a> (declared)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Cities_and_towns_in_West_Bengal" title="Cities and towns in West Bengal">Cities and<br /> towns</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alipore" title="Alipore">Alipore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asansol" title="Asansol">Asansol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Berhampore" title="Berhampore">Berhampore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Balurghat" title="Balurghat">Balurghat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bankura" title="Bankura">Bankura</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barasat" title="Barasat">Barasat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bardhaman" title="Bardhaman">Bardhaman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bishnupur,_Bankura" class="mw-redirect" title="Bishnupur, Bankura">Bishnupur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hugli-Chuchura" title="Hugli-Chuchura">Hugli-Chuchura</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cooch_Behar" title="Cooch Behar">Cooch Behar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darjeeling" title="Darjeeling">Darjeeling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Durgapur" title="Durgapur">Durgapur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haldia" title="Haldia">Haldia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Howrah" title="Howrah">Howrah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jalpaiguri" title="Jalpaiguri">Jalpaiguri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jaynagar_Majilpur" title="Jaynagar Majilpur">Jaynagar Majilpur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jiaganj_Azimganj" title="Jiaganj Azimganj">Jiaganj Azimganj</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalimpong" title="Kalimpong">Kalimpong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kharagpur" title="Kharagpur">Kharagpur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kolkata" title="Kolkata">Kolkata</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Krishnanagar,_Nadia" title="Krishnanagar, Nadia">Krishnanagar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kurseong" title="Kurseong">Kurseong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malda,_West_Bengal" title="Malda, West Bengal">Malda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Midnapore" title="Midnapore">Midnapore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Murshidabad" title="Murshidabad">Murshidabad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Purulia" title="Purulia">Purulia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raiganj" title="Raiganj">Raiganj</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siliguri" title="Siliguri">Siliguri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suri,_Birbhum" title="Suri, Birbhum">Siuri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tamluk" title="Tamluk">Tamluk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_in_West_Bengal_by_population" title="List of cities in West Bengal by population">List of cities in West Bengal by population</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:West_Bengal_cities_and_towns_by_district_templates" title="Category:West Bengal cities and towns by district templates">Cities and towns by district</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Culture_of_West_Bengal" title="Culture of West Bengal">Culture</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bengal_Renaissance" title="Bengal Renaissance">Bengal Renaissance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bengali_calendars" title="Bengali calendars">Bengali calendars</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pattachitra" title="Pattachitra">Patachitra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chalchitra" title="Chalchitra">Chalchitra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arts_of_West_Bengal" title="Arts of West Bengal">Arts of West Bengal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baul" title="Baul">Baul</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhadu_(festival)" title="Bhadu (festival)">Bhadu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gombhira" title="Gombhira">Gombhira</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chhau_dance" title="Chhau dance">Chhau dance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bengali_cuisine" title="Bengali cuisine">Cuisine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rabindra_Sangeet" title="Rabindra Sangeet">Rabindra Sangeet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rabindra_Nritya_Natya" title="Rabindra Nritya Natya">Rabindra Nritya Natya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holi" title="Holi">Holi</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dol_Purnima" title="Dol Purnima">Dol Purnima</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prostitution_in_Kolkata" title="Prostitution in Kolkata">Prostitution in Kolkata</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Pohela Boishakh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Durga_Puja" title="Durga Puja">Durga Puja</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhai_Dooj" title="Bhai Dooj">Bhai Dooj</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raksha_Bandhan" title="Raksha Bandhan">Raksha Bandhan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ratha_Yatra" title="Ratha Yatra">Ratha Yatra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Architecture_of_Bengal" title="Architecture of Bengal">Architecture of Bengal</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bengal_temple_architecture" title="Bengal temple architecture">Bengal temples</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bengali_language" title="Bengali language">Bengali language</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bengali_literature" title="Bengali literature">Bengali literature</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Feluda" title="Feluda">Feluda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lalmohan_Ganguly" title="Lalmohan Ganguly">Lalmohan Ganguly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Professor_Shonku" title="Professor Shonku">Professor Shonku</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tarini_Khuro" title="Tarini Khuro">Tarini Khuro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kakababu" title="Kakababu">Kakababu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kiriti_Roy" title="Kiriti Roy">Kiriti Roy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pather_Panchali_(novel)" title="Pather Panchali (novel)">Pather Panchali (novel)</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bengali_cinema,_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Bengali cinema, India">Bengali cinema</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jatra_(theatre)" title="Jatra (theatre)">Jatra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ghosts_in_Bengali_culture" title="Ghosts in Bengali culture">Ghosts in Bengali culture</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Geographical_indication" title="Geographical indication">GI products</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Baluchari_sari" title="Baluchari sari">Baluchari sari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rasgulla" title="Rasgulla">Banglar Rosogolla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muslin" title="Muslin">Banglar Muslin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bankura_horse" title="Bankura horse">Bankura horse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pattachitra" title="Pattachitra">Bengal Patachitra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chhau_mask" title="Chhau mask">Chhau mask</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darjeeling_tea" title="Darjeeling tea">Darjeeling tea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dhaniakhali_Sari" class="mw-redirect" title="Dhaniakhali Sari">Dhaniakhali Sari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dhokra" title="Dhokra">Dhokra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fazli_(mango)" title="Fazli (mango)">Fazli (mango)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garad_Saree" class="mw-redirect" title="Garad Saree">Garad Saree</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gobindobhog" title="Gobindobhog">Gobindobhog</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Himsagar" title="Himsagar">Himsagar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jaynagarer_Moa" title="Jaynagarer Moa">Jaynagarer Moa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madurkathi" title="Madurkathi">Madurkathi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manasa_chali" title="Manasa chali">Manasa chali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mihidana" title="Mihidana">Mihidana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nakshi_kantha" title="Nakshi kantha">Nakshi kantha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Santiniketan_Leather_Goods" title="Santiniketan Leather Goods">Santiniketan Leather Goods</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shantipuri_sari" title="Shantipuri sari">Shantipuri sari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sitabhog" title="Sitabhog">Sitabhog</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sundarban_Honey" title="Sundarban Honey">Sundarban Honey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tangail_Saree_(West_Bengal)" class="mw-redirect" title="Tangail Saree (West Bengal)">Tangail Saree</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tulaipanji" class="mw-redirect" title="Tulaipanji">Tulaipanji</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Demographics</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bengalis" title="Bengalis">Bengali people</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Biharis" title="Biharis">Bihari people</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_West_Bengal" title="Economy of West Bengal">Economy of West Bengal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_Gorkha" title="Indian Gorkha">Gurkha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adivasi" title="Adivasi">Adivasi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rajbanshi_people" title="Rajbanshi people">Rajbanshi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anglo-Indian_people" title="Anglo-Indian people">Anglo-Indian people</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ethnic_communities_in_Kolkata" title="Ethnic communities in Kolkata">Ethnic communities in Kolkata</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_West_Bengal_districts_ranked_by_literacy_rate" title="List of West Bengal districts ranked by literacy rate">List of West Bengal districts ranked by literacy rate</a></li> <li><a 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