Prime Minister Narendra Modi has greeted people on Poila Boishakh.
Details –
- Poila Boisakh is the first day of the Bengali calendar which is also the official calendar of Bangladesh.
- This festival is celebrated on 14 April in Bangladesh and 15 April in the Indian states of West Bengal, Tripura, and Assam (Barak Valley) by Bengalis regardless of religious faith.
Significance –
- The traditional greeting for Bengalis in the new year is “Shubho Noboborsho” which is literally “Happy New Year“.
- The festive Mangal Shobhajatra is organised in Bangladesh. In 2016, the UNESCO declared this festivity organised by the Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Dhaka as a cultural heritage of humanity.
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