Bengali New Year(Poyela Boishakh)

Bengali New Year or Poyela Boishakh

Bengali New Year or Poyela Boishakh (Bengali: নববর্ষ Noboborsho):

Poyela Boishakh is the first day of the Bengali New Year, celebrated in both Bangladesh and West Bengal and in Bengali communities in Assam and Tripura.

In Bangladesh, Pohela Boishakh is celebrated on April 14 is a national holiday. In West Bengal and Assam it is a public holiday celebrated on April 15.

Names

Bengali New Year is referred to in Bengali as "New Year" (Bengali: নববর্ষ Noboborsho, from sanskrit Nava(new)varṣa(year) or "First of Boishakh" (Bengali: পহেলা বৈশাখ Pohela Boishakh or "First of Boishakh " (Bengali: পহেলা বৈশাখ Pohela Boishakh or পয়লা বৈশাখ Poela Boishakh).


Nobo means new and Borsho means year.


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