Bangla new year

The history of Bangla new year is brought to us when and where and who are the maker of this calendar is really is a great question.Many historians have said that the Bangla calendar has brought by the king Shashanka . Many other said that the bangla calendar was brought by the Muslim ruler Alauddin Husain Shah, combining Lunar Islamic Hijri calendar.The Mughal emperor Akbor collect the taxes from the common people based on Islami Hijri calendar . But the Hijri calendar based on the Lunar system.It does not match with the harvesting period often.So he later on set up a standered time .Akbor called it" fashli calendar" .It was also based on combining with the Islami Hijri calendar. Nawab Murshid Kuli Khan a Mughal governor who was  first used the tradition "Punnah".That was emperor Akbors fiscal policy to start the Bangla calendar.

Now in Bangladesh we are following a modified  Bengali calendar . This calendar was submitted by a national committee headed Doctor Muhammad Shahidullah .The committee decided the first five months will contain 31 days each,the rest have thirty days each. But the Falgun will have thirty one days every fourth year as a leap year.The modified Bengali calendar was excepted officially in 1987.Since then the calendar is maintaining as our national Bengali calendar and every ywar the 14th April is celebrating as Bengali New year or Bangla Noboborsho.The Noboborsho is celebrating  with traditional festivities across the country. Different socieo and cultural organizations held different cultural programmes the day long. The traders and the shopkeepers open Halkhata and offer sweets to their clients and customers.Chayanat,Fine Arts Institute of Dhaka University organized various programmes .They bringout a colourful procession wearing masks and bearing various banners and festoons . Bangla Academy ,Shilpokola Academy hold various programmes day long.  

Jatiya press club organize various programmes day long cand brings out special supliments about this day BTV and Bangladesh Betar broadtcust air special programmes on this day.The day is a public holiday. By this time  Bangladesh Government .has sanctioned Baishakhi Vata to observe the day. So the entire nation celebrate  the day with joy,cheerfulness and  happiness . Panta vhat with hilsha fry is very favorite food for Bangalies,.Overall Pahela Baishakh is our national day and we observer it nationaly