'Pohela Boishakh' is popularly known as 'Bengali New Year'. The 14th April marks the first day of Bengali calendar, which is celebrated not only in Bangladesh but also in the Indian state of West Bengal, and in Bengali communities in the other Indian states, including Odisha, Tripura, Jharkhand and Assam. In Bengali, the word, 'Pohela' means 'first' and 'Boishakh' indicates the 'first month' of Bengali calendar.
