In the continuity of history and tradition, individuals adopt some joys and reminiscences. Development of culture at completely different stages happens over time. every nation and civilization finds its own feelings and characteristics through culture.
In Bangladeshi and as a Bengali nation, Pahela Boishakh is one such event within the continuity of history and tradition. Pahela Boishakh is that the initial day of the Bengali year.
Welcome, Happy Bengali year.
The Bengali nation celebrates at the present time on fourteenth Apr as the first Baishakh each year. however, rarely do only a few individuals understand or have tried to grasp the history of this initial Boishakh? The communal forces of this country have repeatedly tried to prevent the tradition of Boishakh. it's incontrovertible fact that some few ones needed to destroy the history as they need to propagate it as 'Hindu culture'.
What Baishakh teaches a Bengali of this generation once overcoming all obstacles is that the determination to struggle.
History of Bengali Year:
History introduced Jalaluddin Muhammad Akbar as a Muslim however additionally a well known, liberal ruler better-known everywhere in the Muslim world.
The Baganda or Bengali year prevailing within the country is essentially a sort of the Muslim Hijri year. throughout the Muslim rule of India, all activities were conducted per the Hijri calendar. the initial Hijri calendar is predicated on the synodic month. The year is 11/12 days shorter than the tropical year. as a result of the tropical year is 12 months, and therefore the year is 354 days. that's why the seasons don't seem to be right within the year. And a great deal of farming and similar work is seasonal. Therefore, it had been determined to convert the Hijri calendar, which was in use throughout the reign of Mughal Emperor Akbar, into a calendar.
Emperor Akbar commissioned emeer Fatullah Shirazi, a distinguished somebody and stargazer at his court, to convert the Hijri calendar into a calendar. per 992 AH, in 1584 AD, Emperor Akbar introduced the Hijri calendar. However, he directed the introduction of this calendar from the year of his accession to the throne twenty-nine years agone. For this reason, the calculation of Bangabda started from 963 AH. Chaitra was the primary month of Shakabda or Shok Varshapanchi, which was earlier, practiced in Bengal. however the month of Moharram within the year 963 AH was the Bengali month of Baishakh, therefore the month of Baishakh is taken into account because the initial month of Bangabda or Bengali calendar and first Baishakh is taken into account like a year.
Since the Mughal amount, some ceremonies have persisted the occasion of Bengali year on the primary day of Boishakh. The tenants want to pay rent until the top of Chaitramas and on the primary Baishakh, the zamindars want to sweeten the tenants and a few joyous festivals were celebrated. Besides, all the traders and shopkeepers of Bengal want to do 'halakha's on the primary Baishakh. Pahela Boishakh was restricted to those activities. it had been originally designed to hold out the work of composition numerous state, social and economic rules and laws.
From the day that Boishakh became the primary month of the Bengali year, the enjoyment of Boishakh began to require on a larger type than the enjoyment of Nabanna. The moneylenders and traders started the 'Halkhata' program on Boishakh. Hakata is to feature and cypher the account of the year within which it's passed and keep the recent account and begin the account within the new account on the primary day of the year. The elders same that the new ledger, wrapped in an exceedingly red salu textile, wont to have the word 'Elahi Varsa' written thereon.
It is additionally better-known from history that the Chaitra Sankranti ceremony was additional fascinating than the sooner Baishakh ceremony. this is often the start of Boishakh. Still, on the Doomsday of Chaitra, the brides of the village clean the house. particularly the soil is soaked in water and lined within the house and within the yard. Keeps the yard clean and tidy.
The naming of the twelve months of Bangabda:
The twelve months of Bangabda area unit named supported the position of special stars within the rotation of the moon within the constellations. These area units the names of the Bengali month:
• Baishakh - per the name of the star Vishakha
• Jyeshtha - Jyeshtha per the name of the star
• Asadha - North and East Ashara per the name of the star
• Shravan - Shravan is known as once the star
• Bhadra - North and East Hindu calendar month per the name of the star
• Ashwin - per the name of the star Ashwini
• Kartik - Krittika per the name of the star
• Agrahayan (Margashirsha) - Mrigashira per the name of the star
• Poush - Pusya per the name of the star
• Magh - per the name of the star Magh
• Falgun - North and East Falguni once the name of the star
• Chaitra - per the name of Chitra Nakshatra.
In Bengali, the day begins and ends at sunrise. a people or Gregorian calendar begins to be like an hour.
Bengali Year Reforms:
Sun is AN Arabic word. within the Holy Qur'an, there's a relevance Sana or year in Surah Ankabut. This Sana could be a variant of the word Sana. The word Sal is employed in Urdu and Persian. In Bengali the year is termed Abd or Sal. The Bangla Academy took the initiative to reform the Bangla Year on February seventeen, 1986. Led by Dr. Muhammad Shahidullah, the committee has known numerous issues and obstacles within the socio-economic lifetime of the agricultural individuals in several Bengali months and seasons and planned to beat them. The span of the Bengali year is 12 months just like the Gregorian calendar. though there's an ideal time to orbit the sun of the planet