Pahela Baishakh (Bengali: Bengali New Year (Bengali Bangla Nôbobôrsho), also called Pohela Boishakh,[1] is the traditional new year day of the Bengali people. It is celebrated on 14 April as a national holiday in Bangladesh, and on 14 or 15 April in the Indian states of West Bengal and Tripura and elsewhere by people of Bengali heritage, irrespective of their religious faith.