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Public Holidays in India also known as Government Holidays colloquially, consist of a variety of cultural, nationalistic, and religious holidays that are legislated in India at the union or state levels. Being a culturally diverse country, there are many festivals celebrated in various regions across the country.
West Bengal celebrates many holidays and festivals. Throughout the Bengali calendar, many festivals are celebrated. Durga Puja is solemnized as perhaps the most significant of all celebrations in West Bengal. [1] Here is a list of the main festivals of West Bengal.
It is an official holiday in West Bengal, [9] Jharkhand, [10] Tripura, Assam and Odisha. The Government of India pays tribute to Netaji on this day. [ 11 ] Netaji Jayanti was observed as Parakram Diwas for the first time in 2021 on his 124th birth anniversary.
[4] [5] A proposal to officially designate West Bengal Day was tabled in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly in August 2023. [3] After much deliberation, it was decided on August 22 to adopt the date 1st Boishakh or Pohela Boishakh (April 14/15) of the Bengal calendar (original version) as the official West Bengal Day.
Last hosted on 19 January 2024 celebrated 7th Kolkata International Dance Festival. Kolkata International Dance Festival also holdes the world record of 32.11 hours of non stop Indian classical dance marathon which was created successfully in September 2023, where more than 2000 dancers from around India and neighbouring countries performed ...
Basanta Utsab (Bengali: বসন্ত উৎসব) is a Bengali spring festival predominantly celebrated in the Indian state of West Bengal. The festival is celebrated every year on the beginning day of Bengali month of Falgun . [ 1 ]
A 2013 report by ASSOCHAM states West Bengal's Durga Puja to be a ₹ 25,000 crores worth economy, expected to grow at the compound annual growth rate of about 35 per-cent. [151] Economic slowdowns in India, such as in 2019, have hence affected corporate sponsorships and puja budgets for public celebrations. [ 152 ]
Pohela Boishakh (Bengali: পহেলা বৈশাখ) [n 1] is the Bengali New Year celebrated on 14 April in Bangladesh and 15 April in the Indian [2] states of West Bengal, Tripura, Jharkhand and Assam (Goalpara and Barak Valley).