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Two versions of the Bengali calendar. Top: the "Traditional version" followed in West Bengal; Below: the "Revised version" followed in Bangladesh. The current Bengali calendar in the Indian states is based on the Sanskrit text Surya Siddhanta. It retains the historic Sanskrit names of the months, with the first month as Baishakh. [10]
The Saka Era was the widely used in Bengal, prior to the arrival of Muslim rule in the region, according to various epigraphical evidence. [11] [12] The Bikrami calendar was in use by the Bengali people of the region. This calendar was named after king Vikramaditya with a zero date of 57 BCE. [13]
Gangasagar Mela (Bengali: গঙ্গাসাগর মেলা) is a mela and festival in Hinduism, held every year at Gangasagar, West Bengal, India. [2] The confluence of the Ganges and the Bay of Bengal is called the Gangasagar, the fair is held every year on Makar Sankranti at Kapilmuni's ashram located on the Gangasagar.
The Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar describes and dictates the rhythm of the life of the Eastern Orthodox Church.Passages of Holy Scripture, saints and events for commemoration are associated with each date, as are many times special rules for fasting or feasting that correspond to the day of the week or time of year in relationship to the major feast days.
2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election ← 2016 27 March – 29 April 2021 (292 seats) 30 September 2021 (2 remaining seats) 2026 → ← outgoing members elected members → 294 seats in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly 148 seats needed for a majority Opinion polls Registered 72,924,106 Turnout 82.30% (0.72 pp) Majority party Minority party Leader Mamata Banerjee Dilip Ghosh Party ...
The earliest dates for Easter in the Eastern Orthodox Church between 1875 and 2099 are April 4, 1915 and April 4, 2010 (Gregorian). Both dates are equivalent to 22 March in the Julian Calendar. The next earliest date for Orthodox Easter, March 23 in the Julian Calendar, last occurred in 1953, and will next occur in 2037. Both of these dates are ...
Date Constituency MLA before election Party before election Elected MLA Party after election 30 September 2021 159 Bhabanipur: Sovandeb Chattopadhyay: All India Trinamool Congress: Mamata Banerjee: All India Trinamool Congress: 30 October 2021 7 Dinhata: Nisith Pramanik: Bharatiya Janata Party: Udayan Guha: All India Trinamool Congress: 86 ...
[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.