The
Bengali Calendar or
Bangla Calendar (
Bônggabdô or
Banggabda) is a solar calendar used in the region of
Bengal. A revised version of the calendar is the national and official calendar in
Bangladesh and an earlier version of the calendar is followed in the Indian states of
West Bengal,
Tripura and
Assam. The
New Year in the Bengali calendar is known as
Pôhela Bôishakh.