Poila Boishakh (, or
Bengali New Year ,
Bangla Nôbobôrsho) is the first day of the
Bengali calendar, celebrated on 14 April in
Bangladesh and on 15 April in the
Indian state of
West Bengal by the
Bengali people and also by minor Bengali communities in other Indian states, including
Assam,
Tripura,
Jharkhand and
Orrisa. It coincides with the New Year's days of numerous
Southern Asian calendars like Tamil new year
Puthandu. The traditional greeting for Bengali New Year is "Shubhô Nôbobôrsho" which is literally "Happy New Year".