Bengali New Year Greetings, Nababarsha

Bengali New Year Greetings - Nabo Barsho (or Barsha) marks the advent of the Bengali New Year. The Mughal Emperor Akbar ordered a reform of the calendar. Accordingly, Fatehullah Shirazi, a renowned scholar and astronomer, formulated the Bengali year on the basis of the Hijri lunar and Hindu solar calendars.

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Bengali New Year 2011

Nabo Barsho (or Barsha) marks the advent of the Bengali New Year. The Mughal Emperor Akbar ordered a reform of the calendar. Accordingly, Fatehullah Shirazi, a renowned scholar and astronomer, formulated the Bengali year on the basis of the Hijri lunar and Hindu solar calendars.

The new Fasli San (agricultural year) was introduced on 10/11 March 1584, but was dated from Akbar's ascension to the throne in 1556. Read more at www.yreach.com

 

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