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The first of Baishakh
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According to the solar eclipse, the bar of Bengali times was celebrated long ago. This solar eclipse starts from the middle of April in the Gregorian calendar. The first day of the solar year was celebrated as an integral part of Assam, Bengal, Kerala, Manipur, Nepal, Orissa, Punjab, Tamil Nadu and Tripura. Now as the New Year has become a celebrated universal celebration for the start of the New Year, it was not so at one time. The New Year or the Pahela Boishak was celebrated as the Arayush festival or seasonal festival. Then its main significance was farming, because the farmers had to rely on the season until the era of technical application began. [1]

After the establishment of the Mughal Empire in India, the emperors used to pay tribute to agricultural products according to the Hijri calendar. But since Hijri Sun is dependent on the Moon, it does not meet the agricultural yield. As a result, farmers were forced to pay rent to Asamaye. Mughal emperor Akbar introduced Bangla to achieve the right to pay rent. He originally ordered the reform of the old calendar. According to the order of the emperor, the renowned astronomer and thinker of Bengal, Fatehullah Siraj, built the rules of new Bengali based on solar and Arabic hijri. The counting of the Bangla calendar began from 10th March or 11th March 1584. However, the counting system was implemented from Akbar's ascension (5 November, 1556). The name of this name was first known as the crop year, later called "bangad" or Bengali year.