![]() This gave rise to a kind of silent rebellion. Later, during the Pakistani regime, Pakistan Government banned poems of famous poet Rabindranath Tagore to suppress Bengali culture. These festivities took their minds off those harsh situations and helped them to look forward to a better year. To avoid this, Emperor Akbar introduced the custom of the New Year celebration. Some scholars believe that sometimes landlords subjected the people to physical force and paying taxes could result in rebellion. When it was time to collect taxes, the farmers were still waiting to reap their harvest from the fields and faced tremendous difficulties in paying the tax, so amendments were made and a new calendar was designed. The tax was collected on the basis of Arabic or Hijri years that didn’t match the seasonal cycle of that region. During those times the economy of the country depended heavily on agricultural production. The history of Bangla New Year dates back to the Mughal emperor, Akbar’s reign (1556-1609). In Bangladesh, Apr 14 is a national holiday. ‘Pohela Boishakh’ is the biggest cultural festival worldwide where Bengalis celebrate and welcome the New Year with great enthusiasm in keeping with the age-old traditions called ‘Borsho Boron Utsab.’ It marks a day of cultural and religious unity. April comes with new hopes and a sense of romance and festivity in the minds of Bangladeshis all over the world, as Apr 14 is Pahela Boishakh, the 1st day of Bangla New year.
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