Tag: Puthandu

n Bengal, the New Year’s Day, Poila Boisakh, was originally set by the Surya Siddhanta during the reign of Raja Shashaka of Gour, 594 years after the Christian era. There were other calendars too and the credit for its popularisation goes to Akbar and his astronomer, Fatehullah Shirazi. The Islamic Hijri calendar was difficult for…