The Bangla calendar and history of Bengal
THE Bangla calendar is a solar year of 12 months, starts on the April 14 of the Gregorian calendar, is now 1,420 years old. There is, however, controversy over its origin. Many scholars maintain that it is an offshoot of the Hegira or Hijri calendar. Amir Fathullah Shirazi, an astronomer in the court of the [...]