Pohela Falgun

Pohela Falgun (Bengali: পহেলা ফাল্গুন, romanized: Pôhēlā Phālgun, lit.

[1] The celebration was started in 1991 by students of Dhaka University's Faculty of Fine Arts.

[2] Before 2019, the first of Falgun used to fell on 13 February of the Gregorian Calendar,[3] however, from 2020 onwards, due to changes to the Bangladeshi calendars, Pohela Falgun is celebrated on 14 February, making the day celebrated with the Valentine's Day in the country.

[4] In this day Bengalis are seen to wear traditional clothes consisting of yellow , red and even shades of orange.

The festival is also celebrated in India's West Bengal as Basanta Utsab (Bengali: বসন্ত উৎসব, lit.