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| '''Pohela Falgun''' ({{lang-bn|পহেলা ফাল্গুন}} ''Pôhela Falgun'' or পয়লা ফাল্গুন ''Pôela Falgun''), also known as the first day of [[Spring (season)|Spring]] of the Bengali month [[Falgun]], is a holiday celebrated in [[Bangladesh]].<ref name=history>{{cite news|title=Pohela Falgun celebrated |url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=174151/ |newspaper=The Daily Star |date=14 February 2011}}</ref> The celebration was started in 1991 by students of [[University of Dhaka|Dhaka University]]'s Faculty of Fine Arts.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/frontpage/falgun-celebration-how-it-all-began-1360324|title=Falgun Fest at DU: How it all began|date=13 February 2017|work=The Daily Star|access-date=2017-04-19|language=en}}</ref> The first of Falgun usually falls on 13 February of the [[Gregorian Calendar]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nepcal.com/date_conv.php |title=Nepali Date Converter |publisher=banned-books.info |access-date=2013-06-21}}</ref> The holiday in [[Bangladesh]] also celebrated as ''Basanta Utsab'' ({{lang-bn|বসন্ত উৎসব }}; ''Spring Festival''),
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| In [[Bengali language|Bengali]], Pohela stands for 'first' and 'Falgun' or '''Fagun''<nowiki/>' is the eleventh month of the [[Bengali calendar]].
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| == See also ==
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| * [[Pahela Baishakh]]
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| * [[Culture of Bangladesh]]
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| * [[Festivals of Bangladesh]]
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| * [[Culture of Nepal]]
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| * [[Festivals of West Bengal]]
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