WB assembly passes resolution to observe Bengali new year Poila Baisakh as Bengal Day firstpost.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from firstpost.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The ISF MLA suggests the statehood day be October 16, when Rabindranath Tagore organised ‘Rakhibandhan Utsab’ to oppose the partition of Bengal in 1905
The resolution under Rule 169 was tabled in the assembly, proposing to observe Poila Baisakh, as Bangla Diwas and Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore s Banglar Mati, Banglar Jol (Bengal s soil, Bengal s water) as the state song.