The West Bengal government has issued a notification declaring Poila Boisakh, the first day of the Bengali New Year, as the State Day and a song Banglar Mati Banglar Jal written by Rabindranath Tagore as the State Song.
“After careful consideration, it is hereby declared that the ‘Poila Boisakh’ (1st day of the month of Boisakh of Bengali calendar year) will be observed as State Day and it will be named ‘Bangla Divas’,” the notification dated December 30 by outgoing chief secretary H.K. Dwivedi on Saturday said.
The notification added while referring to the song Banglar Mati Banglar Jal as the State Song that the approximate playing time is 1 minute and 59 seconds.
