Bangabda
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Bangabda is the traditional solar calendar used in the Bengal region, structuring the Bengali year for cultural, religious, and agricultural activities.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bangabda canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7123111 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bangabda Context triple: [Bengali calendar, alsoKnownAs, Bangabda]
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A.
Victory Day of Bangladesh
Victory Day of Bangladesh is a national holiday commemorating the country's victory and independence in the Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971.
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B.
Amar Shonar Bangla
"Amar Shonar Bangla" is a famous Bengali patriotic song by Rabindranath Tagore that later became the national anthem of Bangladesh.
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C.
Roshan Bangla
Roshan Bangla is a notable section or building within Hyderabad’s historic Chowmahalla Palace complex, associated with the royal Nizam-era architecture and heritage.
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D.
Biswa Bangla Sarani
Biswa Bangla Sarani is a prominent arterial road in New Town, Kolkata, serving as a key connector through this planned urban and IT hub.
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E.
Hirak Rajar Deshe
Hirak Rajar Deshe is a celebrated 1980 Bengali political satire and children's fantasy film directed by Satyajit Ray, serving as a sequel to his classic film Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bangabda Target entity description: Bangabda is the traditional solar calendar used in the Bengal region, structuring the Bengali year for cultural, religious, and agricultural activities.
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A.
Victory Day of Bangladesh
Victory Day of Bangladesh is a national holiday commemorating the country's victory and independence in the Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971.
-
B.
Amar Shonar Bangla
"Amar Shonar Bangla" is a famous Bengali patriotic song by Rabindranath Tagore that later became the national anthem of Bangladesh.
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C.
Roshan Bangla
Roshan Bangla is a notable section or building within Hyderabad’s historic Chowmahalla Palace complex, associated with the royal Nizam-era architecture and heritage.
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D.
Biswa Bangla Sarani
Biswa Bangla Sarani is a prominent arterial road in New Town, Kolkata, serving as a key connector through this planned urban and IT hub.
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E.
Hirak Rajar Deshe
Hirak Rajar Deshe is a celebrated 1980 Bengali political satire and children's fantasy film directed by Satyajit Ray, serving as a sequel to his classic film Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
calendar system
ⓘ
solar calendar ⓘ traditional calendar ⓘ |
| alignedWith | tropical year (in reformed Bangladeshi version) ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Bangla calendar
ⓘ
linked to:
Bengali calendar
Bengali calendar ⓘ |
| calendarType | solar ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance | marker of Bengali identity ⓘ |
| eighthMonth | Ogrohayon ⓘ |
| eleventhMonth |
Falgun
ⓘ
linked to:
Phalguna
|
| epochRelatedTo |
Mughal emperor Akbar
ⓘ
linked to:
Akbar
|
| fifthMonth | Bhadro ⓘ |
| firstMonth | Boishakh ⓘ |
| follows | solar year ⓘ |
| fourthMonth | Srabon ⓘ |
| hasNumberOfMonths | 12 ⓘ |
| hasVariant |
Bangladesh national Bangla calendar
ⓘ
linked to:
Bengali calendar
traditional Bengali calendar of West Bengal ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Hindu solar calendar traditions ⓘ |
| introducedFor | tax collection alignment with agricultural cycle ⓘ |
| newYearFestival | Pohela Boishakh ⓘ |
| newYearObservedOn | mid-April (Gregorian calendar) ⓘ |
| ninthMonth | Poush ⓘ |
| regionallyAssociatedWith |
Ganges–Brahmaputra delta
ⓘ
linked to:
Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna Delta
|
| regulatedBy |
Bangla Academy (Bangladesh, for official version)
ⓘ
linked to:
Bangla Academy
|
| relatedTo |
Bikram Samvat
ⓘ
linked to:
Nepali Bikram Samvat
Gregorian calendar ⓘ
linked to:
Gregorian calendar (Western churches)
Hindu calendar ⓘ
linked to:
Hindu lunisolar calendar
|
| secondMonth | Joishtho ⓘ |
| seventhMonth | Kartik ⓘ |
| sixthMonth | Ashwin ⓘ |
| tenthMonth | Magh ⓘ |
| thirdMonth | Asharh ⓘ |
| timeUnit |
day
ⓘ
month ⓘ year ⓘ |
| twelfthMonth | Chaitra ⓘ |
| usedBy | Bengali people ⓘ |
| usedFor |
agricultural activities
ⓘ
civil purposes in Bangladesh ⓘ cultural festivals ⓘ religious observances ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Assam (Barak Valley)
ⓘ
linked to:
southern Assam
Bangladesh ⓘ Bengal region ⓘ
linked to:
Bengal
Indian state of West Bengal ⓘ
linked to:
West Bengal
Tripura ⓘ |
| usedToDetermine |
dates of Bengali New Year celebrations
ⓘ
timing of Bengali harvests ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Bengali script ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Bangabda Description of subject: Bangabda is the traditional solar calendar used in the Bengal region, structuring the Bengali year for cultural, religious, and agricultural activities.
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