Bangabda era
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The Bangabda era is the traditional solar calendar era used in the Bengali calendar to reckon years in Bengal and among Bengali-speaking communities.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bangabda era canonical | 1 |
| Bangla era | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7123112 — 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 era Context triple: [Bengali calendar, eraName, Bangabda era]
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A.
Myanmar Era
Myanmar Era is the traditional lunisolar calendar system historically used in Myanmar for marking years, religious festivals, and cultural events.
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B.
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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C.
Bangladesh Liberation War
The Bangladesh Liberation War was a 1971 armed conflict in which East Pakistan fought to secede from Pakistan, leading to the creation of the independent nation of Bangladesh.
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D.
Bangladesh famine of 1974
The Bangladesh famine of 1974 was a devastating food crisis in newly independent Bangladesh, marked by widespread starvation and mortality, that became a key case study in understanding how political and economic factors—rather than sheer food shortage—can cause famine.
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E.
Amar Shonar Bangla
"Amar Shonar Bangla" is a famous Bengali patriotic song by Rabindranath Tagore that later became the national anthem of Bangladesh.
- 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 era Target entity description: The Bangabda era is the traditional solar calendar era used in the Bengali calendar to reckon years in Bengal and among Bengali-speaking communities.
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A.
Myanmar Era
Myanmar Era is the traditional lunisolar calendar system historically used in Myanmar for marking years, religious festivals, and cultural events.
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B.
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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C.
Bangladesh Liberation War
The Bangladesh Liberation War was a 1971 armed conflict in which East Pakistan fought to secede from Pakistan, leading to the creation of the independent nation of Bangladesh.
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D.
Bangladesh famine of 1974
The Bangladesh famine of 1974 was a devastating food crisis in newly independent Bangladesh, marked by widespread starvation and mortality, that became a key case study in understanding how political and economic factors—rather than sheer food shortage—can cause famine.
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E.
Amar Shonar Bangla
"Amar Shonar Bangla" is a famous Bengali patriotic song by Rabindranath Tagore that later became the national anthem of Bangladesh.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
calendar era
ⓘ
solar calendar era ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Bangla calendar
ⓘ
linked to:
Bengali calendar
|
| associatedWithFestival | Pohela Boishakh ⓘ |
| associatedWithLanguage | Bengali ⓘ |
| calendarBasis | solar year ⓘ |
| calendarSystem |
Bengali calendar system
ⓘ
linked to:
Bengali calendar
|
| calendarType | solar ⓘ |
| culturalContext | Bengali culture ⓘ |
| culturalRegion |
Bengal region
ⓘ
linked to:
Bengal
|
| eraNameLanguage | Bengali language ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Bangla era
ⓘ
linked to:
Bangabda era
|
| region |
Eastern Indian subcontinent
ⓘ
linked to:
Eastern South Asia
|
| relatedTo |
Bikram Samvat
ⓘ
linked to:
Nepali Bikram Samvat
Hindu calendar ⓘ
linked to:
Hindu lunisolar calendar
South Asian calendars ⓘ |
| scriptUsedForName | Bengali script ⓘ |
| startOfYear | mid-April (Gregorian calendar) ⓘ |
| timeReckoning | year numbering system ⓘ |
| usedBy | Bengali-speaking communities ⓘ |
| usedFor |
civil purposes in Bengali-speaking regions
ⓘ
reckoning years ⓘ traditional festivals date calculation ⓘ |
| usedIn | Bengali calendar ⓘ |
| usedInCountry |
Bangladesh
ⓘ
India ⓘ |
| usedInIndianStates |
Assam
ⓘ
Tripura ⓘ West Bengal ⓘ |
| usedInRegion | Bengal ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Bangabda era Description of subject: The Bangabda era is the traditional solar calendar era used in the Bengali calendar to reckon years in Bengal and among Bengali-speaking communities.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Bangabda era