Pohela Baisakh: From Prabhat Pheris to Haal Khata
During the Mughal rule, there was a custom of collecting taxes as per the Islamic Hijri calendar. However, this rule did not match up with the solar agricultural cycles. Hence, Bengalis gave birth to a new festival known which was known as Bangabda. This rule allowed taxation facilities nearly to the year of harvest. Nawab Murshid Quil Khan was the first governor who started Akbar’s fiscal policy to collect taxes as per the Bangla calendar. For more visit us!
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