Like "Cheiraoba" the Bengali New Year festival, "Pahela Boishakh” is the first month of the Bengali calendar. It is celebrated throughout Bangladesh and much of eastern India. This festival is celebrated on 14th April every year in Bangladesh according to the Gregorian calendar. Mangal Shobhayatra is an essential part of Dhaka's Boishakhi festival. The United Nations organization UNESCO included Bangladesh's "Mangal Shobhayatra" in the list of important intangible cultural heritage of the world on November 30, 2016, at the request of the Ministry of Culture of the Government of Bangladesh.