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+/* Bengali initialisation for the jQuery UI date picker plugin. */
+/* Written by Fathma Siddique */
+( function( factory ) {
+	if ( typeof define === "function" && define.amd ) {
+
+		// AMD. Register as an anonymous module.
+		define( [ "../widgets/datepicker" ], factory );
+	} else {
+
+		// Browser globals
+		factory( jQuery.datepicker );
+	}
+}( function( datepicker ) {
+
+datepicker.regional.bn = {
+	closeText: "সমাপ্ত",
+	prevText: "পূর্ববর্তী",
+	nextText: "পরবর্তী",
+	currentText: "আজ",
+	monthNames: [ "জানুয়ারী","ফেব্রুয়ারী","মার্চ","এপ্রিল","মে","জুন",
+	"জুলাই","অগাস্ট","সেপ্টেম্বর","অক্টোবর","নভেম্বর","ডিসেম্বর" ],
+	monthNamesShort: [ "জান", "ফেব", "মার্চ", "এপ্রি", "মে", "জুন",
+	"জুল", "আগ", "সেপ্ট", "অক্টো", "নভে", "ডিসে" ],
+	dayNames: [ "রবিবার", "সোমবার", "মঙ্গলবার", "বুধবার", "বৃহষ্পতিবার", "শুক্রবার", "শনিবার" ],
+	dayNamesShort: [ "রবি", "সোম", "মঙ্গল", "বুধ", "বৃহঃ", "শুক্র", "শনি" ],
+	dayNamesMin: [ "র","সো","ম","বু","বৃ","শু","শ" ],
+	weekHeader: "সপ্তাহ",
+	dateFormat: "dd/mm/yy",
+	firstDay: 1,
+	isRTL: false,
+	showMonthAfterYear: false,
+	yearSuffix: "" };
+datepicker.setDefaults( datepicker.regional.bn );
+
+return datepicker.regional.bn;
+
+} ) );