This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.Find sources: "Kangal Harinath" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (October 2012) (Learn how and when to remove this template message)
.mw-parser-output .hidden-begin{box-sizing:border-box;width:100%;padding:5px;border:none;font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .hidden-title{font-weight:bold;line-height:1.6;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .hidden-content{text-align:left}@media all and (max-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .hidden-begin{width:auto!important;clear:none!important;float:none!important))You can help expand this article with text translated from the corresponding article in Bangla. (February 2024) Click [show] for important translation instructions. View a machine-translated version of the Bangla article. Machine translation, like DeepL or Google Translate, is a useful starting point for translations, but translators must revise errors as necessary and confirm that the translation is accurate, rather than simply copy-pasting machine-translated text into the English Wikipedia. Do not translate text that appears unreliable or low-quality. If possible, verify the text with references provided in the foreign-language article. You must provide copyright attribution in the edit summary accompanying your translation by providing an interlanguage link to the source of your translation. A model attribution edit summary is Content in this edit is translated from the existing Bangla Wikipedia article at [[:bn:হরিনাথ মজুমদার]]; see its history for attribution. You should also add the template ((Translated|bn|হরিনাথ মজুমদার)) to the talk page. For more guidance, see Wikipedia:Translation.
Kangal Harinath
কাঙ্গাল হরিনাথ
Born
Harinath Majumdar

(1833-07-22)22 July 1833[1]
Kumarkhali village, Kushtia District, Bengal Presidency, British India
Died16 April 1896(1896-04-16) (aged 62)
Other namesKangal Fikir Chand, Fikir Chand Baul

Harinath Majumdar (22 July 1833 – 16 April 1896), better known as Kangal Harinath, was a Bengali journalist, poet, writer, and Baul singer.[2][3][4] He is the writer of Bijoy Basanta (1859), which is in the list of the first published Bengali novels.[5]

Early life and career

Harinath was born in Kumarkhali village, Kushtia District, now in Bangladesh.[6] He took up journalism to promote the cause of the poor and oppressed.[7] He started writing in the Sangbad Prabhakar and in 1863 started publishing a journal, Gram Barta Prokashika. The journal was funded by Swarnakumari Devi.[2] In 1873 Harinath set up a printing press for printing this journal.

He was a disciple of Lalon Shah. He established a Baul group named Kangal Fakir Chander Dal (Group of the Penniless Fakir Chand) in 1880. His songs had a profound influence on many thinkers of the day, including Rabindranath Tagore and Akshay Kumar Maitreya.[citation needed]

On his death, the Indian Mirror commented "The district of Nuddea has lost one of its great men".[8]

Notable works

Harinath wrote 18 books. Some of his works are:

References

  1. ^ Aman, Amanur (22 July 2010). "Kangal Harinath birth anniversary commemorated in Kushtia". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
  2. ^ a b Shipra Dastider (2012). "Harinath, Kangal". In Islam, Sirajul; Jamal, Ahmed A. (eds.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
  3. ^ "The legacy of Kangal Harinath". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2022-09-14.
  4. ^ "কাঙাল হরিনাথ মজুমদার". www.sahos24.com. Retrieved 2022-09-14.
  5. ^ সববাংলায় (2022-01-24). "কাঙাল হরিনাথ". সববাংলায় (in Bengali). Retrieved 2023-07-28.
  6. ^ Amanur Aman (21 April 2015). "Death anniversary of Kangal Harinath". The Daily Star. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
  7. ^ Raha, B. (26 November 2013). "Harinath Majumdar and the Bengal Peasantry". Indian Historical Review. 40 (2): 331–353. doi:10.1177/0376983613499683. S2CID 144324477.
  8. ^ Rajib Kanti Roy. "A Selfless Reformer, Kangal Harinath Majumdar". The Daily Sun. Retrieved 28 May 2016.


Categories