| Bijoy Sarkar | |
| Native Name: | বিজয় সরকার |
| Native Name Lang: | bn |
| Birth Name: | Bijay Krishna Adhikari |
| Birth Date: | 1903 2, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Narail, Presidency Division, British India |
| Death Place: | Belur, Howrah, West Bengal, India |
| Nationality: | Bangladeshi |
| Known For: | poetry, songs |
Bijoy Sarkar (born Bijay Krishna Adhikari; 20 February 1903 – 4 December 1985) was a Bengali poet, baul singer, lyricist and composer.[1] [2]
Sarkar was born in Dumdi village, Jessore District, British India (now Narail District, Bangladesh).[3]
He studied at Tabra Primary School, taught there briefly, later worked as a rent collector, and participated in stage performance and folk songs. In 1925, he joined Manohar Sarkar from Gopalganj and Rajendranath Sarkar.[1]
Sarkar was awarded the Ekushey Padak, Bangladesh's highest civilian award for contribution in the field of arts, posthumously in 2013.[3]
Sk Makbul Islam's article "Methodological Understanding of Researches Executed on Bijay Sarkar", published in 'Folklore and Folkloristics', Vol. 7, No. 2, December 2014, p. 95-175.
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