Gul Bakhsh

Gul Bakhsh (Bengali: গুল বখশ, romanized: gul bôkhsh) was a Bengali poet of the late 19th-century.[1] He is mainly known for his magnum opus, Kukikatar Puthi, which was a narrative of the Kuki raids at Chhagalnaiya in 1860.[2] It was written in the puthi format.[3]

Gul Bakhsh
গুল বখশ
OccupationWriter
Notable workKukikatar Puthi

His puthi was featured on the Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi Magazine in 1375 B.S. (c. 1969 CE).[4] One 80-year old incomplete manuscript (pages 3 to 17) is preserved at the Puthi Library of the University of Dhaka. Another incomplete manuscript (pages 4 to 17) is preserved at the Central Bengali Development Board.[5]

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References
  1. Bhattacharjee, Jatindra Mohan (1978). বাংলা পুথির তালিকা সমন্বয় (in Bengali). Asiatic Society. p. 32.
  2. Webster, John Edward (1911). "History". Eastern Bengal and Assam District Gazetteers. Vol. 4. Noakhali. Allahabad: The Pioneer Press. p. 30.
  3. Abdul Karim, Munshi; Sharif, Ahmed (1960). Hussain, Syed Sajjad (ed.). A Descriptive Catalogue Of Bengali Manuscripts. Dacca: Asiatic Society of Pakistan. p. 74.
  4. আকাডেমী পত্রিকা. Vol. 11. Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi. June 1999. p. 248.
  5. ইতিহাস সম্মেলন (in Bengali). Parishad. 1968. p. 65.
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