Maimansingha Gitika ( bn, মৈমনসিংহ গীতিকা), en, Maimansingha Ballads), is a collection of
folk ballads from the region of
Mymensingh,
Bangladesh.
They were published in English as ''Eastern Bengal Ballads''.
Dinesh Chandra Sen collected the songs, and Dinesh Chandra Sen was the editor; the collection was published by the
University of Calcutta, along with another similar publication named ''Purbabanga-gitika''.
Researcher
Asaddor Ali
Mohammad Asaddor Ali ( bn, মুহম্মদ আসাদ্দর আলী), was a Bangladeshi writer, researcher and historian. His research primarily focused on the history of Sylhet. Due to his achievements, he was awarded the Bangla Aca ...
discovered that nine famous so-called Mymensingh Gitika were actually
Sylheti in origin.
See also
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Sylhet ballads
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Sylheti literature
Sylheti ( Sylheti Nāgarī: ; bn, সিলেটি ) is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by an estimated 11 million people, primarily in the Sylhet Division of Bangladesh and in parts of Northeast India."Sylheti is an Indo-Aryan language spok ...
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Sylheti language
References
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Bengali-language literature
Folk music publications
Sylheti language
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