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{{Infobox person<br />
| name = Bijoy Sarkar<br />
| native_name = বিজয় সরকার<br />
| native_name_lang = bn<br />
| image = Bijay Sarkar.jpg<br />
| alt =<br />
| caption =<br />
| birth_name = Bijay Krishna Adhikari<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1903|2|20}}<br />
| birth_place = Dumdi village, [[Narail]], [[British India]] (now in [[Bangladesh]])<br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1985|12|4|1903|2|16}}<br />
| death_place = [[Belur, West Bengal|Belur]], [[Howrah]], [[West Bengal]], India<br />
| nationality = Bangladeshi<br />
| other_names =<br />
| occupation =<br />
| known_for = poetry, songs<br />
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'''Bijoy Sarkar''' (born '''Bijay Krishna Adhikari'''; 20 February 1903 – 4 December 1985) was a [[Bangladeshi people|Bangladeshi]] poet, [[baul]] singer, lyricist and composer.<ref name=Banglapedia>{{cite web|last=Haq |first=Md. Enamul |title=Sarkar, Bijay Krishna |url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Sarkar,_Kavial_Bijay_Krishna|publisher=[[Banglapedia]]: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh}}</ref><ref name=newage>{{cite news |last=Rosan |first=Robab |date=3 December 2005 |title=Baul songs: now a world heritage |url=http://www.newagebd.com/2005/dec/03/time.html |newspaper=New Age |location=Dhaka |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060411200404/http://www.newagebd.com/2005/dec/03/time.html |archivedate=11 April 2006 |accessdate=27 August 2022}}</ref><br />
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==Biography==<br />
Sarkar was born in Dumdi village, Jessore District, [[British India]] (now [[Narail District]], [[Bangladesh]]).<ref name=dailystar>{{cite news |last=Bose |first=Ponuel S. |date=24 February 2014 |title=Kobial Bijoy Sarkar's 112th birth anniversary observed |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/kobial-bijoy-sarkars-112th-birth-anniversary-observed-12683 |newspaper=The Daily Star |location=Dhaka |accessdate=6 August 2022}}</ref><br />
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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, Bangladesh|Gopalganj]] and [[Rajendranath Sarkar]].<ref name=Banglapedia/><br />
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==Recordings==<br />
* Bengali folk songs, Bijoy Sarkarer gaan (2004)<br />
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==Awards==<br />
Sarkar was awarded the [[Ekushey Padak]], Bangladesh's highest civilian award for contribution in the field of arts, posthumously in 2013.<ref name=dailystar/><br />
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==Further reading==<br />
* ''Kobiyal Bijoy Shorkarer Jibon O Shongit'' (Life and Songs of Kaviyal Bijay Sarkar), ''[[Bangla Academy]]'', 1994: includes about 375 of his songs.<br />
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Sk Makbul Islam's article "Methodological Understanding of Researches Executed on Bijay Sarkar", published in 'Folklore and Folkloristics', Vol. 7, No. 2, December 2014 ({{ISSN|2350-031X}}), p.&nbsp;95-175.<br />
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