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|name = Kubir Sarkar<br />
|native_name = কুবীর সরকার<br />
|native_name_lang = bn<br />
|other_names = Kubir Goshai<br />
|image = <br />
|caption = Kubir Goshi in his later life<br />
|birth_place =Madhupur, Brittihuda, [[Nadia]], [[West Bengal]], [[British India]] <br />
|birth_date = {{birth date text|1787}}<br />
|death_date = {{death date text|1879}}<br />
|death_place = Brittihuda, [[Nadia]], [[West Bengal]],<br />
| occupation = {{flatlist|<br />
* Singer<br />
* songwriter<br />
}}<br />
|website= <br />
| module = {{Infobox musical artist<br />
| embed = yes<br />
| background = <br />
| genre = [[Baul music|Baul]], [[Folk music|folk]]<br />
| instrument = Vocal, [[ektara]]<br />
}}<br />
}}<br />
'''Kubir Sarkar''' also known as '''Kubir Goshai''' ({{Langx|bn| কুবীর সরকার }}; [[Bengali calendars|Bengali]]: Falgun 1194 and 11 Ashar 1286) (1787–1879) was a prominent [[Bengalis|Bengali]] philosopher, author, [[Baul|Baul saint]], mystic, songwriter, social reformer and thinker in [[Bengal]] of [[British India]].<ref name="Gavir Nirjan Pathe">{{cite book|last1= Sudhir Chakrabarti|first1=Dr |editor-last1=Chowdhury|title= Gavir Nirjan Pathe|date=2014|publisher= Ananda Publishers |location=Kalakātā|isbn= 978-8177562668}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1= Somabrata Sarkar|first1=Mr |editor-last1= Sarkar|title= Dui Banglar Baul Akhra|date=2017|publisher= Kalpo Katha|location=Kalakātā|isbn= 978-8193678398 }}</ref> He was popular as a poet and kaviyal; and alongside he was also known as a famous theorist of Bengal's [[Secularism]].<ref>{{cite book|last1= Sudhir Chakrabarti|first1=Dr |editor-last1=Chowdhury|title= Baul Fakir Katha|date=2014|publisher= Ananda Publishers <br />
|location=Kalakātā|isbn= 978-8177568363}}</ref><ref name="Mahajnnama Lives of Baul Fakiri Lyricists ">{{cite web|url= https://baulfakiri.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Baul-Book-min.pdf| title= Mahajnnama Lives of Baul Fakiri Lyricists }}</ref> He was a lyricist and composer of songs from the Sahebdhani minor religious sect of Bengal. Some of his notable songs include <br />
''Dub dub dub rupshagore amar mon/ Tolatol patal khujle pabi re prem rotnodhon.''<br />
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== Early life ==<br />
Kubir Sarkar was born in 1787 into a weaver family in the village of<br />
Madhupur in the district of [[Nadia]], [[West Bengal]].<ref name=" Gavir Nirjan Pathe" /> He became a disciple of Guru Charan Pal of the village<br />
Brittihuda, in [[Nadia]] and that is where he met his demise. Then he became '''Kubir Goshai'''.<br />
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== Personal life ==<br />
He had numbers of the leading students. Among of them, '''Jadubindu'''({{Langx|bn| যাদুবিন্দু }}) is an important disciple of Kubir Goshai. He was also a famous lyricist and composer of songs from the '''Sahebdhani''' minor religious sect of Bengal.<ref name=" Gavir Nirjan Pathe" /> Kubir Goshai died in [[Nadia]] in 1879([[Bengali calendars|Bengali]]: 11 Ashar 1286).<br />
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== Works and legacy ==<br />
Kubir Goshai’s philosophy was mainly based on the '''Vaisnava Sahajiya''' .According to Sahajiya philosophy, along with an external form; every object also has an internal form. On his birth anniversary, his followers and students have preserved his diary full of songs beside his tomb. Kubir Goshai composed over 1,203 songs.<ref name=" Gavir Nirjan Pathe" /><ref name="Mahajnnama Lives of Baul Fakiri Lyricists"/><ref>{{Cite web|last=চট্টোপাধ্যায়|first=সুদীপ্ত|title=কুবির কেন অবজ্ঞাতই থেকে গেলেন|url=https://www.anandabazar.com/amp/culture/book-reviews/1.220679|website=anadabazar.com|date=10 October 2015| access-date=10 October 2015}}</ref><br />
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=== Most popular songs ===<br />
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{{columns-list|colwidth=20em|<br />
* ''Dub dub dub rupshagore amar mon/ Tolatol patal khujle pabi re prem rotnodhon''<br />
* ''Ore brindabon hote bro shripat huda gram/ jotha dibinishi shuni dinbondu nam.''<br />
* ''Lakhi ar Durga Kali, Fatema tari boli,/ jar purto hosen ali madinay kore khela.''<br />
* ''Allah aljibayi ache / khrisno thake takrate.''<br />
* ''Age chilam jalamoy panir upor khaki roy/khair upor ghorbari sokoler.''<br />
* ''Vaire hindu mole ganga pai jobon thake jaminay/ shatmote bli shono postore.''<br />
* ''Manuser keon kro / ebar sadhan bole bhaktir jore manus dhro.''<br />
}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
*<ref>{{Cite web|last=Fakir|first=Baul|title=Baulfakir – Browse Singer, Musician, Artists Online|url=https://baulfakir.com/|access-date=2021-03-16|language=en-US}}</ref><br />
*<ref>{{Cite web|last=Baul|title=Baul - Banglapedia|url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Baul|access-date=2021-03-16|website=en.banglapedia.org|language=en}}</ref><br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[Music of Bengal]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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[[Category:Bengali musicians]]<br />
[[Category:Bengali male poets]]<br />
[[Category:Bhakti movement]]<br />
[[Category:Bengali philosophers]]<br />
[[Category:1787 births]]<br />
[[Category:1879 deaths]]<br />
[[Category:Musicians from West Bengal]]</div>Xannat