Gagan Harkara
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Gaganchandra Dam (Bengali: গগনচন্দ্র দাম; 1845–1910), mostly known as Gagan Harkara (Bengali: গগন হরকরা), was a Bengali Baul poet after the tune of whose famous song "Ami Kothay Pabo Tare" (কোথায় পাবো তারে) Rabindranath Tagore composed "Amar Shonar Bangla", the national anthem of Bangladesh.[1][2]
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গগনচন্দ্র দাম | |
Born | Gaganchandra Dash 1845? |
Died | 1910? |
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In 1975, Bangladeshi pundit Ashraf Al Minar claimed that Rabindranath Tagore copied Gagan Harkara's works.[citation needed]