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'''Aju Gossain''' ({{lang-bn|আজু গোঁসাই}}) (c. 18th century) was a [[Bengali people|Bengali]] poet who was known for his [[Parody music|parodies]] of [[Ramprasad Sen]]’s songs.<ref name = sahityasangi>{{cite book |last1=Das |first1= Sisir Kumar |title=Samsad Bangla Sahityasangi |trans-title=Samsad Companion to Bengali Literature |edition= 1st |year= 2003 |publisher= Sahitya Samsad|location=Kolkata |language=Bengali |isbn=81-7955-007-9 |page= 1 |chapter= Aju Gossain}}</ref> Not much about him is known except his works, not even his real name which is presumed to be either Ayodhyanath or Ayodhyaram Goswami, while [[Jogendranath Gupta]] assumed that his real name might be either Ajay Goswami or Achyut Goswami or Rajchandra Goswami.<ref name = Asitkumar>{{cite book |last1=Banerjee |first1=Asit Kumar |title= Bangla Sahityer Itibritta|trans-title=History of Bengali Literature |volume=III-B|edition=3rd |year=2001 |origyear=1966 |publisher=Modern Book Agency Pvt Ltd |location=Kolkata |language=Bengali |pages= 318–21}}</ref><br />
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Aju Gossain was a [[Vaishnava]] poet and lived at [[Halishahar]] in modern-day [[North 24 Parganas district]] of the [[India]]n state of Paschimbanga ([[West Bengal]]).<ref>{{cite book |last1=Bhattacharya |first1=Bitashok |title= Bangla Bhasha O Sahityer Abhidhan|trans-title=Dictionary of Bengali Language and |edition=2nd |year=2004 |origyear=1984 |publisher=Banishilpa |location=Kolkata |language=Bengali |page= 64 }}</ref> His father was Ramram Gossain.<ref name = charitabhidhan/><br />
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Aju Gossain was not only a contemporary of Rampradad Sen but also they both lived at the same village. Gossain took delight to attack the Sen’s songs making parodies of them which often resulted ''dwandwas'' (a form of traditional musical debate) between the two poets. It is known that [[Krishnachandra Roy]], the King of [[Nadia district|Nadia]] loved to hear such ''dwandwas'' and whenever he visited Halishahar, Gossain and Sen were called to present musical debates in front of him.<ref name = Asitkumar/><ref name = charitabhidhan>{{cite book |editor1-first=Sengupta |editor1-last=Subodh Chandra |others= Bose, Anjali|title=Samsad Bangali Charitabhidhan |trans-title=Samsad Biographical Dictionary of Bengali People |edition=4h |volume=I |year=2002 |origyear= 1976|publisher=Sahitya Samdad |location= Kolkata |language=Bengali |isbn=81-85626-65-0 |page=42 }}</ref><br />
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Some of Gossain's best known songs are "Keno Mon Berate Jabi", "Dubis Ne Mon Ghori Ghori", "E Sangsar Raser Kuti", "Sadhya Ki Tor Kali Khabi" which were parodies of some of Ramprasad Sen's most popular songs respectively "Ay Mon Berate Jabi", "Dub De Re Mon Kali Bole", "E Sangsar Dhnokar Tati" and "Ebar Kali Tomay Khabo".<ref name = Asitkumar/> Few subaltern stories of [[Gopal Bhar]] referred his name often.<br />
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