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'''Akinchan Chakrabarty''' ({{lang-bn|অকিঞ্চন চক্রবর্তী}}) (c. 18th century) was a [[Bengali people|Bengali]] poet. He wrote three [[narrative poem]]s: ''[[Chandimangalkavya|Parvatir Sankirtan]]'' or ''Chandir Nutan Mangal'' (a version of [[Chandimangalkavya]]), ''Shitala-Panchali'' and ''Ganga Mangal''.<ref name = mangalkavyeritihas>{{cite book |last1=Bhattacharya |first1= Ashutosh |title=Bangla Mangalkavyer Itihas |trans-title=History of Medieval Narrative Poetry |edition= 12th |year= 2009 |publisher= A Mukherjee & Co Pvt Ltd |location=Kolkata |language=bn |pages= 465–73}}</ref><ref name = sahityasangi/> He was greeted by the [[Brahmin]]s as ''Kavindra'' ("Great Poet")<ref name = sukumar/> and lived at Bengaral village near [[Ghatal]] in modern-day [[Paschim Medinipur district]] in the [[India]]n state of Paschimbanga ([[West Bengal]]).<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=bn |isbn=81-7955-007-9 |page= 1 |chapter= Akinchan Chakrabarty}}</ref>

The exact date of his first poem ''Shitala-Panchali'' or ''Shitala-Mangal'' is unknown.<ref name = mangalkavyeritihas/> Professor Asutosh Bhattacharya assumed that ''Chandir Nutan Mangal'' was composed in the later half of 18th century,<ref name = mangalkavyeritihas/> while [[Sukumar Sen (linguist)|Sukumar Sen]] believed it was composed particularly in 1757.<ref name = sukumar/> Akinchan's version of Chandimangalkavya was greatly influenced by that of Mukunda Chakrabarty.<ref name = mangalkavyeritihas/> This vast work has two ''khandas'' (Cantos) further divided into 16 ''palas'' (Books).<ref name = mangalkavyeritihas/> He was, so far known, the last poet of Chandimangalkavya tradition.<ref name = mangalkavyeritihas/> ''Ganga-Mangal'', a small narrative of [[Ganges in Hinduism#Descent to earth|Descent Of Ganga]] composed in 1776,<ref name = sukumar>{{cite book |last1=Sen |first1= Sukumar |title= Bangala Sahityer Itihas |trans-title=History of Bengali Literature |edition=1st (Ananda) |volume= II|year=1940 |publisher= Ananda Publishers Pvt Ltd|location= Kolkata|language= bn |isbn= 81-7215-025-3 |pages=255–56 }}</ref> was his last work.<ref name = mangalkavyeritihas/>

Not much of Akinchan's personal or family life is known except that his father Purushottam lived at Atghara-Srirampur village near Ghatal and Akinchan had three sons: Ramchand, Ramdulal and Shibananda.<ref name = mangalkavyeritihas/>

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