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|name=Kangal Harinath<br />
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|native_name=কাঙ্গাল হরিনাথ<br />
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|birth_name=Harinath Majumdar<br />
|birth_date= {{birth date|1833|7|22|df=y}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kangal Harinath birth anniversary commemorated in Kushtia |first=Amanur |last=Aman |work=The Daily Star |date=22 July 2010 |access-date=2 January 2019 |url= https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-147710}}</ref><br />
|birth_place=Kumarkhali village, [[Kushtia District]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British India]]<br />
|death_date= {{death date and age|1896|4|16|1833|7|22|df=y}}<br />
|other_names=Kangal Fikir Chand, Fikir Chand Baul<br />
}}<br />
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'''Harinath Majumdar''' (22 July 1833 – 16 April 1896), better known as '''Kangal Harinath''', was a [[Bengali people|Bengali]] journalist, poet and [[Baul]] singer.<ref name=bpedia>{{cite book |author=Shipra Dastider |year=2012 |chapter=Harinath, Kangal |chapter-url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Harinath,_Kangal |editor1-last=Islam |editor1-first=Sirajul |editor1-link=Sirajul Islam |editor2-last=Jamal |editor2-first=Ahmed A. |title=Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh |edition=Second |publisher=[[Asiatic Society of Bangladesh]]}}</ref><br />
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==Early life and career==<br />
Harinath was born in Kumarkhali village, [[Kushtia District]], now in [[Bangladesh]].<ref>{{cite news |author=Amanur Aman |date=21 April 2015 |title=Death anniversary of Kangal Harinath |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/arts-entertainment/event/death-anniversary-kangal-harinath-78315 |newspaper=[[The Daily Star (Bangladesh)|The Daily Star]] |access-date=23 April 2015}}</ref> He took up journalism to promote the cause of the poor and oppressed.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Raha |first=B. |date=26 November 2013 |title=Harinath Majumdar and the Bengal Peasantry |journal=Indian Historical Review |volume=40 |issue=2 |pages=331–353 |doi=10.1177/0376983613499683|s2cid=144324477 }}</ref> He started writing in the [[Sangbad Prabhakar]] and in 1863 started publishing a journal, [[Gram Barta Prokashika]]. The journal was funded by [[Swarnakumari Devi]].<ref name=bpedia/> In 1873 Harinath set up a printing press for printing this journal.<br />
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He was a disciple of [[Lalon|Lalon Shah]]. He established a Baul group named ''Kangal Fakir Chander Dal'' (Group of the Penniless Fakir Chand) in 1880. His songs had a profound influence on many thinkers of the day, including [[Rabindranath Tagore]] and [[Akshay Kumar Maitreya]].{{citation needed|date=April 2015}}<br />
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On his death, the ''[[Indian Mirror]]'' commented "The district of [[Nadia district|Nuddea]] has lost one of its great men".<ref>{{cite news |author=Rajib Kanti Roy |title=A Selfless Reformer, Kangal Harinath Majumdar |url=http://www.daily-sun.com/home/printnews/126626 |newspaper=The Daily Sun |access-date=28 May 2016}}</ref><br />
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==Notable works==<br />
Harinath wrote 18 books. Some of his works are:<br />
* Bijoy Basanta (1859)<br />
* Charu-Charitro (1863)<br />
* Kavita Kaomudi (1866)<br />
* Okkrur Sangbad (1873)<br />
* Chittachapala (1876)<br />
* Kangal-Fakir Chand Fakirer Gitabali (1293-1300 Bengali Year)<br />
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