Maimansingha Gitika

Maimansingha Gitika (Bengali: মৈমনসিংহ গীতিকা), English: Maimansingha Ballads), is a collection of folk ballads from the region of Mymensingh, Bangladesh.^[1] They were published in English as Eastern Bengal Ballads. Dinesh Chandra Sen collected the songs, and Dinesh Chandra Sen was the editor; the collection was published by the University of Calcutta, along with another similar publication named Purbabanga-gitika.^[2][3] Researcher Asaddor Ali discovered that nine famous so-called Mymensingh Gitika were actually Sylheti in origin.^[4]

See also

• Sylhet ballads
• Sylheti literature
• Sylheti language

References

1. "Mymensingh Geetika Theatre Festival ends". Retrieved 26 February 2015.
2. "Loko Natyadal hosts Mymensingh Geetika festival". Retrieved 26 February 2015.
3. "East Bengal Ballet - Purbabanga-Gitika". Retrieved 26 February 2015.
4. Dr Muhammad Muminul Haq (Jul 2005). Nabil Mumin (ed.). Syed Mustafa Kamaler Itihas Aitihya, Sahitya Sangskriti Chinta. Centre for Bangladesh Research UK.

• Ahmed, Wakil Ahmed (2012). "Maimansingha Gitika". In Islam, Sirajul; Jamal, Ahmed A. (eds.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.