Gul Bakhsh ( bn, গুল বখশ, gul bôkhsh) was a

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poet of the late 19th-century. He is mainly known for his

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, ''Kukikatar Puthi'', which was a narrative of the Kuki raids at Chhagalnaiya in 1860. It was written in the ''

puthi A Puthi ( bn, পুঁথি, Nagari: , Perso-Arab: پوتھی), is a book or writing of poetic fairy tales and religious stories of Bengal and present-day East India, which were read by a senior "educated" person while others would listen. This ...

'' format. His ''puthi'' was featured on the

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Magazine in 1375 B.S. (c. 1969 CE). One 80-year old incomplete manuscript (pages 3 to 17) is preserved at the Puthi Library of the

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. Another incomplete manuscript (pages 4 to 17) is preserved at the Central Bengali Development Board.

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19th-century Bengali poets 19th-century Indian Muslims Bengali male poets Place of death unknown People from Feni District Year of death unknown Year of birth unknown {{Bangladesh-poet-stub

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