Maimansingha gitika or Môemonshingha gitika is a collection of folk ballads from the region of Mymensingh and around of Bangladesh. Chandra Kumar De and Dinesh Chandra Sen were the collectors and editors; the collection was published from Calcutta University, along with another similar publication named purbabanga-gitika. The basic theme of most of these folk ballads is love and romance.

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  • Maimansingha gitika or Môemonshingha gitika is a collection of folk ballads from the region of Mymensingh and around of Bangladesh. Chandra Kumar De and Dinesh Chandra Sen were the collectors and editors; the collection was published from Calcutta University, along with another similar publication named purbabanga-gitika. The basic theme of most of these folk ballads is love and romance. Pre-nuptial love and extramarital love constitute the main interests, also come the private and social conflicts arising out of several aspects of love. They were published in English as Eastern Bengal Ballads. Of the 21 ballads collected by Chandra Kumar De, Mahuya', 'Maluya', 'Chandravati', 'Dasyu Kenaram', 'Kamala', 'Rupavati', 'Kanka O Lila', 'Dewan Madina', and 'Dhopar Pat' were included in Maimansingha Gitika, while the rest were included in Purbabanga-Gitika. The primary theme of the ballads is love in its different aspects: pre-nuptial love, marital love and extra-marital love and the resultant family and social conflicts. It is assumed that 'Kenaram', 'Mahuya', 'Kanka O Leela', and 'Chandravati' were composed between the late 16th century to the early 18th century. The composer of 'Maluya' is unknown but some think it was chandravati. In course of time, the ballads underwent some transformation. The increasing use of Arabic and Persian vocabulary in some ballads indicate their periods of composition. mansur bayati, the Muslim poet among the composers, is believed to have composed 'Dewan Madina' around the 18th century.
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  • Maimansingha gitika or Môemonshingha gitika is a collection of folk ballads from the region of Mymensingh and around of Bangladesh. Chandra Kumar De and Dinesh Chandra Sen were the collectors and editors; the collection was published from Calcutta University, along with another similar publication named purbabanga-gitika. The basic theme of most of these folk ballads is love and romance.
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  • Maimansingha Gitika
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