বাংলা 
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Kabiyal Bijoy Sarkar (February 16, 1903 - December 04, 1985) was a Baul vocalist, lyricist and composer. He received the Ekushey Padak in 2013.
He was born in Dumdia village of Narail in Bangladesh (then Bengal). His real name was Bijoy Krishna Adhikari. The poet is widely known among his admirers and the locals as 'Pagla Bijoy'. Among his many popular songs are:
- This world is as it is, and will remain just so / One day you must leave this beautiful world
- The pet bird will fly away, my dear - you never thought of it in your mind
- You do not know, dear one / You are the devotion of my life
- In some wet path of Asharh - among others
His father's name was Nabakrishna Bairagi and his mother's name was Himalaya Kumari. His grandfather's name was Gopalchandra Bairagi. He studied at the local Tabra primary school. While at primary school he learned dancing, singing and acting suited to jatra plays from a teacher named Nepal Biswas. He changed schools several times for his primary and secondary education. Almost everywhere he found one or more teachers from whom he had the opportunity to learn songs. Losing his parents at an early age, his studies did not go very far. He studied up to the tenth grade.
He worked as a teacher at a local school for some time. For some time he also worked as a naib (estate manager). Alongside, he regularly practiced various kinds of folk and modern songs. In 1925 he learned kobigan from the kobiyal Manohar Sarkar of Gopalganj. Some time later he came into contact with Rajendranath Sarkar and also took lessons in kobigan from him.
In 1929 Bijoy Sarkar formed his own musical troupe and gained recognition and popularity as a kobiyal. He wrote the words of songs and composed their tunes. He gained enormous popularity for his dhua songs based on the Bhatiali tune. He came into the company of Rabindranath, Kazi Nazrul Islam, Jasimuddin, Abbasuddin Ahmed and others.
Bijoy Sarkar composed about 400 sakhi-sambad and dhua songs. Some of these works were published from Bangladesh and West Bengal. He performed kobigan at the Bangla Academy, the Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, and on radio and television as well. In Bangladesh and India he performed kobigan at approximately 4,000 asars. He also performed Ramayana songs.
Bijoy Sarkar's family title was Bairagi. He himself gave up the Bairagi title and took the Adhikari title. After gaining fame as a kobiyal, however, he became known as Bijoy Sarkar.
In 2013 the Government of Bangladesh awarded him the Ekushey Padak posthumously.
