Gabriel García Márquez For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel. Fakir Lalon Shah—who orally composed thousands of songs in Bengali —died on October 17, 1890—on ...

The main article, "Lalon- Baul or Fakir", was presented by A-Al Mamun, professor and researcher of Rajshahi University. The director general of Bangla Academy was Dr. Mohammad Azam; Farooq Wasif, ...

In honour of the 135th death anniversary of Fakir Lalon, the spiritual mystic of the subcontinent and the Baul king, a three-day Lalon festival has been organized in Chheuriya, Kumarkhali, Kushtia.