Harinath Majumdar (20 July 1833 – 18 April 1896), better known as Kangal Harinath, was a Bengali journalist, poet, writer, and Baul singer.^[2][3][4] He is the writer of Bijoy Basanta (1859), which is in the list of the first published Bengali novels.^[5]

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Kangal Harinath
কাঙ্গাল হরিনাথ
Born	Harinath Majumdar (1833-07-20)20 July 1833[1] Kumarkhali village, Kushtia District, Bengal Presidency, British India
Died	18 April 1896(1896-04-18) (aged 62)
Other names	Kangal Fikir Chand, Fikir Chand Baul

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Harinath was born in Kumarkhali village, Kushtia District, now in Bangladesh.^[6] He took up journalism to promote the cause of the poor and oppressed.^[7] He started writing in the Sangbad Prabhakar and in 1863 started publishing a journal, Gram Barta Prokashika. The journal was funded by Swarnakumari Devi.^[2] In 1873 Harinath set up a printing press for printing this journal.

He was a disciple of Lalon Shah. He established a Baul group named Kangal Fakir Chander Dal (Group of the Penniless Fakir Chand) in 1880. His songs had a profound influence on many thinkers of the day, including Rabindranath Tagore and Akshay Kumar Maitreya.^{[citation needed]}

On his death, the Indian Mirror commented "The district of Nuddea has lost one of its great men".^[8]

Harinath wrote 18 books. Some of his works are:

• Bijoy Basanta (1859)
• Charu-Charitro (1863)
• Kavita Kaomudi (1866)
• Okkrur Sangbad (1873)
• Chittachapala (1876)
• Kangal-Fakir Chand Fakirer Gitabali (1293-1300 Bengali Year)