relatives as well as his people wounded and killed. His thatched house was fully damaged. He lost many of his tamed birds and animals. Death Raja died on 6 December 1922. Two museums were established in his name in two places. One, Hason Raja Museum sponsored by "Hason Raja Museum Trust" at Sunamganj at his birthplace, Lokkonshri, Sunamganj, and another, Museum of Rajas' at RajaKunjo, Sylhet, sponsored by "Educationist Dewan Talibur Raja Trust". In popular culture In 2002, the film Hason Raja was released, detailing his life and times, where Raja was played by Helal Khan. It was reported by Washington Bangla Radio in May 2013, that an epic Bengali feature film Hason Raja is under production, based on the life and music of Raja played by Mithun Chakraborty, directed by Ruhul Amin, and produced by Galaxy Films between UK, India and Bangladesh. In 2017, the film was released. Raja's songs are collected in books Hason Udas and Shaukhin Bahar A volume called Hason Raja Samagra was also published. It contained 500 poems and songs. Critical response Author Humayun Ahmed brought Hason Raja's work in limelight again in modern days after using Raja's various popular folk songs in his movies and television dramas. Author Rabindranath Tagore quoted on Hason Raja, 'We realise it through admiration and love, through hope that soars beyond the actual, beyond our own span of life into an endless time wherein we live of all men.' and 'It is a village poet of East Bengal who preaches in a song the philosophical doctrine that the universe has its reality in its relation to the Person.' Notes References Further reading External links Hason Raja Music 1854 births 1922 deaths People from Bishwanath Upazila Bengali male poets 19th-century Bengali poets 20th-century Bengali poets