Gopal Bhar (also spelled as Bhand, Bhanr and Bhad) is the famous character in a series of folk tales which show him as the witty court official of the Nadia Zamindar Maharaja Krishna Chandra Roy.
His full name was Gopal Chandra Pramanik Ghumi.
Though his stories seem much similar to Tenali Rama and Birbal, yet the existence of such a court official could
Historical Records of Gopal Bhar
There has been no historical records of Gopal Bhar in the books and magazines that I read so far for the contemporary period.
- The Role of Zamindars in Bengal (1707-1772), February 1973, Shirin Akhtar, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London.
- The Calcutta Review: 1872, The Territorial Aristocracy of Bengal – The Nadia Raj
Though there has been several mentions for Maharaja Krishnna Chandra Ray, yet there seems to be no mention of Gopal Bhar.
