Khelaram Chakrabarty

Khelaram Chakrabarty ({{langx|bn|খেলারাম চক্রবর্তী}}; c. 16th century) was a Bengali poet and is considered one of the earliest poets of Dharmamangalkavya tradition.{{cite book |last1=Das |first1= Sisir Kumar |title=Samsad Bangla Sahityasangi |trans-title=Samsad Companion to Bengali Literature |edition= 1st |year= 2003 |publisher= Sahitya Samsad|location=Kolkata |language=bn |isbn=81-7955-007-9 |page= 61 |chapter= Khelaram}} His poem, Gourkavya, which is now available only in fragments,{{cite book |last1=Bhattacharya |first1= Ashutosh |title=Bangla Mangalkavyer Itihas |trans-title=History of Medieval Narrative Poetry |edition= 12th |year= 2009 |publisher= A Mukherjee & Co Pvt Ltd |location=Kolkata |language=bn |pages= 591}} was written in 1527. It is assumed by the historians that he lived at Badangunge village near Arambagh in modern-day Hooghly district in the Indian state of Paschimbanga (West Bengal).{{cite book |last1= Bandyopadhyay |first1= Asit Kumar |title= Bangla Shityer Itibritta |trans-title= History of Bengali Literature |volume=III-A| edition= 3rd|year= 1993 |orig-year= 1966 |publisher= Modern Book Agency Private Ltd |location= Kolkata |language= bn |page= 313}}