Many books have been published about Hason Raja, and there have been several attempts to dramatise his life story in films. This renewed popularity may, in part, be due to the use of his music in dramas and plays written by Bangladeshi writer and producer Humayun Ahmed. In recent times, they have been modernised and are very popular in both Bangladesh and West Bengal. They include songs such as 'Lokey Bole', published in his book of songs, Hason Udas. Hason Raja's songs are in the folk tradition of Bengal that seeks the 'ultimate truth' beyond the material world. But later on in life he came to renounce his materialism and used his new found spirituality to write songs or poems, many of which have religious or philosophical overtones.

Throughout his youth, Hason indulged in material pursuits.

Yet, despite his financially privileged upbringing, Hason is credited with setting up a number of local schools and religious organisations, and is said to have frequently provided for the poor and needy of his community. Despite his youth when taking on this responsibility, he proved to be a very successful Zamindar, acquiring acres of land and many properties in Sylhet. The death of Hason's father, Ali Raja, about 40 days later, meant Hason became responsible for overseeing his father's vast property at an early age. Hason's elder half-brother, Ubeydur Raja, died when Hason was a teenager. Hason's mother was Ali Raja's second wife, Huramat Jahan Begum. Hason's father, Dewan Ali Raja (Choudhury), was a direct descendant of the Hindu King Raja Birendra Singhdev (who later converted to Islam and became known as Babu Khan). Also known as Dewan Hasan (or Hassan) Raja, he was born in 1854 to a traditional Zamindari (landowning) family near Sunamganj, Sylhet, although his ancestral home is in Rampasha, Biswanath, Sylhet. Hason Raja (Bangla: а¦№а¦ѕа¦ёа¦Ё а¦°а¦ѕа¦ња¦ѕ), literally meaning 'Hason the King', was a mystical poet and songwriter from Bengal, now part of modern Bangladesh.

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