Pagla Dashu (Bengali: পাগলা দাশু; Crazy Dashu) is a fictional boy character created by Bengali writer Sukumar Ray.

[2] Pagla Dashu is a character appearing in several prominent works of Bengali literature from the early 20th century, most notably Pagla Dashu (1940).

Pagla Dashu stories are mainly for children, fun to read and creative.

Pagla Dashu has become one of the very popular characters of Bengali literature, like many other characters created by Sukumar Ray, a popular Bengali author of nonsense poetry.

Pagla Dashu was translated from Bengali to Hindi by Lav Kanoi, a graduate student of Jadavpur University.