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> Some facts about "Jana Gana Mana" - Our National Anthem
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> Just a thought for the National Anthem! How well do you know about it?
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> I have always wondered who is the "adhinayak" and "bharat bhagya
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> vidhata", whose praise we are singing. I thought might be Motherland -
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> India! Our current National Anthem "Jana Gana Mana" is sung
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> throughout the country. Did you know the following about our national
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> anthem, I didn't.
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> To begin with, India's national anthem, Jana Gana Mana Adhinayaka, was
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> written by Rabindranath Tagore in honor of King George V and the Queen
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> of England when they visited India in 1919. To honor their visit
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> Pandit Motilal Nehru had the five stanzas included, which are in
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> praise of the King and Queen. (And most of us think it is in the
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> praise of our great motherland!!!)
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> In the original Bengali verses only those provinces that were under
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> British r! ule, i.e. Punjab, Sindh, Gujarat, Maratha etc. were
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> mentioned. None of the princely states were recognized which are
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> integral parts of India now - Kashmir, Rajasthan, Andhra, Mysore or
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> Kerala. Neither the Indian Ocean nor the Arabian Sea was included,
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> they were
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> directly under Portuguese rule at that time.
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> The Jana Gana Mana Adhinayaka implies that King George V is the lord
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> of the masses and Bharata Bhagya Vidhata is "the bestower of good
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> fortune".
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> Following is a translation of the five stanzas that glorify the King:
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> First stanza: (Indian) People wake up remembering your good name and
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> ask for your blessings and they sing your glories. (Tava shubha naame
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> jaage; tava shubha aashish maage, gaaye tava jaya gaatha)
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> Second stanza: Around your throne people of all religions come and
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> give their love and anxiously wait to hear your kind words.
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> Third stanza: Praise to the King for being the charioteer, for leading
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> the ancient travel! ers beyond misery.
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> Fourth stanza: Drowned in the deep ignorance and suffering,
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> poverty-stricken, unconscious country? Waiting for the wink of your
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> eye and your mother's (the Queen's) true protection.
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> Fifth stanza: In your compassionate plans, the sleeping Bharat (India)
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> will wake up. We bow down to your feet O' Queen, and glory to
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> Rajeshwara (the King).
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> This whole poem does not indicate any love for the Motherland but
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> depicts a bleak picture. When you sing Jana Gana Mana Adhinayaka, whom
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> are you glorifying? Certainly not the Motherland. Is it God? The poem
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> does not indicate that.
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> It is time now to understand the original purpose and the implication
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> of this, rather than blindly sing as has been done the past fifty
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> years.
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> Nehru chose the present national anthem as opposed to Vande Mataram
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> because he thought that it would be easier for the band to play!!! It
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> was an absurd reason but Today for that matter bands have advanced a!
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> they can very well play any music. So they can as well play Vande
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> Mataram, which is a far better composition in praise of our dear
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> Motherland -India.
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> Wake up, it's high time!
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> Shouldn't Vande Mataram be our National Anthem.
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> PLEASE CIRCUILATE THIS AMONG YOUR BUSINESS & FRIENDS CIRCLE & HELP TO
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> CREATE THE AWARENESS ABOUT THIS IMPORTANT MATTER!!!!!!!!
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