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Some facts about "Jana Gana Mana" - Our National
Anthem


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

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